Lille–Fontinettes railway

Lille–Fontinettes railway
Map of line from Lille to Calais
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	RFF
Locale	France (Hauts-de-France)
Termini	Lille Flandres station Les Fontinettes station, Calais
Service
System	SNCF
Operator(s)	SNCF
History
Opened	1848
Technical
Line length	105 km (65 mi)
Number 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 km LGV Nord to Paris & Brussels to Charleville-Mézières Line 94 to Tournai Paris–Lille railway to 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 LGV Nord to Calais-Fréthun 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 Arras–Dunkirk railway to Béthune 46.4 Hazebrouck to Dunkirk Ebblinghem Renescure to Hesdigneul 66.4 Saint-Omer 000.0 000.0 Watten-Éperlecques Ruminghem Audruicq Nortkerque Tramway à vapeur d'Ardres à Pont d'Ardres to Ardres Pont-d'Ardres Les Attaques Pont de Coulogne Coudekerque-Branche– Fontinettes railway to Dunkirk Chemin de fer d'Anvin à Calais to Anvin 104.9 Les Fontinettes Calais St. Pierre Calais-Ville Calais-Maritime to Channel Tunnel and London to Eurotunnel Calais Terminal Calais-Fréthun Boulogne–Calais railway to Boulogne LGV Nord to Lille km This diagram: view talk

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