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LUXEMBOURG

TRANSPORT FACT SHEET

  1. COUNTRY: Luxembourg
  2. CAPITAL: Luxembourg City
  3. GDP GROWTH RATE: -1.3% Growth Rate
  4. MAJOR COMMERCIAL CITIES: Luxembourg (city), Esch-sur-Alzette, Differdange, Dudelange, Ettelbruck, Diekirch, Wiltz, Echternach, Rumelange, Grevenmacher
  5. MAJOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS: Luxembourg Airport
  6. MAJOR SEAPORTS: There are no seaports but there is Mertert near Grevenmacher on the Moselle which is Luxembourg's only commercial port on the river
  7. RAIL AND ROADWAYS: Operated by Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois (CFL). The total length of operational (standard gauge) track is 274 km. There are services from Luxembourg City to Ettelbruck, Esch-sur Alzette, Wasserbillig and Kleinbettingen while international routes extend to Trier, Koblenz, Brussels, Liège, Metz and Nancy. The railway network links into Belgium, Germany and France. Some of the cross-border services are run by CFL, others by SNCF, NMBS/SNCB and DB. There is now a frequent high-speed connection to Paris via the LGV Est line. EuroCap-Rail is a proposed high-speed axis connecting Brussels, Luxembourg (city), and Strasbourg.
  8. EXPORT GOODS: steel products, machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, diamonds, chemicals
  9. EXPORT PARTNERS: Germany, France and Belgium
  10. IMPORT GOODS: fuels, foodstuffs, ores and metal, different consumer goods
  11. IMPORT PARTNERS: Belgium, Germany, France, the Netherlands, China, the United Kingdom and the United States.