Heritage route
Train 1900 (Fond-de-Gras Heritage Railway)
Pétange → Fond-de-Gras · Luxembourg
View on the map →Wikipedia (FR) ↗Stations · 3
Vintage steam trains rattle through Luxembourg’s old iron-mining Minett region on track first laid in 1874 to move ore and miners.
Stations
- 1 kmPétange
- 3 kmFuusbësch
- 6 kmFond-de-Gras
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.
How this line was checked
- The 6 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 6413019 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 10 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits 1.3 km from the shape of RE 455
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Train 1900 (Fond-de-Gras Heritage Railway)?
The Train 1900 (Fond-de-Gras Heritage Railway) runs 8 km from Pétange to Fond-de-Gras.
How long does the Train 1900 (Fond-de-Gras Heritage Railway) take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 25 min for the 8 km. That is an average of 19 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 30 km/h.
Who runs the Train 1900 (Fond-de-Gras Heritage Railway)?
AMTF (Association des Musées et Tourisme Ferroviaires), with steam & diesel locomotives (former Prince Henri Railway stock).
How old is the Train 1900 (Fond-de-Gras Heritage Railway)?
The line has been in service since 1874. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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