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Institut Luxembourgeois de Régulation — Service Ferroviaire

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Regulator / standards — The multi-sector Luxembourg regulator; its rail service is the independent national regulatory body for the railway sector. Seated at 17 rue du Fossé, L-1536 Luxembourg
Market · Region
European Union · Luxembourg
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Technology areas
Digital operations

Independent regulatory body hearing appeals against capacity decisions and complaints in rail sector.

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The network statement states it in one line: 'The function of the independent national regulatory body for the railway sector will be fulfilled by l'Institut Luxembourgeois de Régulation (ILR), hereinafter The Regulator. Any applicant wishing to do so may bring a matter before the Regulator if it considers itself having been unfairly treated, discriminated against, or having suffered from any other prejudice.' The ministry's own list of rail-sector actors names the ILR as 'Régulateur' alongside the ACF as national safety authority and the Administration des enquêtes techniques as the investigating body. The appeal route against the allocation and charging decisions of the ACF therefore runs to the ILR, not back to the ministry.

Type
Regulator / standards — The multi-sector Luxembourg regulator; its rail service is the independent national regulatory body for the railway sector. Seated at 17 rue du Fossé, L-1536 Luxembourg
Where
Luxembourg · Luxembourg City
Programmes
TEN-T
Technology areas
Digital operations

Structure

  • regulates CFL GI — The ILR's rail service is the independent national regulatory body: an applicant that believes it has been unfairly treated, discriminated against or otherwise prejudiced on access to the network brings the matter there (active · since 2019)
Sources for these relationships (2)
  • ● Network Statement 2027 (DRR 2027), Administration des chemins de fer · 220-page English network statement, version 1.0 of 19 September 2025 (Appendix 2A dated 22 September 2025), published by the ACF and downloaded as a 7.33 MB PDF, HTTP 200, on 14 September 2026. Section 1.1: 'In accordance with the modified law of 6 June 2019 relating to the management, access, and use of the railway infrastructure and the regulation of the railway market, the Railway Administration ACF exercises the functions of the pricing body and capacity allocation of the national rail infrastructure. The National Railway infrastructure is managed for the state of Luxembourg by the Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois ... in accordance with the Grand Duchy regulation of 6 November 2009 about the management contract of the railway infrastructure's approval and the collective convention on the building management dependent on the railway infrastructure signed on 7th May 2009 between the State and the Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois. The CFL, as an infrastructure manager, is therefore, among other things, responsible for traffic regulations.' Section 1.3.3: 'The function of the independent national regulatory body for the railway sector will be fulfilled by l'Institut Luxembourgeois de Regulation (ILR).' Section 2.3.1 track typologies: single track 100.319 km, double track 160.327 km, multiple tracks 0 km. Section 2.3.2: 'The entire national rail network is standard gauge, e=1435mm.' Section 2.3.5: all lines category D4, 22.5 t per axle and 8.0 t per metre. Section 2.3.8: passenger trains at most 16 vehicles, 64 axles, 800 tonnes and 430 m; freight trains never above 850 m. Section 2.3.12: 'CFL commissioned the GSM-R digital mobile radio network on December 9, 2018.' Section 5.3.2.2: the unit charge directly attributable to operating a train path is EUR 2.771 per train-km for 2026 against EUR 2.651 for 2025, all prices excluding VAT; section 5.3.2.3 states 'Lines declared to be saturated: none'. Section 7.2 lists the service-facility categories and points to the Rail Facilities Portal. Appendix 2A carries a data sheet per line for twenty lines (1, 1a, 1b, 2b, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 6e, 6f, 6g, 6h, 6j, 6k, 7, 8); nineteen of them give the speed control system as ETCS L1 (line 4 is written 'ETCS Level 1'), and line 6e Esch/Alzette-Audun-le-Tiche, 2.7 km of single track limited to 40 km/h, gives it as ETCS L0. Nineteen lines are electrified at 25 kV or 2x25 kV AC 50 Hz; line 2b Ettelbruck-Bissen, 8.7 km of single track, gives Traction Energy 'System none'. Published contact desks: ACF Division Sillons Guichet Unique, 1 Porte de France, L-4360 Esch-sur-Alzette, +352 261912 23, oss@acf.etat.lu; ACF Division Interoperabilite et Securite, +352 261912 35 or 33, vehicle-authorisation@acf.etat.lu; ACF Division Interoperabilite et Securite ferroviaire, +352 261912 27, certification@acf.etat.lu; network-statement enquiries projets.europe@acf.etat.lu; ILR Service Ferroviaire, 17 rue du Fosse, L-1536 Luxembourg, +352 28 228 228, fax +352 28 228 229, ferroviaire@ilr.lu; licensing information at Ministere de la Mobilite et des Travaux publics, Departement des transports, L-2938 Luxembourg, +352 247-84400, info@mt.public.lu; CFL Direction Gestion Infrastructure, B.P. 1803, L-1018 Luxembourg, +352 2489 4512, GI.Courrier@cfl.lu; CFL Direction Gestion Infrastructure Division Planification Exploitation GI-PE4, +352 2489 5464, gi.ate@cfl.lu; CFL Service Exploitation Infrastructure Supervision Trafic, 16 route de Thionville, L-2610 Luxembourg, +352 2489 3335, ei.supervisiontrafic@cfl.lu; CFL terminals s.a., Terminal Intermodal, Z.A.E. Wolser E, L-3474 Dudelange, +352 4996 0108, access@cfl-terminals.lu and info@cfl-terminals.lu; Societe du Port de Mertert S.A., L-6688 Mertert, +352 74 04 64, info@portmertert.lu. Section 1.7 records that the national network is part of the North Sea-Rhine-Mediterranean rail freight corridor and that the ACF is a member of RailNetEurope (published 2025-09-19 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● transports.public.lu — Transports ferroviaires · The ministry's own page, last modified 5 June 2024, listing the national and European actors in the rail sector: 'Ministere de la Mobilite et des Travaux publics (MMTP); Autorite nationale de securite - Administration des chemins de fer (ACF); Regulateur - Institut Luxembourgeois de Regulation (ILR); Administration des enquetes techniques (AET); Commission europeenne; Agence de l'Union europeenne pour les chemins de fer (ERA)' (published 2024-06-05 · checked 2026-09-14)

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  • ● Network Statement 2027 (DRR 2027), Administration des chemins de fer · 220-page English network statement, version 1.0 of 19 September 2025 (Appendix 2A dated 22 September 2025), published by the ACF and downloaded as a 7.33 MB PDF, HTTP 200, on 14 September 2026. Section 1.1: 'In accordance with the modified law of 6 June 2019 relating to the management, access, and use of the railway infrastructure and the regulation of the railway market, the Railway Administration ACF exercises the functions of the pricing body and capacity allocation of the national rail infrastructure. The National Railway infrastructure is managed for the state of Luxembourg by the Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois ... in accordance with the Grand Duchy regulation of 6 November 2009 about the management contract of the railway infrastructure's approval and the collective convention on the building management dependent on the railway infrastructure signed on 7th May 2009 between the State and the Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois. The CFL, as an infrastructure manager, is therefore, among other things, responsible for traffic regulations.' Section 1.3.3: 'The function of the independent national regulatory body for the railway sector will be fulfilled by l'Institut Luxembourgeois de Regulation (ILR).' Section 2.3.1 track typologies: single track 100.319 km, double track 160.327 km, multiple tracks 0 km. Section 2.3.2: 'The entire national rail network is standard gauge, e=1435mm.' Section 2.3.5: all lines category D4, 22.5 t per axle and 8.0 t per metre. Section 2.3.8: passenger trains at most 16 vehicles, 64 axles, 800 tonnes and 430 m; freight trains never above 850 m. Section 2.3.12: 'CFL commissioned the GSM-R digital mobile radio network on December 9, 2018.' Section 5.3.2.2: the unit charge directly attributable to operating a train path is EUR 2.771 per train-km for 2026 against EUR 2.651 for 2025, all prices excluding VAT; section 5.3.2.3 states 'Lines declared to be saturated: none'. Section 7.2 lists the service-facility categories and points to the Rail Facilities Portal. Appendix 2A carries a data sheet per line for twenty lines (1, 1a, 1b, 2b, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 6e, 6f, 6g, 6h, 6j, 6k, 7, 8); nineteen of them give the speed control system as ETCS L1 (line 4 is written 'ETCS Level 1'), and line 6e Esch/Alzette-Audun-le-Tiche, 2.7 km of single track limited to 40 km/h, gives it as ETCS L0. Nineteen lines are electrified at 25 kV or 2x25 kV AC 50 Hz; line 2b Ettelbruck-Bissen, 8.7 km of single track, gives Traction Energy 'System none'. Published contact desks: ACF Division Sillons Guichet Unique, 1 Porte de France, L-4360 Esch-sur-Alzette, +352 261912 23, oss@acf.etat.lu; ACF Division Interoperabilite et Securite, +352 261912 35 or 33, vehicle-authorisation@acf.etat.lu; ACF Division Interoperabilite et Securite ferroviaire, +352 261912 27, certification@acf.etat.lu; network-statement enquiries projets.europe@acf.etat.lu; ILR Service Ferroviaire, 17 rue du Fosse, L-1536 Luxembourg, +352 28 228 228, fax +352 28 228 229, ferroviaire@ilr.lu; licensing information at Ministere de la Mobilite et des Travaux publics, Departement des transports, L-2938 Luxembourg, +352 247-84400, info@mt.public.lu; CFL Direction Gestion Infrastructure, B.P. 1803, L-1018 Luxembourg, +352 2489 4512, GI.Courrier@cfl.lu; CFL Direction Gestion Infrastructure Division Planification Exploitation GI-PE4, +352 2489 5464, gi.ate@cfl.lu; CFL Service Exploitation Infrastructure Supervision Trafic, 16 route de Thionville, L-2610 Luxembourg, +352 2489 3335, ei.supervisiontrafic@cfl.lu; CFL terminals s.a., Terminal Intermodal, Z.A.E. Wolser E, L-3474 Dudelange, +352 4996 0108, access@cfl-terminals.lu and info@cfl-terminals.lu; Societe du Port de Mertert S.A., L-6688 Mertert, +352 74 04 64, info@portmertert.lu. Section 1.7 records that the national network is part of the North Sea-Rhine-Mediterranean rail freight corridor and that the ACF is a member of RailNetEurope (published 2025-09-19 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● transports.public.lu — Transports ferroviaires · The ministry's own page, last modified 5 June 2024, listing the national and European actors in the rail sector: 'Ministere de la Mobilite et des Travaux publics (MMTP); Autorite nationale de securite - Administration des chemins de fer (ACF); Regulateur - Institut Luxembourgeois de Regulation (ILR); Administration des enquetes techniques (AET); Commission europeenne; Agence de l'Union europeenne pour les chemins de fer (ERA)' (published 2024-06-05 · checked 2026-09-14)

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