Lille–Fontinettes railway

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Lille–Fontinettes railway
Ligne Lille - Les Fontinettes.png
Map of line from Lille to Calais
Overview
StatusOperational
OwnerRFF
LocaleFrance (Hauts-de-France)
TerminiLille Flandres station
Les Fontinettes station, Calais
Service
SystemSNCF
Operator(s)SNCF
History
Opened1848
Technical
Line length105 km (65 mi)
Number of tracksDouble track
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification25 kV 50 Hz
Route map

Legend
km
LGV Nord to Paris & Brussels
0.0
Lille Flandres
La Madeleine
Saint-André-lez-Lille
LGV Nord to Lille-Europe
000.0
000.0
Lompret
Pérenchies
Prémesques
La Chapelle-d'Armentières
freight line to Wavrin
20.1
Armentières
000.0
000.0
freight line to La Gorgue
Nieppe
Steenwerck
Bailleul
Strazeele
46.4
Hazebrouck
to Dunkirk
Ebblinghem
Renescure
to Hesdigneul
66.4
Saint-Omer
000.0
Ruminghem
Audruicq
Nortkerque
Pont-d'Ardres
Les Attaques
Pont de Coulogne
104.9
Les Fontinettes
Calais St. Pierre
Calais-Ville
Calais-Maritime
to Channel Tunnel and London
Calais-Fréthun
LGV Nord to Lille
km

The Lille–Fontinettes railway is a French railway which runs from Lille-Flandres station to Les Fontinettes station 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 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 Nord-Pas-de-Calais passenger trains.

Armentièrs station located in French Flanders.

Coordinates: 50°43′53″N 2°23′10″E / 50.7315°N 2.3862°E / 50.7315; 2.3862

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