Maintenance Workshop and Secure Road Centre in Bettembourg
Located in Bettembourg, the new CFL maintenance and repair workshop, along with its Secure Road Centre (CRS), was inaugurated on 18 October 2021. Exclusively reserved for users of the logistics park and the intermodal terminal, the CRS offers 300 secure parking spaces and a full range of services for transport operators.
- Client
- CFL Technics
- Partner
- Milestone consulting Engineers
- Scope
- Full mission – Special technical installations
- Project timeline
- 2017-2021
- Gross floor area
- 8.185 m²
- Gross volume
- 93.790 m³
Comprehensive services and modern facilities
The new site includes a fuel station, a vehicle wash station, a shop with a fast-food offering, as well as sanitary and fitness facilities and a laundry service. The workshop, covering an area of 7,000 m², features three 200-metre-long work tracks, a pit, and two overhead cranes.
Efficient maintenance and technical systems
It provides corrective maintenance and repair services for freight wagons, diesel-hydraulic locomotives, and electric locomotives. The locomotive and wagon halls are heated by radiant tubes installed in the ceiling and naturally ventilated via the train and truck entrance gates. A double-flow air handling unit ensures ventilation for the administrative building, canteen, ground-floor changing rooms, offices, and meeting rooms on the first floor. A centralised technical management system monitors all equipment (heating, cooling, ventilation, radiant systems, oil management, overhead cranes, transformer, etc.). This facility is designed to reduce rolling stock downtime and improve the availability of the locomotive and wagon fleet.
Automated systems and safety features
The façade blinds of the administrative section are automatically operated by roof-mounted sensors (light, wind, and temperature).
The halls are fitted with exhaust gas extraction systems: four for diesel locomotives and three for trucks, with rail-guided positioning.
Technical rooms and resource management
In the fluids technical room, three steel tanks are installed for locomotive oil supply:
- 5,000 L tank for engine oil
- 3,000 L tank for hydraulic oil
- 3,000 L tank for coolant
The building is connected to the town gas network and equipped with a gas-fired condensing boiler. Waste oil and coolant from the locomotive pit are recovered via a network to 5,000 L storage tanks. The compressed air network for the wagon and truck halls is supplied by two compressors delivering 13 bar. For locomotive washing, a high-pressure cleaning station mounted on a chassis and supplied with 60°C water from a 2,000 L tank is used. Rainwater is collected and used for WC flushing and the cleaning system.
Supporting European logistics activities
The CRS and the new workshop aim to provide essential services to terminal and logistics park users – road hauliers, combined train operators, and railway companies – encouraging them to use the Bettembourg-Dudelange site for their European logistics operations.
Full technical mission by Betic
Betic Ingénieurs-Conseils’ involvement began at the study stage and continued through all project phases: preliminary design, detailed design of technical trades, tendering, construction monitoring, and commissioning assistance.
To ensure quality, safety, and operational efficiency, standardised configurations were prioritised for electrical, ventilation, and communication systems.
