CFL

Last updated: January 21, 2026

CFL (Société nationale des chemins de fer luxembourgeois) is the Luxembourgish state railway and the main railway company in Luxembourg.

Summary

Free travel also without FIP in second class
Surcharge for first class possible

Validity of FIP Tickets

FIP Coupon: ✅FIP Coupon for relatives: ⛔FIP 50 Tickets: ✅

Important Information

Luxembourg offers free public transport for domestic journeys regardless of FIP. This includes all train services (except TGV), trams, and buses. Travel with CFL is therefore free of charge in second class and no additional ticket is required. Travel in first class requires a FIP Coupon or FIP 50 Ticket for first class. For journeys beyond Luxembourg, e.g. towards Germany or Belgium, a ticket from the border point is required. This means that, for example, a through ticket, a valid FIP Coupon, or a national travel concession is needed for journeys to Germany to travel into the neighboring country. A ticket from the first station after the border is not sufficient.

Train Categories and Reservations

InterCity trains connect Luxembourg with Liège and Brussels in Belgium.

Trains stopping at some stations.

Trains stopping at all stations.

CFL also operates interregional bus lines. These do not accept FIP, but due to free public transport, no ticket is required.

The funicular connects the Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg railway stop with the interchange platform on the Kirchberg plateau.

Ticket and Reservation Purchase

Ticket purchase is only relevant for first class.

Personal Tip

CFL offers affordable first class ticket options starting from €3. These tickets are not route-dependent, but valid for a specific period for the entire network. Tickets can be purchased on the CFL website.

At CFL Ticket Offices, first class tickets are available with a 50% discount on presentation of your FIP Card.

Online

FIP 50 Tickets

Online FIP 50 Tickets for journeys within Germany and neighboring countries can be booked via Deutsche Bahn. The tickets must include at least one section within Germany. The FIP 50 ticket is issued for the entire route. The ticket is not valid in the country where the FIP Card was issued; an additional ticket is required there.

Employees of ÖBB, SBB, and PKP can also book tickets that are only valid for the German section of the route. For the section within their own country, an additional ticket is required, as the ticket price is calculated starting from the German border. The ticket is not valid in the country where the FIP Card was issued.

Booking is only possible via the link. Discounts do not need to be selected—they are applied automatically.

FIP 50 Tickets can be purchased for the following countries, as long as a section in Germany is included:

Austria
Belgium
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
Germany
Italyonly Brenner route with Austria and ECE Frankfurt – Milan
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Poland
Switzerland

Reservations

The reservation price is charged per journey. For connections with transfers, you only pay once for multiple trains.

Seat reservations can be purchased via the Deutsche Bahn website. To do so, select the “Seat reservation only” option in the search.

To Booking Website Additional Information

When using a FIP Coupon for SNCB, CFL, or NS, you can book a cross-border ticket on the website that takes the free travel into account for the Belgian, Luxembourgish, or Dutch section. To do this, select one of the following discounts for the travelers:

100% Discount Belgium (SNCB)
100% Discount Luxembourg (CFL)
100% Discount Netherlands (NS)

This allows you to book cross-border trains from Belgium, for example to Lille in France (except for the TGV, which has a Global Fare and is not operated by SNCB), at a very low price. For sections, where no discount is selected, the full fare will be charged instead of the FIP 50 fare.

To Booking Website

Telephone

Due to the booking fee, it may be worthwhile to purchase a regular first class ticket via the CFL app or ticket machine.

CFL offers a booking hotline where FIP 50 Tickets can be purchased. The hotline is available in Luxembourgish, French, German, and English.

+352 (0) 2489 2489

To authenticate FIP eligibility, a photo of the inside of the FIP Card for all travelers must be sent by email to callcenter@cfl.lu during the booking process. Payment is then made by credit card via a 15-minute payment link sent by email.

CFL charges a booking fee of €5 per booking.

Personal Tip

To avoid additional costs when calling abroad, you can use the app Satellite. It offers 100 free minutes per month for international calls. A German residence is required for registration and registration may take a few days.

Additional Information

On-site

CFL ticket offices are located at Luxembourg and Belval-Université stations.

FIP 50 Tickets

At CFL Ticket Offices, first class tickets for Luxembourg are available with a 50% discount. Standard ticket prices can be found on the CFL website.

Additional Information

On the Train

Tickets for first class travel or upgrades from second to first class must be purchased before boarding the train.

Discounts

For public fares, children up to 6 years travel free of charge, children between 6 and 12 years receive a 50% discount on the adult fare. From 12 years, the regular adult fare applies.¹ Travel in second class is generally free of charge, so this is only relevant for first class.

Special Tariff Conditions

CFL Bus Luxembourg - Saarbrücken

On the CFL express bus between Luxembourg and Saarbrücken, free travel is not generally possible. Fares can be found on the CFL website.There are no further FIP discounts on this connection.

CFL Bus Lorraine Express

CFL operates an express bus between Luxembourg and Lorraine TGV station in France as a TGV feeder. Free travel is not generally possible on this bus. Fares can be found on the CFL website. The buses require a reservation and a ticket can be purchased up to 2.5 hours before departure.We have no official information regarding the validity of FIP discounts.

Sources

Rail Delivery Group ↩︎