Culture & Life

Make tracks to Fond-de-Gras for new 'Vélorail' attraction

From Sunday onwards, six brand new rail bikes will be available for visitors to pedal along the old mining train track at Fond-de-Gras in the south of Luxembourg.

30.08.2017

From Sunday onwards, six brand new rail bikes will be available for visitors to pedal along the old mining train track at Fond-de-Gras in the south of Luxembourg.

The device, known as "vélorails", which actually better describes them than bikes, they have space for four adults and run between Fond-de-Gras and Bois de Rodange.

"If you ride slowly, it will take you about 15 minutes to get to the end" says Erny Muller, vice president of Minettpark and the alderman of Differdange.

The new vélorails will be officially inaugurated on Thursday and made available to the general public from Sunday.

The six vélorails will run at certain times, and a few minutes apart so they are not bunched together along the track.

Once the Bois de Rodange destination is reached, a rotating mechanism turns the the bikes around before riders can pedal back to the start.

The vélorails will be operational until the end of the season, that is until the end of September. "The objective is to acquire a first experience for the next tourist season," says Frédéric Humbel, coordinator of the Fond-de-Gras site.

Vélorail low-down:

Route: Fond-de-Gras to Bois de Rodange and back
Length of the route: 3km (each way)
Duration: Approximately 45 minutes, break included at Bois de Rodange
Seats: four, two for peddlers and two passengers
Cost: 10 euros per vélorail, cash payment, no pre-booking possible.
Days & times: from September 3, three times a day on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays (2pm, 3pm and 4pm) and Sundays (10am, 11am and 12pm). The exception will be during the Steampunk Convention on the weekend of September 23 and 24.