卢森堡:朝着正确的方向前进

几年前，CFL启动了一项雄心勃勃的计划，重建其全国铁路网，以满足今天的标准。到2012年底，我们已经完成了这一背景下最重要的两个项目:对卢森堡中央车站进行现代化改造，并将卢森堡和Pétange之间现有的单线轨道重建为双线轨道。虽然全长18.1公里的Luxembourg-Pétange项目在纸面上看起来很简单，但在现实中却是一个相当大的挑战。由于我国幅员有限，只有54公里宽，82公里长，卢森堡有一个非常奇特的星形铁路网，卢森堡中央车站位于中间。这使得铁路网络的现代化变得非常困难，因为你通常不可能关闭一条线路，然后通过现有的替代方案运送乘客。虽然Luxembourg-Pétange线路理论上可以通过Esch/Alzette绕过，但这对任何潜在客户来说都是一个糟糕的选择，因为这将花费近一个小时而不是25分钟。当然，对于大多数欧洲人来说，这听起来并不多，但由于我们国家的有限规模，这在卢森堡是不可接受的。相反，CFL选择在尽可能少干扰常规火车交通的情况下实现现代化。显然，在整个翻修过程中，这条线路在几个周末不得不关闭，我们的客户不得不乘坐公共汽车或自驾。从一个简单的例子开始，在现有的轨道旁边铺设第二条轨道，我们的工程师很快意识到，从长远来看，重建整个现有的基础设施将比原来的项目更便宜。 At the same time, any future works on this line would be safer, as the distance in-between the tracks has been widened to a comfortable 4.60m. As with every infrastructure modernisation, we try to eliminate as many level crossings as possible, as these are the prime cause for delays through technical faults and accidents on our network. In this case, all but one of these crossings could be closed completely and replaced by an underpass. The only remaining level crossing will stay in service for just another year or two, depending on when ‘Ponts & Chaussées’, Luxembourg’s road management administration, will be able to finally acquire the land needed for the new road connecting the already built underpass to the existing roads. At the same time, all the stations along the Luxembourg-Pétange line have been completely rebuilt to the international accessibility standard. Each platform in every station can be accessed by people with reduced mobility without requiring assistance. This has been achieved by installing elevators or escalators at the various stations. Guiding lines for visually impaired people are laid from the platforms to the bus and taxi stations and to the parking spaces. New ecological car and bicycle parking; i.e. the land has not been sealed, but covered only where absolutely needed with permeable materials, such as lattice stones and loose chippings, have been built in every station, making Luxembourg’s public transport system ever more accessible. On the topic of ecology, a few compensation measures were required for the project to be acceptable. Thus, a small herd of Angus cows are now grazing on CFL-owned land that was acquired for this reason only. On 7 December 2012, when the new line could officially be re-opened in total by our Transport Minister, Claude Wiseler, CFL could announce that through the modern - ised line, rail services could be vastly improved. The number of trains running on this line grew from 49 to 99 trains per day on average. Service is now running throughout the day every half hour in each direction and every 15 minutes during rush hour. A local advertisement campaign has already shown promising effects.