This was a short stop on the way to Brussels…read more What a nice station. It was clean and well maintained. Unlike other stations it had a lovely atmosphere of new and old France. The station personnel were friendly and the shops had a good selection of items to choose from. If you have time stop and take in the station as it's very nice.

I would say that this is the station for the high-speed trains, but they stop at the other station…read moreas well. The difference is that the other station isn't actually a through station where as this one is. Fortunately you can actually walk between them, and it doesn't take all that long to get there either. It's pretty new, mainly having been built for the high-speed rail, the one that goes to England and also the one between Amsterdam and Paris. It's pretty flash and all that, but I still like the older one.

Lille-Flandres Train Station is the major train station in downtown Lille and is where I took a…read moretrain to Paris on Tuesday afternoon . This train station features a bunch of food options from small baked goods and sandwich shops to a McDonalds that's easily accessible from the main lobby. This train station also has a bunch of shops and vending machines around in case you want some candy, drinks, magazines, or phone chargers before you hop on the train. For the most part, this train station does what it needs to do, it looks fairly nice, was kept pretty clean, and I have no real issues with it. The only thing I will say is that they definitely don't have enough seating around, lots of people holding lots of stuff wanting to sit down. Overall, Lille-Flandres Train Station is a pretty standard train station and serves the city of Lille just fine and most importantly, you can't beat the location right next to the mall.

This is a train station in Lille. You can find your connection to rest of France as well as to U.K…read more There are take away as well as dine in restaurants. You can buy your tickets from a machine (operate in different languages).

From the owner: Entièrement automatique Le métro de Lille est un réseau métropolitain desservant la ville de Lille…read moreet une partie de son agglomération. Il a été le tout premier métro entièrement automatique au monde. Avec 2 lignes en site propre (souterraines ou sur viaducs) d'une longueur totale d'environ 45 kilomètres et 60 stations, il est le plus long réseau de métro automatique au monde.

From the owner: Entièrement automatique Le métro de Lille est un réseau métropolitain desservant la ville de Lille…read moreet une partie de son agglomération. Il a été le tout premier métro entièrement automatique au monde. Avec 2 lignes en site propre (souterraines ou sur viaducs) d'une longueur totale d'environ 45 kilomètres et 60 stations, il est le plus long réseau de métro automatique au monde.

From the owner: Entièrement automatique Le métro de Lille est un réseau métropolitain desservant la ville de Lille…read moreet une partie de son agglomération. Il a été le tout premier métro entièrement automatique au monde. Avec 2 lignes en site propre (souterraines ou sur viaducs) d'une longueur totale d'environ 45 kilomètres et 60 stations, il est le plus long réseau de métro automatique au monde.

From the owner: Entièrement automatique Le métro de Lille est un réseau métropolitain desservant la ville de Lille…read moreet une partie de son agglomération. Il a été le tout premier métro entièrement automatique au monde. Avec 2 lignes en site propre (souterraines ou sur viaducs) d'une longueur totale d'environ 45 kilomètres et 60 stations, il est le plus long réseau de métro automatique au monde.