🇱🇺 Luxembourg — truck driving bans 2026
The Grand Duchy follows a specific logic: its weekend bans only target transit traffic that does not stop in Luxembourg, with different time windows depending on whether you are heading towards France or Germany. On top of that, overtaking is almost entirely prohibited on motorways, and a handful of road sections are permanently closed. Here are the details.
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1. General rule
In Luxembourg, the weekend ban only applies to transit traffic: it targets trucks over 7.5 t GVW that are not destined for Luxembourg itself. The time windows differ depending on your destination:
🇫🇷Transit towards France. Ban on Saturdays and eves of public holidays, from 21:30 until the following Sunday or public holiday at 21:45.
🇩🇪Transit towards Germany. Ban on Saturdays and eves of public holidays, from 23:30 until the following Sunday or public holiday at 21:45.
2. Exemptions
The following are exempt from the weekend ban:
- Transport of live animals, perishable goods and cut flowers, as well as empty runs related to these transports when carried out towards Germany.
- Combined rail-road transport, between the loading/unloading point and the transhipment station, provided the distance is less than 200 km and the transport is carried out towards Germany.
3. Public holidays 2026
The eves and public holidays below trigger the transit ban described above. But watch out: the list depends on the direction you are driving in. Eight days apply to everyone; three more only for transit towards France, four others only for transit towards Germany. Two Luxembourgish public holidays, on the other hand, trigger no ban at all: National Day on 23 June and Europe Day on 9 May.
In both directions
1 January — New Year's Day
5 April — Easter Sunday
6 April — Easter Monday
1 May — Labour Day
14 May — Ascension Thursday
25 May — Whit Monday
15 August — Assumption
1 November — All Saints' Day
25 December — Christmas Day
🇫🇷 Additionally, for transit towards France
8 May — Victory in Europe Day
14 July — French National Day
11 November — Armistice Day
🇩🇪 Additionally, for transit towards Germany
3 April — Good Friday
4 June — Corpus Christi
3 October — German Unity Day
26 December — St Stephen's Day
Luxembourgish holidays with no ban
9 May — Europe Day
23 June — National Day
4. Overtaking ban
Trucks over 3.5 t GVW are not allowed to overtake on almost all of the Grand Duchy's 125 km of motorway network.
5. Permanent restrictions
In addition to the weekend rules, several road sections are permanently closed to trucks over 3.5 t GVW. Click to expand the details:
Restricted sections (over 3.5 t) ▾
CR150 — between the junction with the CR152 at Burmerange and the junction with the CR152 at Remerschen.
CR152 — between the junction with the CR150 at Burmerange and the junction with the CR152B at Schengen.
N16 — between the junction with the N16A at Mondorf-les-Bains and the Mondeur interchange connecting motorway A13 to the N16.
Schengen interchange (A13) — the access ramp from the Bettembourg cross, between the N10 and motorway A13.
CR151 — from the junction with the N16 at Kapebesch to the junction with the CR152 at Bech-Kleinmacher, in the Kapebesch → Bech-Kleinmacher direction only.
CR162 — from the junction with the CR150A at Elvange to the junction with the CR152 at Wintrange, in the Elvange → Wintrange direction only.
Who is affected (and who is not) ▾
✅Not affected: trucks entering Luxembourg via the N6 north of the Steinfort-Rosenberg border crossing, and via the N11 at the Echternach-Echternacherbrück border crossing.
🚫Affected: vehicles in transit towards France entering Luxembourg via the N5; vehicles from Germany, France or Belgium heading to European development zones; and vehicles crossing Luxembourg from Rhineland-Palatinate towards the Saarland, and vice versa.
6. Good to know
🍺Blood alcohol limit: maximum 0.5 g of alcohol per litre of blood.
🚦Speed limits: 50 km/h in built-up areas, 75 km/h on other roads, 90 km/h on motorways.
📞Useful numbers: 113 (police), 112 (emergency), +352 26 000 (breakdown service by the Automobile Club du Luxembourg, ACL).
Alcohol and drugs
Drugs : zero tolerance · Criminal threshold : 1,2 g/L of blood
Police Grand-Ducale · Competent authority · Checked on August 17, 2026
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Official sources
The links below lead to the authorities and the legal texts that prevail. They are in the language of the country.
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Règlement grand-ducal du 19 juillet 1997 — restrictions on heavy goods traffic on Sundays and public holidays, Art. 1 and 3
Legilux — Journal officiel du Grand-Duché · Regulatory text · Text dated July 19, 1997 · fr
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Luxembourg Ministry of Mobility and Public Works
Ministère de la Mobilité et des Travaux publics · Competent authority · fr
Before a sensitive journey
Bans may be changed temporarily because of the weather, roadworks, events, environmental measures or local decisions. This page provides a general overview and does not replace checking the official source before a sensitive journey. It covers the national rules and the main routes. Local bans — city centres, mountain passes, minor roads, often “except for access” — come from municipal and prefectural orders: far too many to list here, and to be checked on the road signs or on a truck GPS.
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