Private company

Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois

Logo: CFL, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

State-owned railway company of Luxembourg

The Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois (French pronunciation:; Luxembourg National Railway Company; abbr. CFL [seɛfɛl]) is the national railway company of Luxembourg. In 2025, it carried approximately 31.4 million passengers.2 It employed 4,970 people in 2024.1 Its revenue was €1.1 billion in 2023.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

May 14, 1946Founded1
  • Industrypassenger transport, rail transport1
  • HeadquartersLuxembourg1
  • Founded inLuxembourg1
  • Websitewww.cfl.lu
  • Legal formstate-owned enterprise1
  • LEI222100KAU87CY4L4FC693
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered address16, BOULEVARD D'AVRANCHES, L-1160 Luxembourg, Luxembourg3
  • Registered withLuxembourg Business Registers, B590253

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CFL 2410 Luxembourg Triage Zwickau (102)
Photo: GilPe, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons6

The Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois (French pronunciation: [sɔsjete nɑsjɔnal de ʃ(ə)mɛ̃ də fɛʁ lyksɑ̃buʁʒwa]; Luxembourg National Railway Company; abbr. CFL [seɛfɛl]) is the national railway company of Luxembourg. In 2025, it carried approximately 31.4 million passengers. As of 2023, the company employs around 5,000 people, making CFL the country's largest corporate employer.2

Corporate structure

Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois sits at the top of its group. 7 entities, 4 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

CFL is the result of a nationalisation of private railway companies in 1946.

From Wikipedia’s article on Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Leadership

Who has led Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Products and brands

Passenger train routes

CFL advertises its passenger network as made up of seven lines:

Line 10 Luxembourg – Troisvierges-Frontière – Liège (Belgium), Kautenbach – Wiltz and Ettelbrück – Diekirch

Line 30 Luxembourg – Wasserbillig-Frontière – Trier (Germany)

Line 50 Luxembourg – Kleinbettingen-Frontière – Brussels (Belgium)

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Line 60 Luxembourg – Esch-sur-Alzette – Rodange, Bettembourg – Volmerange-les-Mines (France), Noetzange – Rumelange and Esch-sur-Alzette – Audun-le-Tiche (France)

Line 70 Luxembourg – Rodange – Athus (Belgium), Rodange – Longwy (France)

Line 90 Luxembourg – Thionville (France) – Metz (France) – Nancy (France)

Internally it uses a different system with more sub divisions:

Ligne 1 Luxembourg – Troisvierges-Frontière, 1a Ettelbruck – Diekirch, 1b Kautenbach – Wiltz

Ligne 2a Kleinbettingen – Steinfort, 2b Ettelbruck – Bissen

Ligne 3 Luxembourg – Wasserbillig-Frontière via Sandweiler-Contern

Ligne 4 Luxembourg – Berchem – Oetrange, 4a Luxembourg - Alzingen

Ligne 5 Luxembourg – Kleinbettingen-Frontière

Ligne 6 Luxembourg – Bettembourg-Frontière, 6a Bettembourg – Esch/Alzette, 6b Bettembourg – Dudelange-Usines (Volmerange), 6c Noertzange – Rumelange, 6d Tétange – Langengrund, 6e Esch-sur-Alzette – Audun-le-Tiche, 6f Esch-sur-Alzette – Pétange, 6g Pétange – Rodange-Frontière (Aubange), 6h Pétange – Rodange-Frontière (Mont St. Martin), 6j Pétange – Rodange-Frontière (Athus), 6k Brucherberg – Scheuerbusch

Ligne 7 Luxembourg – Pétange

Rail links to adjacent countries

All neighbouring countries have 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge railways. France uses the same electrification of 25 kV AC. The border crossings with Belgium also use that same voltage at both sides; the transition to 3 kV DC is at 55 to 135 km inside Belgium itself.

Belgium – change to 3 kV DC (but far inside Belgium)

France – same voltage and current

Germany – change to 15 kV AC

Ridership

Passenger ridership carried on CFL-trains for each fiscal year (x 1000).

Passenger kilometers on CFL-trains for each fiscal year (x 1,000,000).

Rolling stock

CFL owns a relatively modern fleet of passenger trains, with a majority of double-decker trains. Nearly all routes are operated with electric trains.

CFL locomotives and rolling stock

From Wikipedia’s article on Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

  • Luxembourg 94%
  • Belgium 4%
  • France 2%

Subsidiaries

Also owns

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded Guillaume-Luxembourg Railway1
  2. Succeeded Société anonyme luxembourgeoise des chemins de fer et minières Prince-Henri1

Employees over time

  • 20244,9701

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

  • 20231.1B EUR1

Timeline

  1. May 14, 1946Founded Founded in Luxembourg1

Sources

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