Arras–Dunkirk railway

Arras-Dunkirk railway
A TGV Sud-Est train on the Arras-Dunkirk railway line in 2015
Overview
System SNCF
Status Operational
Locale France Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Termini Gare d'Arras
Gare de Dunkerque
Operation
Opened 1848-1861
Owner RFF
Operator(s) SNCF
Technical
Line length 113 km (70 mi)
Number of tracks Double track
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification 25 kV 50 Hz[1]
Route map
Paris-Lille railway to Paris
192.1 Arras
To Lille-Flandres
Bailleul-Sir-Berthoult
Farbus
Vimy
Avion
to Corbehem
to Ostricourt and Don-Sainghin
211.3 Lens
Loos-en-Gohelle
Liévin
Bully-Grenay
to Brias
Mazingarbe
Nœux-les-Mines
Verquigneul
to Lille
229.9 Béthune
Fouquereuil
to Abbeville
Chocques
Lillers
Ham-en-Artois
to Armentières
Isbergues
to Arques
Thiennes
Steenbecque
Line to Lille-Flandres
264.2 Hazebrouck
Line to Gare des Fontinettes
LGV Nord
272.7 to Lille-Europe
Cassel
Arnèke
Esquelbecq
Bergues
Line to Fontinettes
304.4
1.4
 Coudekerque-Branche
to De Panne
Freight
304.8 Dunkirk

The Arras–Dunkirk railway is a French railway which runs from Arras to Dunkirk. Electrified double track it is 113 kilometres (70 miles) long.

Services

As of August 2011 the line is used for TGV services from Dunkirk and St Omer to Paris via Hazebrouck and Arras, and for local TER Nord-Pas-de-Calais services.[2] A TERGV service between Dunkirk and Lille-Europe uses the northern section of the line before accessing LGV Nord at Cassel.

History

The line was built in two stages. In 1848 the section from a junction with the Lille-Calais railway at Hazebrouck to Dunkirk was opened. The section from Arras to Hazebrouck was opened in 1861, and this became part of the route for trains between Paris and London via Calais[3] until the Boulogne-Calais railway opened in 1867.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "RFF - Map of electrified railway lines" (PDF).
  2. ↑ Timetable lines 6-7 TER-SNCF 2 July 2011
  3. ↑ "Calais to Hazebrouck, Dunkirk, Bethune, Lens, Arras, Amiens and Paris". Bradshaw's continental railway guide. February 1866. archive
  4. ↑ "The Opening of the new railway between Boulogne and Calais". The Railway News. 12 January 1867. p. 33. archive

Coordinates: 50°39′29″N 2°28′49″E / 50.6580°N 2.4802°E / 50.6580; 2.4802

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