Arras–Dunkirk railway explained

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Arras-Dunkirk railway
System:SNCF
Status:Operational
Locale:France Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Start:Gare d'Arras
End:Gare de Dunkerque
Open:1848-1861
Owner:RFF
Operator:SNCF
Linelength:113km (70miles)
Electrification:[1]
Map State:collapsed

The Arras–Dunkirk railway is a French railway which runs from Arras to Dunkirk. Electrified double track it is 113km (70miles) long.

Services

the line is used for TGV services from Dunkirk and Saint-Omer to Paris via Hazebrouck and Arras, and for local TER Hauts-de-France services.[2] A TER-GV service between Dunkirk and Lille-Europe uses the northern section of the line before accessing LGV Nord at Cassel.

History

The line was built in two stages. In 1848 the section from a junction with the Lille-Calais railway at Hazebrouck to Dunkirk was opened. The section from Arras to Hazebrouck was opened in 1861, and this became part of the route for trains between Paris and London via Calais[3] until the Boulogne-Calais railway opened in 1867.[4]

References

50.658°N 2.4802°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: RFF - Map of electrified railway lines . 2011-08-25 . 2016-05-16 . http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20160516081356/http://www.rff.fr/?page=ajax_view&real_action=download&file_url=IMG/pdf/6.05.pdf . dead .
  2. Web site: Plan des lignes TER Hauts-de-France. www.ter.sncf.com. fr. 22 April 2022.
  3. News: February 1866. Calais to Hazebrouck, Dunkirk, Bethune, Lens, Arras, Amiens and Paris. Bradshaw's continental railway guide. archive
  4. News: 12 January 1867. The Opening of the new railway between Boulogne and Calais. The Railway News. 33. archive