Lille–Fontinettes railway

Lille–Fontinettes railway
Map of line from Lille to Calais
Overview
System	SNCF
Status	Operational
Locale	France Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Termini	Gare de Lille Flandres Gare des Fontinettes, Calais
Operation
Opening	1848
Owner	RFF
Operator(s)	SNCF
Technical
Line length	105 km (65 mi)
No. of tracks	Double track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	25 kV 50 Hz
Route map Legend from Charleville-Mézières LGV Nord from Paris, Brussels  Line 94 from Tournai Line from Amiens and Béthune 0.0 Lille-Flandres Line 75 to Kortrijk La Madeleine to Comines Saint-André-lez-Lille LGV Nord to Lille-Europe to Haubourdin to Haubourdin LGV Nord to Calais-Fréthun Lompret Pérenchies Prémesques La Chapelle-d'Armentières freight line from Wavrin 20.1 Armentières freight line to La Gorgue Nieppe Steenwerck Bailleul Strazeele Line from Béthune 46.4 Hazebrouck to Dunkirk Ebblinghem Renescure from Hesdigneul 66.4 Saint-Omer Watten-Éperlecques Ruminghem Audricq Nortkerque Pont-d'Ardres Les Attaques Pont de Coulogne Line from Dunkirk 104.9 Les Fontinettes Calais-Ville Calais-Maritime Channel Tunnel from London Eurotunnel terminal Calais-Fréthun Line to Boulogne LGV Nord to Lille

The Lille–Fontinettes railway is a French railway which runs from Gare de Lille-Flandres to Gare des Fontinettes near Calais. Electrified double track it is 105 kilometres (65 mi) long.

Completed in 1848 it was the first railway to reach the coastal port of Calais. The Paris-Lille railway had reached Lille from Paris two years previously.

In 1993 it was bypassed by LGV Nord high-speed line running from Lille-Europe to Calais-Fréthun and the Channel Tunnel. The main traffic today is freight and local TER Nord-Pas-de-Calais passenger trains.

Armentièrs station located in French Flanders.