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The station was built by Léonce Reynaud and
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: ''Gare de Lille-Flandres'', Dutch: ''Rijsel Vlaanderen'') is the main railway station
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of Lille
Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France region, the prefecture of the Nord ...
, capital of French Flanders
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. It is a terminus for SNCF Intercity
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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.
Construction
The station was built by Léonce Reynaud and Sydney Dunnett
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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
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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
The station is served by the following services: *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 - TournaiSNCB/NMBS
SNCB/NMBS Belgian Railways trains also run from here to: Courtrai/Kortrijk
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It is the capital and larges ...
for example on Belgian railway line 75.
See also
* Lille-Europe station * EuralilleReferences
External links
*Official website SNCB/NMBS
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