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    Solaris to supply electric buses to Bascharage

    2018-10-11T10:54:16Z

    LUXEMBOURG: Operator Sales-Lentz has ordered five battery buses from Solaris to operate in Bascharage. Solaris is due to deliver two 12 m buses in March 2019, followed by three 18 m articulated buses in June. All five will be fitted with Solaris High Energy batteries with a total capacity ...

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    Next phase of Luxembourg tramway inaugurated

    2018-07-30T09:58:37Z

    LUXEMBOURG: The next phase of Luxembourg City’s tramway was inaugurated on July 27, becoming the first part of the route with no overhead wires. The western extension from Pafendall-Rout Bréck to Place de l’Etoile has intermediate stops at Theater and Faïencerie. To enable catenary-free operation, the trams are equipped ...

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    Electric buses presented in Luxembourg

    2018-07-02T10:56:32Z

    LUXEMBOURG: Irizar has presented six electric buses from the 10 that it is supplying to Luxembourg. The 12 m long Irizar ie buses will operate on Route 290, which links Luxembourg City with Mersch to the north. The buses have a range of 200 km and are expecte ...

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    CAF to supply more trams to Luxembourg

    2018-06-06T15:20:19Z

    LUXEMBOURG: Project promoter Luxtram has selected CAF to supply 12 trams for the next phase of the Luxembourg City tram line. The contract for Urbos 3 trams is worth €40m. CAF supplied the initial fleet of 21 trams under a contract signed in 2015. These have been in revenue ...

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    Electric buses enter service in Bettembourg

    2018-02-09T14:52:17Z

    LUXEMBOURG: Voyages Emile Weber subsidiary Autocars Pletschette put seven electric buses into service in Bettembourg on February 8. They are in service on the 13 km, 23-stop Line 305, which becomes the country’s first bus route to use only battery buses. VDL has supplied the fleet of Citeas LLE-99 ...

  • CAF has supplied 21 trams to Luxtram. The vehicle design is intended to evoke local architecture while also providing a very high level of comfort, Luxtram says.
    Metro Report International

    Revenue operations begin on first section of Luxembourg tramway

    2017-12-11T16:05:47Z

    LUXEMBOURG: The first section of the city of Luxembourg’s 16 km tramway opened for public service on December 10, with free travel offered until the end of January. The starter section covers 8 km between Luxexpo and Pafendall-Rout Bréck in the Kirchberg district, serving six intermediate stops. The full route ...

  • Test running will initially take place on the Kirchberg section of the Luxtram route. (Photo: M Goergen)
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    Luxtram starts test running

    2017-07-13T10:32:00Z

    LUXEMBOURG: Test running on the first section of the capital’s light rail line was officially launched on July 12, with a ceremony at the new Tramsschapp depot attended by Minister of Infrastructure & Sustainable Development François Bausch, the Mayor of Luxembourg Lydie Polfer and leader of the city council Sam ...

  • Luxembourg City has ordered 21 trams from CAF.
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    CAF delivers first Luxembourg tram

    2017-02-10T14:45:33Z

    LUXEMBOURG: The first tram for the line under construction in Luxembourg City arrived in the early hours of February 9 from CAF’s factory in Zaragoza. CAF is supplying 21 Urbos trams under an €83m contract signed in 2015. Nine are required for the first section of the line, which ...

  • CAF is supplying 21 trams from its factory in Zaragoza.
    Metro Report International

    Luxembourg tram selects IVU

    2017-01-28T08:00:00Z

    LUXEMBOURG: IVU Traffic Technologies is supplying its IVU.suite planning and dispatch software to the Luxembourg tram project, the first phase of which is due to open in September. The software includes a user interface in multiple languages. When complete, the tram line would be 16·2 km long with 15 ...

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    First Luxembourg tram on test

    2017-01-16T09:10:21Z

    LUXEMBOURG: The first tram for the line under construction in Luxembourg City is due to be delivered next month. It is currently undergoing dynamic tests at CAF’s factory in Zaragoza, where two further trams are currently in production. More than 30 000 people saw a full-scale mock-up that went ...