I will stay one more day in the Lorrain/Luxembourg area, as there are many railways to explore here
France is not an easy country for trainspotting, so I have to make the most of being in this area
Here is a map of the railways in this region (from Openrailwaymap.org)
In the morning, I'm still in Maizières-lès-Metz
427109E and 427104E on the way from Bettembourg to Barcelona
Lorry Rail, a subsidiary of SNCF group, CFL, and Lohr industries, was launched in 2019 with the operation of the line connecting the Barcelona Can Tunis and Bettembourg (Luxembourg) intermodal terminals. It is the 5th rail motorway VIIA Lorry Rail, which operates to transport unaccompanied semi-trailers. The line’s operation is a collaborative effort. VIIA Lorry Rail relies on the Alonso Group’s multimodal terminal facilities. The terminal in Bettembourg is operated by the CFL Group, a long-term partner on the group’s other rail motorway lines. The trains are driven by Fret SNCF in France and Renfe for the Spanish section. (www.fedil.lu)
The other lines from VIIA Lorry rail are Calais–Turin Orbassano, Calais–Le Boulou, Aiton (Chambéry)–Orbassano, among others
427109E has country codes F and L
Now I'm heading to the railway Strasbourg-Metz
Courcelles-sur-Nied
Trains between Sarrebourg and Metz are stopping here
At Remilly, there is a railway junction - one coming from Strasbourg, the other from Stiring-Wendel (near the German border close to Saarbrücken)
DE18 from Europorte
This must be the long-distance TER from Strasbourg
437048 with country codes F and CH, so this train is most probably coming from Basel
185 033
0004 016, Europorte
Bottles
The fields of Lorraine
Peltre and the Eglise Notre Dame
Diesel Alstom SNCF Class X73900 is the only one operating cross-border traffic to Germany. Coradia Polyvalent hybrid trains are already built, but due to a dispute between French and German regions, no operator can run them.
There is even a railcar with a DB livery
186 303
Novéant-sur-Moselle at the Metz-Nancy railway
The railway has 4 tracks, and there are some TGV's running here
186 343
0004 011, Régionéo
Onville station was a bit of a disappointment
The station is large with 4 tracks, but there are no trains here right now
Many railway here as I said earlier
This is one of the bridges connecting the Lerouville with Longuyon
Conflans-Jarny station
Looks like there are freight trains here as well
But this one is parked here
I'm going back to Longuyon
There are trains parked here as well; here is a 1333 from Thionville
And a 1345 coming from Belgium
From Longuyon, in the east direction, there are railways to Conflans-Jarny and to Thionville.
TER from Longwy
I'm back in Luxembourg, Pétange station
CFL version of TER 2N NG
CFL Class 2200
Usually these trains are operating the line to France, but right now it is closed
Train to Athus, which is in Belgium
1302
Free WC at Luxembourg stations
And the most important, Free public transport in all of Luxembourg. 1st class cost extra
It is possible to purchase tickets to neighbouring countries
Noertzange
No trains on this line between Rodange and Bettembourg
The line is still open for freight trains coming from France
CFL Class 3000, Tractis are same as as SNCB Class 13
3016
On my way back to France, I have a chance to see a glimpse of Bettembourg Multimodal terminal
Thionville
The line between Thionville and Luxembourg is closed, but from Thionville to Metz it is open, but you have to run
Between Thionville and Luxembourg there are replacement busses
Maizières-lès-Metz
437056 with country codes: F, CH
37021, CFL cargo France S.A. with country codes F, D
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