Wasserbillig railway station

• Ettelbrück - Grevenmacher (km 49)
• Luxembourg Hedgehog border (km 36.89 )

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The water Cheap train station in the same location Wasserbillig is a Luxembourgian border station between Luxembourg and Germany. The train station is next to the Luxembourg station the only one in Luxembourg, stick to the intercity trains. The water Cheap Train Station is near railroad tracks Luxembourg - water and low - Ettelbrück Grevenmacher. The station is served by RB, RE and intercity trains.

History

The station was opened in 1861 with the construction of the railway line from Luxembourg city. In 1911, the line was expanded to double track and electrified to Oetringen 1956-1959.

The section Echternach water cost of the railway line Ettelbrück - Grevenmacher was opened in 1874 by Prince Heinrich railway company and Wasserbillig received a second station, just a few meters from the first. 1891, the last section was taken to Grevenmacher by Anonymous Luxembourg Prince Heinrich Railway and Erzgrubengesellschaft ( successor company after the bankruptcy of the first Prinz Heinrich railway company ) in operation.

During the Second World War, a direct connection between the two railway lines created by the Deutsche Reichsbahn, previously had to be ranked consuming for a route change.

The sections of the railway line Ettelbrück - Grevenmacher the water cost was touched decommissioned in the 1960s, the only remaining piece to the Moselle port Mertert is still in operation.

Operation

Passenger

Water is cheap nowadays though no node, but for the passenger of the most important intermediate station on the route from Trier to Luxembourg.

Some Intercity line 35 hold in the water cheap station. These intercity line runs between the North dike Mole and Stuttgart, and between North dike Mole and Luxembourg. The trains that travel to Luxembourg or come from Luxembourg, also keep in water cheap. In addition, two mass transit lines serve the station.

Freight traffic

The importance of water cost for freight is due to the operation of the nearby Moselle River port of Mertert.