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Issue 1 2011 / 15 February 2011 /
Strategically placed in the centre of Europe, Luxembourg’s railway network attracts, through the combined efforts of CFL and its freight subsidiaries CFL cargo and CFL Multimodal, important quantities of both passenger and freight traffic. Concerning freight transport, Luxembourg was no stranger to the effects the financial crisis had on the world. By and large, heavy industry transported less products and raw materials throughout the last two years. Still, the CFL freight operators were able to compensate for the losses by recruiting a variety of smaller transport contracts, resulting in more freight trains running on the CFL network. (more…)
Issue 1 2010, Past issues / 28 January 2010 /
CFL cargo, created in October 2006, aims to offer customer-oriented pan-European door-to-door rail freight services, while creating shareholder value and adhering to high social, safety and environmental standards.
In spite of its young age, CFL cargo offers a full service range, including regional and international freight transport, rental and repair of wagons, and other services. This depth of expertise in railroad operations is due to the fact that the company was created by merging the cargo division of the national railway company of Luxembourg, CFL, with the internal rail division of the Luxembourg mills of ArcelorMittal, the world leader of the steel industry.
Through its subsidiaries CFL cargo Deutschland and CFL cargo Danmark, as well as its licenses in France and Belgium, CFL cargo operates across several European countries. The international operations are made possible by a fleet of multi-system locomotives and by a multinational and multilingual staff of train drivers, many of whom speak several languages and hold locomotive driving licences for more than one European country. (more…)
Issue 2 2009, Past issues / 26 March 2009 /
CFL cargo is a new player in the market of rail freight, created on 17 October 2006 when the cargo division of the national railway company of Luxembourg, CFL, merged with the internal rail division of the Luxembourg mills of ArcelorMittal, the world leader of the steel industry. This background enables the new company to benefit from both shareholders’ in-depth expertise in railroad operations, client-oriented distribution and safety.
The objective of CFL cargo is to offer a customer-oriented pan-European door-to-door service, while creating shareholder value as well as adhering to high social, safety and environmental standards.
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Issue 1 2009, Past issues / 23 January 2009 /
Public railway transport in Luxembourg is operated by CFL on account and on the authority of the Ministry of Transport. The year 2007 benefited from the success of the actions realised over recent years on behalf of the improvement of the public passengers transport quality offer. Due to these efforts, the number of passengers has increased by 12.8% (in 2006 to 2007).
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Issue 1 2008, Past issues / 29 January 2008 /
In 2002, the Luxembourg Ministry of Transport collaborated with CFL to work out a public transport strategy called ‘mobilitéit.lu’. The document, or plan, included details about development projects of public transport infrastructure and included in particular plans to develop the existing railway line between Pétange and Luxembourg into a dual carriageway.
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Issue 1 2007, Past issues / 6 February 2007 /
Operating a small rail network has its moments. Instead of being forced to go after huge parts of the European market to maintain competitiveness and thus being expected to operate a fleet of thousands of locomotives and coaches, a comparatively small railway company, such as CFL, enjoys the luxury of being able to invest into a few select areas, allowing them to micromanage and thus excel in them.
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Issue 1 2005, Past issues / 2 March 2005 /
In every recent statistic about wealth and world markets, Luxembourg can be found in the top slot of GDP per capita listings, making Luxembourgers, at least in theory, somewhat wealthy people.
As can be expected from this statistic, individual transportation is at an all-time high. This, in combination with Luxembourg’s limited territorial assets, gives our country the problem of over-saturation of public roads. A single road repair on a motorway can lock up traffic around Luxembourg City quite efficiently on work-day mornings and seriously delay commuters.
For this reason, public pressure on our political decision-makers to act urgently on the improvement of public transportation has greatly increased over the last decade. Up until now, CFL has mostly run on post-war material and track infrastructure, as there was no real need for upgrading. This has changed radically, when many of our long overdue investments have finally been sanctioned.
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Issue 1 2005, Past issues / 2 March 2005 /
In December 2004, SBB Cargo received the first of 18 TRAXX multi-system locomotives Re 484 (Figure 1). This marks a new era for the TRAXX locomotive platform, extending its range into Italy.
SBB Cargo uses the Re 484 for freight shuttle services between Switzerland and Italy, operating over all three border stations: Domodossola, Luino and Chiasso. It complements the Re 482 which operates north between the Swiss and German rail networks. With both locomotive types, Re 482 and Re 484, SBB Cargo is now an autonomous provider of freight services on the north-south routes between Germany and Italy.
The design, production and homologation of the Re 484 for operation in Italy and Switzerland were completed exactly on schedule. As a TRAXX MS platform locomotive, the Re 484 builds strongly on the TRAXX F140 AC. The TRAXX AC and MS locomotives are very similar. They have the same carbody, bogies, machine rooms and driver’s cab. The differences can be found in the additional equipment provided for operation on 1.5 and 3kVDC catenaries. The usage of the TRAXX platform, with its proven and well-known equipment, was a key to obtaining the network acceptance for the Re 484 in Switzerland and Italy within only six months. Furthermore, Bombardier’s experience with the Italian rail network, that is, with the locomotives E 412, E 405 and E 464, was invaluable for meeting the SBB Cargo targets. (more…)
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