CHINA’s bold Belt and Road Initiative to develop new rail links to Europe and southeast Asia poses difficult questions regarding the title and security rights of rolling stock crossing borders, says Howard Rosen, chairman of the Rail Working Group.

TEST running on the first section of Luxembourg’s light rail network was officially launched by minister of sustainable development Mr François Bausch, the city’s mayor Mrs Lydie Polfer, and city council leader Mrs Sam Tanson at a ceremony at Luxtram’s Kirchberg depot on July 12.

LUXEMBOURG National Railways (CFL) has issued a call for tender for the supply of a fleet of 25kV ac EMUs for operation within Luxembourg and on cross-border service to France and Belgium.

THE first of 21 Urbos low-floor LRVs for the initial phase of the Luxembourg light rail network arrived at the city’s Kirchberg depot on February 8 after completing its 1800km road journey from CAF’s plant in Zaragoza, Spain.

LUXEMBOURG Railways (CFL) is planning to launch direct services between Luxembourg and Düsseldorf next year.

THE European Commission (EC) decided on July 22 to take Greece, Luxembourg and Romania to the European Court of Justice for not harmonising correctly, completely and in time of the European Directive for the establishment of the single European railway area.

LUXTRAM, the public company responsible for developing the first light rail line in Luxembourg, announced on July 19 that the first sections of track for Line 1 have been laid in the district of Kirchberg north of the city centre.

FOLLOWING an international tender, Luxembourg Railways (CFL) has awarded Kapsch CarrierCom a contract to roll out GSM-R across its 271 route-km network by the beginning of next year.

Speaking at the recent conference on moving towards the single European rail area organised by the European Railway Agency in Luxembourg, the director general of Luxembourg Railways (CFL) Mr Marc Wengler outlined the challenges facing a small railway operating a large proportion of cross-border services to its three large neighbours. David Briginshaw was in the audience.