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
General information
LocationPlace des Buisses
59000 Lille
Nord
France
Coordinates50°38′11″N 3°4′15″E
Line(s)Paris–Lille railway
Platforms9
Tracks17
Other information
Station code87286005
History
Opened1842
Passengers
19,504,803[1]
Services
Preceding station SNCF Following station
Paris-Nord
Terminus
 TGV
 Croix-Wasquehal
towards Tourcoing
Aéroport Charles de Gaulle
towards Quimper
 TGV inOui
(Seasonal: summer)
Terminus
Preceding station Ouigo Following station
Terminus Ouigo TGV Haute-Picardie
towards Marseille
Preceding station TER Hauts-de-France Following station
Douai
towards Paris-Nord
 Krono
K12
 Terminus
Terminus Krono
K40
 Douai
towards Saint-Quentin
Krono
K45
 Douai
towards Rouen-RD
Lille-CHR
towards Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise
 Krono
K50
 Terminus
Lille-CHR
towards Lens
 Krono
K51
Terminus Krono
K60
 Orchies
towards Jeumont
Krono
K61
 Orchies
towards Charleville-Mézières
Armentières
towards Dunkerque
 Krono
K70
 Terminus
Armentières
towards Calais
 Krono
K71
Terminus Krono
K80
 Roubaix
towards Kortrijk
Citi
C40
 Ronchin
towards Douai
Citi
C41
 Seclin
towards Lens
Lille-Porte-de-Douai
towards Béthune
 Citi
C50
 Terminus
Lille-Porte-de-Douai
towards Lens
 Citi
C51
Terminus Citi
C60
 Mont-de-Terre
towards Valenciennes
La Madeleine
towards Hazebrouck
 Citi
C70
 Terminus
Terminus Proxi
P80
 Croix-Wasquehal
towards Tourcoing
Proxi
P81
 Lezennes
towards Tournai

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
km
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
000.0
Lompret
Pérenchies
 Prémesques
 La Chapelle-d'Armentières
freight line to Wavrin
20.1
 Armentières
000.0
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
Ruminghem
 Audruicq
 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
km

The station is served by the following services:[2]

  • 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 - Paris
  • Regional services (TER Hauts-de-France) Lille - Douai - Cambrai - St-Quentin
  • Regional services (TER Hauts-de-France) Lille - Douai - Arras - Amiens - Rouen
  • Regional services (TER Hauts-de-France) Lille - Béthune - Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise
  • Regional services (TER Hauts-de-France) Lille - Lens
  • Regional services (TER Hauts-de-France) Lille - Valenciennes - Maubeuge - Jeumont
  • Regional services (TER Hauts-de-France) Lille - Valenciennes - Charleville-Mézières
  • Regional services (TER Hauts-de-France) Lille - Hazebrouck - Dunkerque
  • Regional services (TER Hauts-de-France) Lille - Hazebrouck - Calais
  • Local services (TER Hauts-de-France) Lille - Tournai

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.
  2. "Plan des lignes TER Hauts-de-France" (PDF). www.ter.sncf.com (in French). Retrieved 20 April 2022.

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