Lens station

Lens
Lens
	The station building
General information
Location	Place du général de Gaulle; 62300 Lens
Coordinates	50°25′36″N 2°49′40″E / 50.426651°N 2.82786°E
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

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

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

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[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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