Arras–Dunkirk railway

Arras-Dunkirk railway
Arras-Dunkirk railway
	A TGV Sud-Est train on the Arras-Dunkirk railway line in 2015
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	RFF
Locale	France Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Termini	Gare d'Arras; Gare de Dunkerque;
Service
System	SNCF
Operator(s)	SNCF
History
Opened	1848-1861
Technical
Line length	113 km (70 mi)
Number of tracks	Double track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	25 kV 50 Hz
Route map
	to Ostricourt
	and Don-Sainghin
	Lille–Fontinettes railway
	to Lille-Flandres
	Lille–Fontinettes railway
	to Calais
	Coudekerque-Branche–
	Fontinettes railway
	to
	Calais
	304.4
	1.4

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

Services

As of 2022 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

↑ "RFF - Map of electrified railway lines" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-05-16. Retrieved 2011-08-25.
↑ "Plan des lignes TER Hauts-de-France" (PDF). www.ter.sncf.com (in French). Retrieved 22 April 2022.
↑ "Calais to Hazebrouck, Dunkirk, Bethune, Lens, Arras, Amiens and Paris". Bradshaw's continental railway guide. February 1866. archive
↑ "The Opening of the new railway between Boulogne and Calais". The Railway News. 12 January 1867. p. 33. archive

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[1] "RFF - Map of electrified railway lines" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-05-16. Retrieved 2011-08-25.

[plan-2] "Plan des lignes TER Hauts-de-France" (PDF). www.ter.sncf.com (in French). Retrieved 22 April 2022.

[3] "Calais to Hazebrouck, Dunkirk, Bethune, Lens, Arras, Amiens and Paris". Bradshaw's continental railway guide. February 1866. archive

[4] "The Opening of the new railway between Boulogne and Calais". The Railway News. 12 January 1867. p. 33. archive

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