Gare de Lille Flandres

Lille-Flandres is the main station of the city of Lille, France. It is a terminus for SNCF Intercity and regional trains and was named "Flandres" in 1993 when Lille-Europe station opened.

The station was built by Léonce Reynaud and Sydney Dunnett for the CF du Nord. Construction begun in 1869 and ended in 1892. The station front is the old front from Paris' Gare du Nord and was dismantled then reassembled in Lille at the end of the XIX^th century, and extra storey as well as a large clock were added to the original design. Dunnett added the Hotêl des Voyageurs in 1887, and the rooftop in 1892.

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ee also

* Gare de Lille-Europe

External links

* [http://www.lesgares.com/typologie/gare_typo.php?hist=1&req=LIL Gare de "Lille-Flandres"]