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.