Talk:1996 in rail transport

June 2 - 1st part of the Belgian High Speed Line put into service

Lijn 1 (TGV) Y Antoing - grens - 13.7km - in dienst 02.06.1996 http://users.pandora.be/brail/lijn/lijn1.htm
2 juin 1996 - Mise en service commercial du tronçon Frethun (k 113,7) - frontière belge (km 209,7) près Wannehain - Antoing (km ). Thalys : Paris-Bruxelles 2h03. http://www.laviedurail.com/culturerail/histoire/chronologie/chronologie_tgv01.php?SID=20060930112207FFF4D5B9
Le 2 juin 1996 ouverture de la section Wannehain - Esplechin - Raccordement d'Antoing de la ligne Ligne 1. http://trains.wikia.com/wiki/Chronologie
BLN 782.0274][FR][BE] Lille (Triangle de Frétin) - Wannehain SNCF - Espléchin SNCB - Antoing: (BLN 770.027, 772.069, 779.0212; Ball 7B1) From 2 June 1996 the Paris - Bruxelles service comprises Thalys TGVs leaving the LGV Nord just outside Lille and bringing into passenger use the west-to-east chord at Frétin plus this first part of the new high-speed line across the border, before returning to ordinary SNCB tracks at Antoing and making a detour south-east via Mons. Meanwhile London - Bruxelles Eurostars stick to their conventional Lille - Blaindain - Tournai route until more of the LGV Belge is ready. http://ccl.kuleuven.be/~corn/blnews96.html
La LGV Nord, ou ligne nouvelle 3 (LN3), est une ligne à grande vitesse française de 333 km de long reliant Paris à la frontière belge et au tunnel sous la Manche via Lille, mise en service en 1993.

• 23 mai 1993 : mise en service d'un premier tronçon entre Paris (bifurcation de Gonesse) et Arras.
• 26 septembre 1993 : mise en service d'un deuxième tronçon entre Arras (bifurcation de Croisilles) et Calais.
• 2 juin 1996 : mise en service du dernier tronçon entre Lille (triangle de Fretin) la frontière belge.

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGV_Nord

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