CFL Class 2000
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.
History
The Z2 family of multiple units was designed by Francorail and Ateliers de construction du Nord de la France. CFL selected a variant of the Z 11500 class for their network.Starting in 2024, the 2000 series was progressively replaced by the Class 2400 and 2450, a series of 34 Coradia Stream railcars from the Coradia family produced by Alstom, which is due to increase the CFL's total seat capacity by 46%. All units are due to be transferred to Romania's Ferotrans TFI by the end of 2025, with ten having left Luxembourg by 22 June 2025. The last units, 2009 and 2022, were retired on 29 November 2025.
Names
Four 2000s were named after places in Luxembourg. They carried the appropriate crests on the side of the driving cab.- 2001: Mersch
- 2003: Betzdorf
- 2004: Pétange
- 2018: Troisvierges
Construction
The individual cars were built with steel frames.Technical
The multiple working system allowed three units to be worked as a single train with one driver.The individual vehicles were numbered as 94 82 00 20xx 1-y and 94 82 00 20xx 2-y, where 20xx is the unit number and y the check digit.