#4769· CFL 2000
CFL Class 2000
🇱🇺 Luxembourg ·built by Alstom Reichshoffen· from 1990· class of 22 two-car electric multiple units in Luxembourg
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Luxembourg railway station 3: Ex13· CC BY 2.5
- 2. Gare de Volmerange-les-Mines 2019, CFL série 2000: Kevin.B· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. CFL Class 2000 CFL 2007 Gare-Usines-001: Jwh· CC BY-SA 3.0 lu
- 4. CFL Class 2000 CFL 2007 Gare-Usines: Jwh· CC BY-SA 3.0 lu
- 5. CFL Class 2000 CFL 2011 Gare-Usines: Jwh· CC BY-SA 3.0 lu
- 6. CFL 2000 - Intérieur 1ere: Pieye Trains· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. CFL 2000 - Intérieur 2nde: Pieye Trains· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. CFL 2000 2300: Procrastineur49· CC BY 4.0
- 9. CFL 2000 Intérieur: Procrastineur49· CC BY 4.0
- 10. CFL Class 2000 CFL 2007 in Gare Centrale, Luxembourg: KerbMario· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
CFL Class 2000 is a class of electric multiple units operated by CFL on the Luxembourgish railway network from 1990 to 2025. They were built in 1990–1992 by a consortium of De Dietrich, ANF and Alstom and are similar to SNCF's Z 11500 class.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 36 years ago, in 1990.
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
- 1.2 MW is about 14 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 50.2 m long: about 11 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 36 years (1990–2026).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1990
- in service from
- 1990
- retired
- 2026
- status
- retired
- number built
- 22
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
- builders
- Alstom Reichshoffen, Alstom Crespin, Alstom
- operators
- Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois, Regio Călători, Transferoviar Călători
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- power
- 1.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 25 kV AC overhead lines
- wheel arrangement
- 2-Bo + 2-2
- formation
- ABD+B (DMBCO-DTSO)
- length
- 50.2 m
- weight
- 64 t
- capacity
- 84 passengers
- Dutch name
- CFL 2000
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16986671, Wikipedia: CFL Class 2000 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.