Lens station

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]

Lens railway station
The station building
LocationPlace du général de Gaulle
62300 Lens
Coordinates50.426651°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
TGV
TER Hauts-de-France

Services

Preceding station   SNCF   Following station
Béthune
toward Dunkerque
TGV
toward Paris-Nord
Loos-en-Gohelle
toward Hazebrouck
TER Hauts-de-France 6
Avion
toward Arras
TerminusTER Hauts-de-France 7
Sallaumines
Pont-de-Sallaumines
TER Hauts-de-France 18Terminus

References

  1. Ministère de la Culture, base Mérimée, " Notice no PA00108328"


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