Lens station

Lens (French: Gare de Lens) is a railway station in Lens, Pas-de-Calais, France. The building was built in 1926–1927 to resemble a steam locomotive with a 23-metre-high (75 ft) tower as the chimney. The architect was Urbain Cassan. In December 1984 it was listed as a French National Heritage Site (Monument historique).[1]

Lens railway station
The station building
General information
LocationPlace du général de Gaulle
62300 Lens
Coordinates50.426651°N 2.82786°E / 50.426651; 2.82786
Owned bySNCF
Line(s)Arras-Dunkirk railway, Lens–Don - Sainghin railway
Other information
Station code87345025
History
Opened1927
Electrified25 kV 50 Hz
Services
Preceding station SNCF Following station
Béthune
towards Dunkerque
TGV inOui
Arras
towards Paris-Nord
Preceding station TER Hauts-de-France Following station
Terminus Krono
K51
Pont-à-Vendin
Bully-Grenay
towards Dunkerque
Krono
K52
Avion
towards Arras
Corons-de-Méricourt Citi
C41
Terminus
Terminus Citi
C51
Sallaumines
Pont-de-Sallaumines
towards Douai
Proxi
P42
Terminus
Loos-en-Gohelle
towards Hazebrouck
Proxi
P52
Avion
towards Arras
Liévin
towards Calais
Proxi
P54

Services

The station is served by high speed trains to Paris and regional trains to Lille, Douai, Arras, Béthune, Calais and Dunkerque.[2]

References

  1. Base Mérimée: Notice no PA00108328, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  2. "Plan des lignes TER Hauts-de-France" (PDF). www.ter.sncf.com (in French). Retrieved 21 April 2022.


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