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Boulogne–Calais Railway
The Boulogne–Calais railway is an electrified double track railway running between the ports of Boulogne-sur-Mer and Calais in France. An extension of the Longueau–Boulogne railway it meets the Lille–Fontinettes railway and Coudekerque-Branche–Fontinettes railway to Dunkirk at Les Fontinettes station in Calais. The line opened on 7 January 1867 with railway stations at Wimille, Marquise, Caffiers and St Pierre. It was used only for local traffic between Boulogne and Calais until that March when the Paris to Calais trains were diverted, cutting 30 minutes off the Paris to London mail route. Until the start of the Eurostar service from London to Paris in 1994 via LGV Nord it was the main route for the boat trains to Paris which met the ships carrying passengers from Great Britain. the line is used by TGV services from Rang-du-Fliers via Calais-Fréthun to Lille-Europe and local TER Hauts-de-France TER Hauts-de-France is the regional rail network serving the region of H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SNCF
The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (; abbreviated as SNCF ; French for "National society of French railroads") is France's national state-owned railway company. Founded in 1938, it operates the country's national rail traffic along with Monaco, including the TGV, on France's high-speed rail network. Its functions include operation of railway services for passengers and freight (through its subsidiaries SNCF Voyageurs and Rail Logistics Europe), as well as maintenance and signalling of rail infrastructure (SNCF Réseau). The railway network consists of about of route, of which are high-speed lines and electrified. About 14,000 trains are operated daily. In 2010 the SNCF was ranked 22nd in France and 214th globally on the Fortune Global 500 list. It is the main business of the SNCF Group, which in 2020 had €30 billion of sales in 120 countries. The SNCF Group employs more than 275,000 employees in France and around the world. Since July 2013, the SNCF Grou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Fontinettes Station
Les Fontinettes station ( French: ''Gare des Fontinettes'') is a railway station in Calais, France. It is on a triangular junction, where the Coudekerque-Branche–Fontinettes railway, Lille–Fontinettes railway and Boulogne–Calais railway all meet. Some trains pass through the station twice, before and after calling at Calais-Ville. The station is served by TER Hauts-de-France trains travelling from Calais-Ville to Hazebrouck Hazebrouck (, nl, Hazebroek, , vls, Oazebroeke) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France. It was a small market town in Flanders until it became an important railway junction in the 1860s. West Flemish was the usual language until 1 ..., Dunkirk and Boulogne. It has four platforms. References External links * Railway stations in Pas-de-Calais Buildings and structures in Calais {{HautsdeFrance-railstation-stub ca:Calais#Transports ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railway Lines In Hauts-de-France
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prepared flat surface, rail vehicles (rolling stock) are directionally guided by the tracks on which they run. Tracks usually consist of steel rails, installed on sleepers (ties) set in ballast, on which the rolling stock, usually fitted with metal wheels, moves. Other variations are also possible, such as "slab track", in which the rails are fastened to a concrete foundation resting on a prepared subsurface. Rolling stock in a rail transport system generally encounters lower frictional resistance than rubber-tyred road vehicles, so passenger and freight cars (carriages and wagons) can be coupled into longer trains. The operation is carried out by a railway company, providing transport between train stations or freight customer facilit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TER Hauts-de-France
TER Hauts-de-France is the regional rail network serving the region of Hauts-de-France, northern France. It is operated by the French national railway company SNCF. It was formed in 2017 from the previous TER networks TER Nord-Pas-de-Calais and TER Picardie, after the respective regions were merged. Network Four types of services are distinguished by TER Hauts-de-France: *Krono+ GV: fast connections, including high speed lines *Krono: fast connections between cities *Citi: frequent suburban services *Proxi: local services The rail and bus network as of April 2021: Rail Bus See also *Réseau Ferré de France *List of SNCF stations in Hauts-de-France This article contains a list of current SNCF railway stations in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Aisne (02) * Aguilcourt-Variscourt * Amifontaine * Anizy-Pinon * Barenton-Bugny * Bazoches * Bohain * La Bouteille * Château-Thierry * Chau ... References Rail transport in Hauts-de-France {{France-rai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lille-Europe
Lille-Europe station (French: ''Gare de Lille-Europe'') is a SNCF railway station in Lille, France, on the LGV Nord high-speed railway. The station is primarily used for international Eurostar and long-distance SNCF TGV services, although some high-speed regional trains also call at the station. The station was built in 1993 to be used as a through station for trains between the UK, Belgium, and the Netherlands, as well as French TGV services, except those coming from Paris which normally terminate at Lille-Flandres. There is a walking distance between the two stations, which are also adjacent stops on the Lille Metro. Connections For travellers from the United Kingdom to destinations not served directly by Eurostar, connections are available here on trains towards Disneyland Paris, Charles de Gaulle International Airport, Lyon, Valence, then Avignon, Aix-en-Provence, Marseille St. Charles (and also on to Cannes and Nice); and Nîmes, Montpellier and Perpignan. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rang-du-Fliers
Rang-du-Fliers () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Rang-du-Fliers is located on the Côte d'Opale (the Opal Coast), 4 miles (6 km) from the beach and 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Montreuil-sur-Mer on the D917 road. Rang-du-Fliers station has rail connections to Calais, Boulogne, Amiens and Paris. History Rang-du-Fliers became a commune in 1870, having been previously only a hamlet of Verton. The population of this hamlet lived poorly amid the marshes and fields that had formed over the centuries behind the dunes. Boatmen, weavers, labourers and a few tenants occupying the cob houses built on land by the edge of the many drainage ditches. "Rang" comes from ''Rin'' meaning canal or "Tringue" a drainage trench (this term is still found in Great Tringue, north of the town), and closely related to the English rhyne. "Fliers" comes from the Flemish ''Vliet'' which means "Little River". Hence the name "Rein-Vl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boat Train
A boat train is a passenger train operating to a port for the specific purpose of making connection with a passenger ship, such as a ferry, ocean liner, or cruise ship. Through ticketing is normally available. __NOTOC__ Notable named boat trains *'' Admiraal de Ruijter'', – (1987– 2006) *''Benjamin Britten'', London Liverpool Street – Amsterdam Centraal (1987– ?) *''La Flèche d'Or'' (''Golden Arrow''), Paris Gare du Nord – Calais-Maritime (1929–1972) *''The Golden Arrow'', London Victoria – Dover Marine (1929–1972) *'' The Cunarder'' **London Waterloo – Southampton Docks (Ocean Terminal) **London Euston – Liverpool Riverside ** Glasgow Central – Greenock Prince’s Pier *''Night Ferry'', – Paris Nord / Brussels Midi/Zuid (1936–1980) *''The Statesman'', London Waterloo – Southampton Docks (Ocean Terminal) *'' The Steam Boat'', Toronto – Port McNicoll See also *Train ferry, which carries rail veh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LGV Nord
The Ligne à Grande Vitesse Nord (North High-Speed Line), typically shortened to LGV Nord, is a French -long high-speed rail line, opened in 1993, that connects Paris to the Belgian border and the Channel Tunnel via Lille. With a maximum speed of , the line appreciably shortened rail journeys between Paris and Lille. Its extensions to the north (Belgium, the Channel Tunnel) and the south (via the LGV Interconnexion Est) have reduced journey times to Great Britain and Benelux and for inter-regional trips between the Nord (Pas de Calais) region and the southeast and southwest of France. Its route is twinned with the A1 for , which is why it was given its official nickname, the ''A1 Highway''. As it is mostly built in flat areas, the maximum incline is 25 metres per kilometre (2.5‰). Of all French high-speed lines the LGV Nord sees the widest variety of high-speed rolling stock: the TGV POS, TGV Réseau, TGV Atlantique, TGV Duplex, Eurostar e300, Eurostar e320, Thalys PBA an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurostar
Eurostar is an international high-speed rail service connecting the United Kingdom with France, Belgium and the Netherlands. Most Eurostar trains travel through the Channel Tunnel between the United Kingdom and France, owned and operated separately by Getlink. The London terminus is St Pancras railway station, London St Pancras International; the other and since suspended British calling points used to be Ebbsfleet International railway station, Ebbsfleet International and Ashford International railway station, Ashford International in Kent. Intermediate calling points in France are Calais-Fréthun station, Calais-Fréthun and Lille-Europe station, Lille-Europe. Trains to Paris terminate at Gare du Nord, Paris-Nord. Trains to Belgium and the Netherlands serve Brussels-South railway station, Brussels-South and Rotterdam Centraal station, Rotterdam Centraal, before terminating at Amsterdam Centraal station, Amsterdam Centraal. Additionally, in France there are direct services f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caffiers
Caffiers () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area .... Geography A farming village located 10 miles (16 km) south of Calais, on the D250 road. Caffiers station is situated on the Boulogne-Calais railway. Population Places of interest * The church of St. Eloi, dating from the nineteenth century. See also * Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department References Communes of Pas-de-Calais {{PasdeCalais-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marquise, Pas-de-Calais
Marquise () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Marquise is a farming, quarrying and light industrial town, situated some northeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the D191, D231 and D238 roads. The river Slack flows through the commune, as does the A16 autoroute. Marquise-Rinxent station has rail connections to Calais and Boulogne-sur-Mer. History Part of the Flemish-speaking territory until 1346, Marquise became an English county under King Edward III after the battle of Crécy and the hexagonal bell-tower goes back to the English period. In 1420, in the suburbs of Marquise, at Leulinghen, the church of which was divided by the French-English border, King Henry V married Catherine of Valois, daughter of Charles VI of France. Marquise received national media attention in autumn 2006 when the local gendarmerie retrieved a famous painting by Maurice Boitel, stolen forty years before and taken out of France.info.f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
