New transport in Luxembourg

[U-Bahnfreund]

As far as I see, this has not yet been covered anywhere here.

On 10 December 2017, the small country of Luxembourg (Luxembourgish: Lëtzebuerg, German: Luxembur ) opened its new capital tramway system and also two new railway stations (Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg and Howald) and the funicular that links the former station with the tram.

The tram is yet only a two miles long, but the extension to Limpertsberg (Stäreplaz-Étoile) is expected to be opened mid this year, further extensions to Findel airport, the city centre, the station and the South of the city are also under construction or planned.

I was in Luxembourg in January and would like to present two videos I made. The first one is a general one showing the new Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg station, the funicular and the tram, while the second one is a recording of the tram announcements (Please provide feedback, the first video is the first in this style I made).

 

[Shaw S Hunter]

I am not familiar with your other videos but I did like the use of captions/sub-titles instead of commentary. This allows the sounds recorded with the video to be fully enjoyed, an important aspect for many transport enthusiasts! However the captions themselves remained on screen for just slightly too short a period of time: if concentrating on something towards the top of the picture it is easy to miss a caption completely. Also when reading names in a foreign language it takes just a little longer in any case. But otherwise well worth the effort. And of course it avoids any issues that might arise from viewers not being familiar with an accent on a commentary, an issue very common with the English language even among native speakers.

As for the subjects I would point out that although the new facilities improve access to the European Quarter, including the European Courts of Justice so despised by Brexiteers, the funding for them has come entirely from local sources. Doubtless the funicular will be very popular as Luxembourg is indeed full of steep hills.

 

[duesselmartin]

Any idea when/If Findel Airport will be connected?

 

[U-Bahnfreund]

I am not familiar with your other videos but I did like the use of captions/sub-titles instead of commentary. This allows the sounds recorded with the video to be fully enjoyed, an important aspect for many transport enthusiasts! However the captions themselves remained on screen for just slightly too short a period of time: if concentrating on something towards the top of the picture it is easy to miss a caption completely. Also when reading names in a foreign language it takes just a little longer in any case. But otherwise well worth the effort. And of course it avoids any issues that might arise from viewers not being familiar with an accent on a commentary, an issue very common with the English language even among native speakers.

Thank you very much for your feedback! I'll try reworking the subtitles again; I used Youtube's automatic length but then noticed it was too short. I got the idea with subtitling from another Youtube channel, Luftschlange. He produces very good videos on train-based public transport (mainly) in London and NYC:

see this one for example

As for the subjects I would point out that although the new facilities improve access to the European Quarter, including the European Courts of Justice so despised by Brexiteers, the funding for them has come entirely from local sources. Doubtless the funicular will be very popular as Luxembourg is indeed full of steep hills.

Oh, I didn't know the EU didn't gave any funding to Luxtram. Then again, Luxembourg is a fairly rich country and city so they maybe didn't need it anyway. And yes - the funicular is cool, but I think it's also a bit pointless. A large stair thing (with ramps for the less-abled obviously) would have done the same.

Any idea when/If Findel Airport will be connected?

The Luxembourgish Wikipedia article says 2021: https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stater_Tram - a lovely language to read; airport is Fluchhafen (Fluchhafe with Eifeler Regel).

 

[Shaw S Hunter]

Oh, I didn't know the EU didn't gave any funding to Luxtram. Then again, Luxembourg is a fairly rich country and city so they maybe didn't need it anyway. And yes - the funicular is cool, but I think it's also a bit pointless. A large stair thing (with ramps for the less-abled obviously) would have done the same.

Funding is two-thirds from the national government, one-third from the city government. I would guess that the funicular was the most practical way to meet disability access requirements given that such regulations never get any easier!

The Luxembourgish Wikipedia article says 2021: https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stater_Tram - a lovely language to read; airport is Fluchhafen (Fluchhafe with Eifeler Regel).

That's easy for you to say! I can generally just about manage to read such articles in German or Dutch. But Letzebuergesch is a little beyond me. Good to know that someone makes the effort.

 

[TheAlbanach_]

Excellent and informative videos! I really should take a trip there, looks interesting b really like the design of the trams too .

 

[U-Bahnfreund]

That's easy for you to say! I can generally just about manage to read such articles in German or Dutch. But Letzebuergesch is a little beyond me. Good to know that someone makes the effort.

As Düsselmartin is from Ratingen I figured he would be able to read the Luxembourgish article. Of course, for English speakers it might not be that easy (Luxembourgish is essentially a German dialect). The English article has the same info though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trams_in_Luxembourg