🇫🇷 Working in Luxembourg from Thionville

What a daily return trip from Thionville actually costs: peak-hour time, the rail alternative, and the rent euros that distance buys back.

Moselle (France), France · 42,658 inh.

Car (rush hour)

53 min

Train

23 min

Average rent

16.2 €/m²

Commuters from here

10,110

The trade: hours against euros

389 h

on the road per year

+1,693 €

rent saved per month

52 €

per yearly commuting hour

Based on 220 working days, return trip, and a 70 m² home compared with the same home in Luxembourg City. Fuel, tolls and vehicle wear are excluded, so the real gap is smaller.

The corridor

🇫🇷 A31 / A3 — Metz · Thionville → Luxembourg

+25 to +45 min at peak — the Greater Region's busiest corridor (over 100,000 vehicles/day at the Zoufftgen border).

Line 90: Thionville–Luxembourg in 23 min, Metz in ~50 min. Packed at rush hour, TER/CFL capacity being added gradually.

Other pages on this city

Key figures →Transport and commute →Housing and rents →

Comparable departures

Photo: Aimelaime at French Wikipedia · Public domain

🇫🇷 Hayange

Moselle (France) · 15,806 inh.

2.4

Heart of the steel-making Fensch valley. Very affordable, mid-reconversion — the commute takes the A30 then the A31, rush hours included.

Average rent, 70 m²: 860 € / month
Commute to Luxembourg City: 54 minby car (peak)

Photo: Aimelaime at French Wikipedia · Public domain

🇫🇷 Villerupt

Meurthe-et-Moselle (France) · 10,102 inh.

2.4

A working-class town of Italian heritage, famous for its Italian film festival. Fifteen minutes from Belval and Esch by road.

Average rent, 70 m²: 990 € / month
Commute to Luxembourg City: 51 minby car (peak)

Photo: Original uploader was Aimelaime at fr.wikipedia · Public domain

🇫🇷 Florange

Moselle (France) · 12,035 inh.

2.4

Between Thionville and the Fensch valley, an affordable family market five minutes from Thionville station.

Average rent, 70 m²: 950 € / month
Commute to Luxembourg City: 55 minby car (peak)