LGV Nord

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LGV Nord is a high-speed railway line in northern France that connects Paris to Lille and onward to Belgium and the Channel Tunnel, forming a key corridor for TGV and international services.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
HSL Nord (LGV Nord) 1
LGV Nord-Europe 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf high-speed railway line
connects Belgian border
Channel Tunnel
Lille
Paris
connectsTo Channel Tunnel Rail Link via Channel Tunnel
LGV Interconnexion Est
LGV Nord self-linksurface differs
surface form: LGV Nord-Europe
connectsToNetwork Belgian high-speed network
Channel Tunnel infrastructure
constructionStart late 1980s
country France
designedFor 300 km/h operation
electrification 25 kV AC 50 Hz overhead line
formsCorridorTo Belgium
Germany
Netherlands
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
formsPartOfCorridor Paris–Amsterdam high-speed corridor
Thalys
surface form: Paris–Brussels high-speed corridor

Paris–London high-speed corridor
hasSignallingSystem TVM-300
TVM-430
lineNumber LGV Nord self-linksurface differs
surface form: HSL Nord (LGV Nord)
locatedIn northern France NERFINISHED
maximumSpeed 300 km/h
nearTerminus Lille-Europe station
opened 1993
openingDateSection 23 May 1993
operator SNCF Réseau
owner Government of France
surface form: French state
partOf Lignes à grande vitesse (LGV) network
surface form: French high-speed rail network
primaryCityServed Lille
Paris
purpose passenger high-speed services
railwayType double-track high-speed line
regionServed Hauts-de-France NERFINISHED
Île-de-France region
surface form: Île-de-France
terminus Paris-Gare-du-Nord NERFINISHED
trackGauge 1,435 mm standard gauge
usedBy Eurostar
TGV NERFINISHED
TGV services
surface form: TGV Nord-Europe services

Thalys
usedFor domestic high-speed services
international rail services

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

LGV Nord connectsTo LGV Nord self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: LGV Nord-Europe
subject surface form: TGV Réseau
LGV Nord lineNumber LGV Nord self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: HSL Nord (LGV Nord)
Eurostar operatesOnLine LGV Nord
TGV Réseau trainset usedOn LGV Nord
subject surface form: TGV Réseau
subject surface form: TGV