Gare de Lens

Lens railway station
Gare de Lens
Location Place du général de Gaulle
62300 Lens
Coordinates 50°25′36″N 2°49′40″E / 50.426651°N 2.82786°ECoordinates: 50°25′36″N 2°49′40″E / 50.426651°N 2.82786°E
Owned by SNCF
Line(s) Arras-Dunkirk railway
History
Opened 1927
Electrified 25 kV 50 Hz
Services

TGV
TER Nord-Pas-de-Calais

Lens railway station (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 tower as the chimney. The architect was Urbain Cassan. In December 1984 it was listed as a French National Heritage Site (Monument historique).[1]

Services

Preceding station   SNCF   Following station
Béthune
toward Dunkerque
TGV
toward Paris-Nord
Loos-en-Gohelle
toward Dunkerque
TER Nord-Pas-de-Calais 6
Avion
toward Arras
Loos-en-Gohelle
toward Calais-Ville
TER Nord-Pas-de-Calais 7
Pont-de-Sallaumines
toward Lille-Flandres
TER Nord-Pas-de-Calais 13Terminus
TerminusTER Nord-Pas-de-Calais 21
Pont-de-Sallaumines
toward Valenciennes
TerminusTER Nord-Pas-de-Calais 23
Sallaumines
toward Lille-Flandres

References

  1. Ministère de la Culture, base Mérimée, " Notice no PA00108328"
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