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:''This article is part of the history of rail transport by country series'' The history of rail transport in Luxembourg began in 1846 and continues to the present day. ==Origins== The first negotiations for the creation of a railway on the territory of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg began in 1845. A preliminary agreement was signed with an British company on 4 June 1846,〔''Publications de la société pour la recherche et la conservation des monuments historiques dans le Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, XXII, année 1866'', imprimerie-librairie V. Buck, Luxembourg, 1867. p.127 ((full text )) (retrieved 17 May 2011). 〕 but did not immediately bear fruit. A few years later, by the law of 7 January 1850, the government was authorized to negotiate with private companies. The law provided a guarantee of a minimum interest of 3%. In 1853, the Luxembourger François-Émile Majerus, who had worked for a long time in Mexico as an engineer and geologist, published a pamphlet showing the great economic advantages for agriculture, trade and the Luxembourgish steel industry which would result from a Luxembourgish railway network connected to neighbouring countries. On 25 November 1855, after five years of negotiations the Chamber passed a law mandating a Luxembourgish railway network, which was to be connected with railway lines abroad. Four main lines were built: * Luxembourg - Bettembourg - France (11 August 1859) * Luxembourg - Kleinbettingen - Belgium (15 September 1859) * Luxembourg - Wasserbillig - Germany (29 August 1861) * Luxembourg - Ettelbrück (21 July 1862), Ettelbrück - Kautenbach (15 December 1866), Ettelbrück - Diekirch (16 November 1862), Kautenbach - Troisvierges - Belgium (20. Februar 1867) Two smaller lines were built to transport the iron ore to the blast furnaces at Dommeldange: * Bettembourg - Esch-Alzette (came into service 23 April 1859) 〔150 Joer Eisebunn zu Lëtzebuerg 1859-2009〕 * Noertzange - Rumelange - Ottange (1 June 1860) Due to the opposition of the local population, the lines were not laid through villages and vineyards. The railway line received the name of the Dutch King and Grand Duke of Luxembourg: "Guillaume Luxembourg" (GL). It was administered until 10 May 1871 by the ''Compagnie Francaise de l'Est''. After this, the Prussians, having just won the Franco-Prussian war and annexed the Alsace, transferred the French rights into a new ''Compagnie EL'' (Reichseisenbahn Elsass-Lothringen). The law of 7 May 1856 mandated the construction of a new direct railway line to Saarbrücken, without going via Trier. The project, however, was never executed. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「History of rail transport in Luxembourg」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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