Lens railway station
The station building
General information
LocationPlace du général de Gaulle
62300 Lens
Coordinates50°25′36″N 2°49′40″E / 50.426651°N 2.82786°E / 50.426651; 2.82786
Owned bySNCF
Line(s)Arras-Dunkirk railway, Lens–Don - Sainghin railway
Other information
Station code87345025
History
Opened1927
Electrified25 kV 50 Hz
Services
Preceding station SNCF Following station
Béthune
towards Dunkerque
TGV inOui
Arras
towards Paris-Nord
Preceding station TER Hauts-de-France Following station
Terminus Krono
K51
Pont-à-Vendin
Bully-Grenay
towards Dunkerque
Krono
K52
Avion
towards Arras
Corons-de-Méricourt Citi
C41
Terminus
Terminus Citi
C51
Sallaumines
Pont-de-Sallaumines
towards Douai
Proxi
P42
Terminus
Loos-en-Gohelle
towards Hazebrouck
Proxi
P52
Avion
towards Arras
Liévin
towards Calais
Proxi
P54

Lens (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 (75 ft) 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

The station is served by high speed trains to Paris and regional trains to Lille, Douai, Arras, Béthune, Calais and Dunkerque.[2]

References

  1. Base Mérimée: Notice no PA00108328, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  2. "Plan des lignes TER Hauts-de-France" (PDF). www.ter.sncf.com (in French). Retrieved 21 April 2022.


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