Lens ( French: ''Gare de Lens'') is a

railway station 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 pre ...

in Lens, Pas-de-Calais,

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

. The building was built in 1926–1927 to resemble a steam locomotive with a tower as the chimney. The architect was Urbain Cassan. In December 1984 it was listed as a French National Heritage Site (''

Monument historique ''Monument historique'' () is a designation given to some national heritage sites in France. It may also refer to the state procedure in France by which National Heritage protection is extended to a building, a specific part of a building, a coll ...

'').

Services

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

References

Lens A lens is a transmissive optical device which focuses or disperses a light beam by means of refraction. A simple lens consists of a single piece of transparent material, while a compound lens consists of several simple lenses (''elements''), ...

Railway stations in France opened in 1927 Monuments historiques of Pas-de-Calais Lens, Pas-de-Calais {{NordPasdeCalais-railstation-stub