Lille-Flandres station

Lille-Flandres station (French: Gare de Lille-Flandres, Dutch: Rijsel Vlaanderen) is the main railway station of Lille, capital of French Flanders. It is a terminus for SNCF Intercity and regional trains. It opened in 1842 as the Gare de Lille, but was renamed in 1993 when Lille Europe station opened. There is a 500m walking distance between the two stations, which are also adjacent stops on one of the lines of the Lille Metro.

Lille-Flandres
The exterior of Gare de Lille Flandres
LocationPlace des Buisses
59000 Lille
Nord
France
Coordinates50°38′11″N 3°4′15″E
Line(s)Paris–Lille railway
Platforms9
Tracks17
History
Opened1842
Traffic
Passengers19,504,803[1]

Construction
The station concourse

The station was built by Léonce Reynaud and Sydney Dunnett for the CF du Nord. Construction began in 1869 and ended in 1892. The station front is the old front from Paris' Gare du Nord and was dismantled then reassembled in Lille at the end of the 19th century; an extra storey, as well as a large clock, were added to the original design. Dunnett added the Hôtel des Voyageurs in 1887, and the rooftop in 1892.

Services
Lille–Fontinettes railway
LGV Nord to Paris & Brussels
to Charleville-Mézières
Line 94 to Tournai
Paris–Lille railway
to Amiens and Béthune
0.0
 Lille Flandres
Line 75 to Kortrijk
 La Madeleine
to Comines
 Saint-André-lez-Lille
LGV Nord to Lille-Europe
to Haubourdin
LGV Nord to Calais-Fréthun
000.0
 Lompret
 Pérenchies
 Prémesques
 La Chapelle-d'Armentières
freight line to Wavrin
20.1
 Armentières
000.0
freight line to La Gorgue
 Nieppe
 Steenwerck
 Bailleul
 Strazeele
Arras–Dunkirk railway
to Béthune
46.4
 Hazebrouck
to Dunkirk
 Ebblinghem
 Renescure
to Hesdigneul
66.4
 Saint-Omer
000.0
 Watten-Éperlecques
 Ruminghem
 Audricq
 Nortkerque
Tramway à vapeur
d'Ardres à Pont d'Ardres
to Ardres
 Pont-d'Ardres
 Les Attaques
 Pont de Coulogne
Coudekerque-Branche–
Fontinettes railway
to Dunkirk
Chemin de Fer d'Anvin à Calais
to Anvin
104.9
 Les Fontinettes
 Calais St. Pierre
 Calais-Ville
 Calais-Maritime
to Channel Tunnel and London
to Eurotunnel Calais Terminal
Calais-Fréthun
Boulogne–Calais railway
to Boulogne
LGV Nord to Lille

The station is served by the following services:

  • High speed services (TGV) Paris - Lille
  • High speed services (TGV) Paris - Lille - Tourcoing
  • Intercity services (NMBS/SNCB) Antwerp - Ghent - Kortrijk - Mouscron - Lille
  • Intercity services (NMBS/SNCB) Tournai - Lille
  • Regional services (TER Hauts-de-France) Lille - Douai - Arras - Amiens
  • Regional services (TER Hauts-de-France) Lille - Douai - Cambrai - St-Quentin
Preceding station   SNCF   Following station
Terminus
TGV
Croix-Wasquehal
toward Tourcoing
toward Quimper
TGV inOui
(Seasonal: summer)
Terminus
Ronchin
toward Amiens
TER Hauts-de-France 1Terminus
toward Calais-Ville
TER Hauts-de-France 4Terminus
TerminusTER Hauts-de-France 5
La Madeleine
toward Dunkerque
Lille-Porte-de-Douai
toward Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise or Lens
TER Hauts-de-France 7Terminus
TerminusTER Hauts-de-France 9
La Madeleine
toward Comines
TER Hauts-de-France 10
Croix-Wasquehal
toward Antwerp
TER Hauts-de-France 11
Lezennes
toward Namur
TER Hauts-de-France 12
Mont-de-Terre
toward Jeumont
TER Hauts-de-France 13
Lesquin
toward Hirson
TER Hauts-de-France 15
TER Hauts-de-France 17
toward Valenciennes
TER Hauts-de-France 18
Wattignies-Templemars
toward Lens

SNCB/NMBS

SNCB/NMBS Belgian Railways trains also run from here to: Courtrai/Kortrijk for example on Belgian railway line 75.

NMBS/SNCB train approaching Lille Flandres.

See also

References
  1. "Fréquentation en gares". SNCF. Retrieved 3 May 2019.

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