The Eurostar has made rail travel to Luxembourg so much easier!

And with the new Paris-Luxembourg high speed line open since July 2007,
the UK-based traveller wanting to get to Luxembourg by rail now has two route options :

1) Eurostar to Brussels (Midi/Zuid station) + train Brussels-Luxembourg (departing Midi/Zuid station)

2) Eurostar to Paris (Gare du Nord) + TGV (departing Gare de l'Est) to Luxembourg

The journey time depends somewhat on the time of day and/or your opportunity to catch a connection, but is roughly:
1) via Brussels: Around 6 and a half ~ 7hours, minimum 5h39, more often about an hour longer due to the discrepancies between arrival and departure times;
2) via Paris 6~ish hours (min. 5h21). Note that there are 800 meters between the TGV arrival station in Paris (=Gare de l'Est) and the Eurostar departure station (=Gare du Nord).
Since the TGV is more expensive than the regular Brussels-Luxembourg train, it is possibly cheaper to travel via Brussels (but bear in mind any 'special offers') .

Yes, there is a bewildering range of fares and timings, hence perhaps you might want to contact a good Travel Agency, but it ever so easy to travel to Luxembourg by rail from the UK! In case you need convincing that rail travel to Luxembourg is indeed a breeze, have a look at the excellent www.seat61.com, where prices are clearly set out, sample timetables are given, photos of trains are provided, and ticket outlets are suggested. It might be worth reminding you that the UK is one hour behind continental Europe.

If you're looking for European Railway Timetables that include Luxembourg, a couple of good places to look up are:

•  The Deutsche Bahn server (also includes the bus routes run by CFL, the Luxembourg railways)
•  SNCF The French Railways
•  SNCB The Belgian Railways
  
  
•  See also: www.rail.lu and railfaneurope.net
  

Rail Europe (cf above) is not always able to make reservations/bookings for rail journeys on all trains beyond Brussels.
If you are having problems booking a through-journey to Luxembourg, you might like to try:
- International-Rail, on tel: 01962 77 36 46
- www.railchoice.co.uk
- railbookers.com: Tel: 0870 458 9080, as featured on our list of UK-based tour operators featuring Luxembourg

Of course, our office can also give you further details of timings.

On this site, we also have some information with regards to Public Transport in the Grand Duchy.


While on the subject of railways, railway fans are certain to find www.train1900.lu and www.rail.lu of great interest!