Getting to Luxembourg By Road
Getting to
Luxembourg
by Air | by Road
| by Rail | by Coach
Since leaving the
UK by road implies crossing the Channel, there are but a handful of direct routes
to get to Luxembourg.
- Ferry from Dover
to Calais/Dunkerque (F) , or Le
Shuttle services through the Eurotunnel:
Head for Lille along the A25 motorway (reached directly from the Channel
ports / Tunnel exit).
Continue on the same motorway towards Bruxelles, but before you get
there, turn off towards Mons / Charleroi (E42).
Soon you will come across signs for Namur (E411), from where Luxembourg
is signposted.
From Calais, the distance to Luxembourg City is 258 miles, all via toll-free
motorways.
An alternative route is to go from Calais to Oostende then via the E40 to
Brussels which you can circumvent by using the "Ring". This way
is slightly longer, but the road surface is excellent (and toll-free). Note,
however, that -just like the M25- the Brussels Ring does at times vie for
the title of world's largest parking! Morning and evening rush hours can place
a huge amount of cars onto the ring.
- Ferry from Hull
to Zeebrugge (B):
Take the dual carriageway around Brugge to join the Oostende-Bruxelles motorway(E40),
as described above. From Zeebrugge, the distance to Luxembourg City is 196
miles, all via toll-free motorways.
-
Ferry
from Hull to Europoort (NL):
Follow directions: Rotterdam - Dordrecht - Breda - Antwerp - Bruxelles -
Namur - Luxembourg.
-
For
those of you driving through Luxembourg on their way further afield, perhaps
the following brief overview map of motorways may be of use (click map below
for larger image)
- Some useful
telephone contacts for Cross Channel Services:
- P
& O Ferries Tel: 08705 980 980
- Eurotunnel
(Le Shuttle) Tel: 08705 35 35 35
- SeaFrance
Tel: 0871 663 2546
It is worth bearing
in mind that petrol is somewhat cheaper in Luxembourg than in neighbouring countries.
Whilst petrol
may be cheaper in Luxembourg, we would like to take this opportunity to remind
car owners (especially during hot weather) not to fill their tanks to the very
brim, but to leave a little space for petrol (which is often stored quite cold)
to expand in your tank. Two to three litres space should suffice to allow for
this expansion and prevent leakage as well as the possibility of fire.
Once in Luxembourg,
you might want to take your car to our capital, in which case the Luxembourg
City Parking map at www.lcto.lu/pdf/download/map_parking.pdf
might well be of use to you. Luxembourg-City uses a "parking guidance system"
with displays on signs throughout town advising you how many parking spaces
are available in which car park. The web version is available at: www.vdl.lu/Guidage_parking.
The alternative to taking your car into town would be to park your car on the
outskirts and use the efficient "Park
and Ride" system.
In case you want to park a coach in Luxembourg, download the Coach parking guide
from www.lcto.lu/html_en/guided_tours/for_groups/pop_plan_bus.html
See also:
Tourist road map of Luxembourg
Webcams
on Luxembourg's Motorways
The
Highways Agency
ONT
web site (featuring route planners)
last
modified: September 24, 2007
