I'm heading to Luxembourg, a country I briefly visited in the summer, and now would like to explore more, especially when it comes to the new CFL Class 188 Traxx MS3.
I've realized I use planes to reach certain train lines; plane + rail is the only possible combination to travel.
To get to my destination, I'm taking the commuter train to Arlanda airport
Lufthansa Stockholm-Frankfurt
The new Avionic aperitif is good.
Malmö-Copenhagen seen from the air
Not many passengers today
I planned to take an ICE train to Koblenz, but it was canceled. Luckily, the DB train ticket (even the cheapest) is valid on all other trains in case of disturbances.
There are no other direct trains to Koblenz today, so I have to take ICE train to Bonn Siegburg and change there
Taking S-Bahn to Troisdorf
I have not purchased a D-Ticket this time; maybe I should have done it.
Now, with all the delays and cancellations, I think it would have been faster to change flights in Frankfurt and continue by plane to Luxembourg
Koblenz Hbf on the following morning
The reason I'm starting here in Koblenz is to ride the whole Moselstrecke between Koblenz and Trier, which I will be doing today
The first stop for me is Koblenz-Güls.
The railway has Regional Express services to Luxembourg and Saarbrücken.
The two Stadler trains are running coupled until Trier, where they are split into two separate trains
Moseltalbrücke
Lehmen
Class 425 is used for RB services, stopping at all stations on the line
Durchfahrt der Hauptstraße durch die Burganlage
I think I have already mentioned about Kanonenbahn when I visited Güterglück near Berlin. The line was built from Berlin to Metz in 1870s for military strategic transports.
Today, the line is used for freight traffic to Luxembourg, France, and heavy iron ore trains from the North Sea ports to the Dillinger Hütte steelworks in the Saarland
Class 187 is also Traxx but is the AC3 version, only for 15kV networks (as it is in Germany)
High water marks here in Lehmen
Class 442 train
Class 187
Class 189
Hatzenport
Not only Class 187 and 189 here
37033 is an Alstom Prima EL3U from Rhenus Rail St. Ingbert GmbH
French locomotives can be used all the way on the line between Koblenz, Trier, Thionville and Metz
Moselle is famous for its white wine production
More Prima
437015
186 137, PKP Cargo
Traxx F140 MS on the way to Poland?
The Autumn is here
Pommern (Mosel)
Class 185 is also used on this line
189 045
The crown jewel on the line is Cochem station, built in the German Heimatstil ("home style") architectural style.
Between Cochem and Trier, the line is not following the Moselle River, instead, there are some tunnels and bridges over the river
Neef
Diesel unit on the route to Traben-Trarbach
Bengel
187 128
189 033
Salmtal
189 029
Sehlem
On weekdays, this 2-car Class 449 operates the line between Trier and the French border until Perl-Schengen. However, on the weekends, a cross-border service is operated with diesel SNCF Class X 73900. Hopefully, new Alstom Coradia Polyvalent trains will soon be on this route.
Perl-Schengen is located at the point where 3 countries meet, and in 1985, the Schengen agreement was signed between West Germany, Luxembourg, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands. The agreement proposed measures to gradually abolish border checks at the signatories' common borders, including reduced-speed vehicle checks, allowing vehicles to cross borders without stopping, allowing residents in border areas to cross borders away from fixed checkpoints, and harmonizing visa policies.
Today, however, more and more countries are imposing border controls, including France and Germany, so the idea of Schengen is gradually being abolished.
Finally, I can spot the train that I came here for
188 068 from CFL Cargo
The train is coming from CFL multimodal terminal Bettembourg-Dudelange and it is heading to the ports of Germany or to Poland
Hetzerath
187 185
37022
185 358
The final stop for today - Trier. The original station building was destroyed in 1944
Trier is considered Germany's oldest city, founded by the Romans in the late 1st century BC as Augusta Treverorum ("The City of Augustus among the Treveri"). It is also the oldest seat of a bishop north of the Alps. Trier was one of the four capitals of the Roman Empire during the Tetrarchy period in the late 3rd and early 4th centuries. In the Middle Ages, the archbishop-elector of Trier was an essential prince of the Church who controlled land from the French border to the Rhine. The archbishop-elector of Trier also had great significance as one of the seven electors of the Holy Roman Empire. Because of its importance during the Roman and Holy Roman empires, several monuments and cathedrals within Trier are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. (Wikipedia)
The Porta Nigra (Latin for black gate), referred to by locals as Porta, is a large Roman city gate in Trier, Germany. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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