Ascq station (French: Gare d'Ascq) is a railway station serving the former village of Ascq, now part of Villeneuve-d'Ascq city, Nord department, northern France.
Ascq station (French: Gare d'Ascq) is a railway station serving the former village of Ascq, now part of Villeneuve-d'Ascq city, Nord department, northern France.
In the nineteenth century the Industrial Revolution developed industry in northern France. Ascq was linked to Lille with the construction of the railway station in 1865, and in 1885 to Roubaix.
During the Second World War, numerous trains went through Ascq and members of the resistance regularly committed acts of sabotage. On 1 April 1944, after such an act of sabotage, the Nazis killed 86 men. This event is known as the Ascq massacre.
In the late 1990s, before the construction of a new Belgian high-speed railway line, Eurostar and Thalys trains going to Belgium went through Ascq station.
The station is served by regional trains to Lille and Tournai (Belgium), and buses to Orchies. [1] Ilévia bus lines 13 and 73 serve the station. [2]
| Preceding station | TER Hauts-de-France | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annappes towards Lille-Flandres | Proxi P81 | Baisieux towards Tournai | ||
The railway station hosts a little train museum in the trains garage (halle aux trains) animated by the AAATV association. It houses a steam locomotive 141 TC 51 and an electric locomotive BB 12004 restored among many other train materials. [3]
The SNCF BB 16500s were a class of SNCF electric locomotives operating at a supply voltage of 25 kV single-phase 50 Hz AC.
The SNCF BB 16000 are a class of 25 kV 50 Hz AC electric locomotives produced by MTE. They are the AC version of the BB 9200.
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