Gare de Lille Flandres

Lille Flandres
The exterior of Gare de Lille Flandres
Location Lille, Hauts-de-France, France
Coordinates 50°38′11″N 3°4′15″E / 50.63639°N 3.07083°E / 50.63639; 3.07083Coordinates: 50°38′11″N 3°4′15″E / 50.63639°N 3.07083°E / 50.63639; 3.07083
Line(s) Paris–Lille railway
History
Opened 1842

Lille Flandres 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.

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

The station concourse

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
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
Template:Calais-Lille Flandres
Calais Ville
Les Fontinettes
Pont-D'Ardres
Nortkerque
Ruminghem
Watten-Éperlecques
Saint-Omer
Hazebrouck / Hazebroek
Strazeele
Bailleul / Belle
Steenwerck
Nieppe
Armentières
Perenchies
Gare de Saint Andre
La Madeleine
Gare de Lille Flandres

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

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