Gare d'Ascq is a railway station

Train station

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 serving the former village of Ascq

Ascq

Ascq is a former village in the Nord department in northern France on the Marque river. Today, it is part of the city of Villeneuve-d'Ascq. Ascq is unfortunately known for the Ascq massacre of 1 April 1944, where the Nazis massacred 86 men.-Heraldry:...

, now part of Villeneuve-d'Ascq city, Nord department, northern France

France

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History

In nineteenth century the industrial revolution is developing industry in northern France. Ascq is linked to Lille

Lille

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 with the construction of the railway station in 1865, and in 1885 to Roubaix

Roubaix

Roubaix is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is located between the cities of Lille and Tourcoing.The Gare de Roubaix railway station offers connections to Lille, Tourcoing, Antwerp, Ostend and Paris.-Culture:...

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During the Second World War, numerous trains are going through Ascq and resistants often do sabotage. On 1 April 1944, after a sabotage, the Nazis massacred 86 men : it is the Ascq massacre

Ascq massacre

The Ascq massacre is a massacre of 86 men on April 1944 in Ascq by the Nazis during the Second World War.The 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend set out on rail trucks for Normandy at the end of March, 1944. On April 1944, 1st, the train was approaching the gare d'Ascq when an explosion blew the...

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In 1990s, before the construction of a new belgian railway line, Eurostar

Eurostar

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 and Thalys

Thalys

Thalys is an international high-speed train operator originally built around the high-speed line between Paris and Brussels. This track is shared with Eurostar trains that go from Paris or Brussels to London via Lille and the Channel Tunnel and with French domestic TGV trains. Thalys reaches...

 trains going to Belgium

Belgium

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were going through Ascq station.

Services

The Transpole bus 43 is serving the railway station.

Trains garage

The railway station hosts a little train museum in the trains garage (halle aux trains) animated by the AAATV association. We can find here a steam locomotive 141 TC 51 and an electric locomotive BB 12004 restored and many other train materials.