Trier West Line reopens after more than 40 years
- Location
- Trier area, Rhineland-Palatinate (new stops Trier-Hafenstraße, Trier-Pallien, Trier-West, Trier-Euren, Trier-Zewen; connections toward Wittlich, Konz, Saarburg and Luxembourg City) · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Project
- Reactivation of the Trier West Line (Moselle Valley Railway)
- Investment
- Around EUR 150 million per International Railway Journal; other sources cite about EUR 60 million in pure construction costs (excluding station surroundings), of which roughly EUR 141 million came from federal (performance and financing agreement) funding
- Status
- Reactivated / in service since 3 March 2025
After a break of more than 40 years (last passenger service in 1983), electric double-deck regional trains have run again since 3 March 2025 on the western, left-bank Moselle line at Trier. Five new stops were built (Trier-Hafenstraße, Trier-Pallien, Trier-West, Trier-Euren, Trier-Zewen); the new RB83/RB84 lines connect Trier at 30-minute intervals with Wittlich, Konz, Saarburg and Luxembourg City. Project partners were Deutsche Bahn, SPNV-Nord, the state of Rhineland-Palatinate and the city of Trier, with involvement from Luxembourg's national railway CFL.
Source: trier.de ↗ · Archived copy ↗
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