Luxembourg

Getting there & away

Land

Into Luxembourg, the main roads are the E411 from Brussels, the A4 from Paris, the E25 from Metz and the E44 from Trier in Germany. When travelling from any of these countries, fill up in Luxembourg – fuel prices here are among the lowest in Western Europe. For details about driving, see Getting Around.

Eurolines (26 29 80; 26 Ave de la Liberté) operates international bus services to and from Luxembourg City. Tickets can be bought from its office in the capital. Services include Amsterdam (€22, 8½ hours, one daily), Brussels (€15, 3¾ hours, one or two daily), London (€50, 11½ hours, five weekly) and Paris (€24, 5½ hours, five weekly).

Train

International train services include to Brussels (one-way 2nd-class ticket €29, 2¾ hours, hourly), Amsterdam (one-way 2nd-class ticket €50, 5½ hours, hourly), Paris (one-way 2nd-class ticket €47, four hours, six daily) and Trier, Germany (one-way 2nd-class ticket €8.40, 40 minutes, hourly). For details on the Benelux Tourrail pass, see p142. For all international enquiries, contact the Luxembourg City station office (49 90 49 90; 24hr).

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Air

Luxembourg’s only international gateway is Luxembourg airport (code LUX; 24 64 1; www.lux-airport.lu), 6km east of the capital.

The national carrier, Luxair, flies to European destinations including London, Paris and Frankfurt. The airline’s four decades of accident-free flying came to an end in 2002 when one of its planes crashed while landing at Luxembourg airport, killing 15 people.

Some airlines flying into Luxembourg include:

Air France (code AF; 27 30 20 06; www.airfrance.lu)

British Airways (code BA; 43 86 47; www.britishairways.com)

Czech Airlines (code OK; Belgium 32 221 71 792; www.czechairlines.com)

KLM City Hopper (code KL; Netherlands 3120 474 77 47; www.klm.com)

Lufthansa (code LH; 47 98 50 50; www.lufthansa.com) ­

Luxair (code LG; 24 56 42 42, arrival & departure info 24 56 50 50; www.luxair.lu)

SAS Scandinavian Airlines (code SK; Belgium 32 264 36 900; www.flysas.com)

Swiss International Air Lines (code LX; Switzerland 41 615 82 36 56)

TAP Portugal (code TP; 47 98 21 33; www.flytap.be)

VLM Airlines (code VG; 49 33 95; www.flyvlm.com)

Budget airline Ryanair flies to Frankfurt/Hahn in Germany from where there’s a bus connection to Luxembourg (one-way €17, 1¾ hours, 10 daily); check www.easybycoach.com.

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