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Lille–Fontinettes railway

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The Lille–Fontinettes railway is a French railway which runs from Lille-Flandres station to Les Fontinettes station near Calais. The 105 kilometres (65 mi) long railway is an electrified double track.

StatusOperational
OwnerRFF
LocaleFrance (Hauts-de-France)
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Lille–Fontinettes railway
Map of line from Lille to Calais
Overview
StatusOperational
OwnerRFF
LocaleFrance (Hauts-de-France)
Termini
Service
SystemSNCF
OperatorSNCF
History
Opened1848
Technical
Line length105 km (65 mi)
Number of tracksDouble track
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification25 kV 50 Hz
Route map

km
0.0
Lille Flandres
Lille Metro Lille tramway
La Madeleine
Saint-André-lez-Lille
Lompret
Pérenchies
Prémesques
La Chapelle-d'Armentières
freight line to Wavrin
20.1
Armentières
freight line to La Gorgue
Nieppe
Steenwerck
Bailleul
Strazeele
46.4
Hazebrouck
Ebblinghem
Renescure
to Hesdigneul
66.4
Saint-Omer
Watten-Éperlecques
Ruminghem
Audruicq
Nortkerque
Pont-d'Ardres
Les Attaques
Pont de Coulogne
104.9
Les Fontinettes
Calais St. Pierre
Calais-Ville
Calais-Maritime
Calais-Fréthun
LGV Nord to Lille enlarge…
km
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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 the 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 Hauts-de-France passenger trains.

Armentières station located in French Flanders.

50.7315°N 2.3862°E / 50.7315; 2.3862

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