Lille-Flandres station

Railway station in Lille, France

Lille-Flandres

The exterior of Gare de Lille Flandres

General information
Location| Place des Buisses
59000 Lille
Nord
France
Coordinates| 50°38′11″N 3°4′15″E﻿ / ﻿50.63639°N 3.07083°E﻿ / 50.63639; 3.07083
Line(s)| Paris–Lille railway
Platforms| 9
Tracks| 17
Other information
Station code| 87286005
History
Opened| 1842
Passengers
19,504,803[1]

Services

| Preceding station  | SNCF | Following station

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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

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 500 metres (1,600 ft) walking distance between the two stations, which are also adjacent stops on one of the lines of the Lille Metro.

## Construction

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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

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Lille–Fontinettes railway

Legend

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LGV Nord to Paris & Brussels

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to Charleville-Mézières

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Line 94 to Tournai

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| Paris–Lille railway

to Amiens and Béthune

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0.0

| Lille Flandres
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Line 75 to Kortrijk

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|  | La Madeleine
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to Comines

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|  | Saint-André-lez-Lille
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LGV Nord to Lille-Europe

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to Haubourdin

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LGV Nord to Calais-Fréthun

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000.0

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|  | Pérenchies
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|  | Prémesques
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|  | La Chapelle-d'Armentières
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freight line to Wavrin

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20.1

| Armentières
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000.0

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freight line to La Gorgue

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|  | Nieppe
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|  | Steenwerck
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|  | Bailleul
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|  | Strazeele
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| Arras–Dunkirk railway

to Béthune

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46.4

| Hazebrouck
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to Dunkerque

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|  | Ebblinghem
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|  | Renescure
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to Hesdigneul

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66.4

| Saint-Omer
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000.0

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000.0

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|  | Ruminghem
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|  | Audruicq
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|  | Nortkerque
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| Tramway à vapeur

d'Ardres à Pont d'Ardres
to Ardres

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|  | Pont-d'Ardres
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|  | Les Attaques
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|  | Pont de Coulogne
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| Coudekerque-Branche–

Fontinettes railway
to Dunkirk

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| Chemin de fer

d'Anvin à Calais
to Anvin

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104.9

| Les Fontinettes
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|  | Calais St. Pierre
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|  | Calais-Ville
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|  | Calais-Maritime
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to Channel Tunnel and London

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to Eurotunnel Calais Terminal

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|  | Calais-Fréthun
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| Boulogne–Calais railway

to Boulogne

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LGV Nord to Lille

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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

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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

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* Lille-Europe station
* Euralille

## References

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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.

## External links

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Media related to Gare de Lille-Flandres at Wikimedia Commons

* Lille-Flandres station at "Gares & Connexions", the official website of SNCF (in French)
* Official website SNCB/NMBS