CFL Line 50

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CFL Line 50
CFL Line 50
Overview
Status	Operational
Locale	Capellen Luxembourg
Termini	Kleinbettingen Luxembourg
Stations	7
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Services	1
Operator(s)	CFL
History
Opened	15 September 1859
Technical
Number of tracks	double track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	1956 (3 kV DC) 2018 (25 kV AC)
Route map Legend Belgian railway line 162 Arlon Belgium Luxembourg border Kleinbettingen Attert line Capellen A6 Motorway Mamer Mamer Lycée Bertrange-Strassen A6 Motorway Luxembourg

Line 50 is a Luxembourgian railway line connecting Luxembourg City to the west of the country, leading to Kleinbettingen and on to Arlon, in south-eastern Belgium. The terminus at the eastern end is Luxembourg railway station. It is designated, and predominantly operated, by Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois.

The line was opened by the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Est in 1859. In 1956, the line was electrified at 3 kV DC, in order to allow Belgian locomotives to go into Luxembourg station without changing at the border. The line was re-electrified at 25 kV AC on 16 September 2018, and services into Luxembourg are now run by multi-system SNCB/NMBS locomotives.^[1]