Lille-Europe is a railway station station in Lille

Lille

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, France

France

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. This station is primarily used for high-speed Eurostar

Eurostar

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 and TGV

TGV

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 services although some regional

Regional rail

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 trains also call at the station.

The station was built in 1993 to be used as a through station for trains between the UK

United Kingdom

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, Belgium and the Netherlands, as well as French TGV services, except those coming from Paris

Gare du Nord

Paris Nord is one of the six large terminus railway stations of the SNCF mainline network for Paris, France. It offers connections with several urban transportation lines, including Paris Métro and RER...

 which normally terminate at Lille Flandres

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....

. There is a 500 m walking distance between the two stations.

For travellers who are travelling from the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 to popular destinations not served directly by Eurostar

Eurostar

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, connections are available here on trains towards Disneyland Paris, Charles de Gaulle International Airport

Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 – TGV

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, Lyon

Gare de Lyon-Part-Dieu

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, Valence

Gare de Valence TGV

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, then Avignon

Gare d'Avignon TGV

Gare d'Avignon TGV is a railway station built on the LGV Méditerranée high-speed train line in South-eastern France. It is located a few kilometres south of Avignon town centre. Avignon itself is in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France.This station has two platforms with two through lines...

, Aix-en-Provence

Gare d'Aix-en-Provence TGV

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, Marseille St. Charles

Gare de Marseille Saint-Charles

Marseille Saint-Charles is the main railway station of Marseille. It is the southern terminus of the Paris–Marseille railway. It opened on 8 January 1848, having been built for the PLM on the land of the Saint Charles Cemetery...

 (and also on to Cannes

Gare de Cannes

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 & Nice

Nice

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); or Nîmes

Nîmes

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, Montpellier

Gare de Montpellier Saint-Roch

Saint-Roch is the main railway station in Montpellier, France. The station was formerly known as Gare de Montpellier, but since March 2005 it bears the name of Saint Roch, a native of the city, who was born in the 14th century...

 and Perpignan

Perpignan

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.