Lens station

Lens
The station building
General information
Location	Place du général de Gaulle 62300 Lens
Coordinates	50.426651°N 2.82786°E / 50.426651; 2.82786
Owned by	SNCF
Operated by	SNCF
Line(s)	Arras-Dunkirk railway Lens–Don - Sainghin railway
Other information
Station code	87345025
History
Opened	1927
Electrified	25 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 towards Lille-Flandres Bully-Grenay towards Dunkerque Krono K52 Avion towards Arras Corons-de-Méricourt towards Lille-Flandres Citi C41 Terminus Terminus Citi C51 Sallaumines towards Lille-Flandres Pont-de-Sallaumines towards Douai Proxi P42 Terminus Loos-en-Gohelle towards Hazebrouck Proxi P52 Avion towards Arras Liévin towards Calais Proxi P54

Lens station (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.