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6 unusual facts about Bettembourg


Bettembourg communal council

In the collège échevinal, the LSAP rules outright, under the leadership of mayor Roby Biwer.

Lorry-Rail S.A.

The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg subsidized facilities of the platform Bettembourg near Luxembourg.

Robert Schuman

Robert's mother, Eugénie Duren (1864–1911), a Luxembourger born in Bettembourg, became a German citizen by marriage in 1884.

Rolling highway

Two rolling highways are currently in operation in France, both using French Modalohr technology: the 175 km Autoroute Ferroviaire Alpin, connecting the Savoy region to Turin through the Fréjus Rail Tunnel owned and operated jointly by SNCF and Trenitalia, and the 1,050 km Lorry-Rail which connects Bettembourg, Luxembourg, to Perpignan operated by SNCF.

Zoufftgen train collision

The accident occurred between the border stations of Hettange-Grande (France) and Bettembourg (Luxembourg), near the Lorraine area of Zoufftgen, on a double track section.

The CFL accepted that the double-deck passenger train (class TER 2N NG), travelling from Luxembourg to Nancy, had passed a red signal with the authorisation of the head signaller at Bettembourg.


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CFL Class 2000

Outside Luxembourg they are used in conjunction with SNCF Z 11500s to work the Luxemburg - Metz - Nancy services and Bettembourg - Dudelange - Volmerange-les-Mines.

Hans Bettembourg

Hansjörg "Hans" Bettembourg (born 28 March 1944 in Neuruppin) is a Swedish former weightlifter who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.


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