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Fives–Hirson railway

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Fives–Hirson railway

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The Fives–Hirson railway is a double tracked electrified railway line linking Lille-Flandres with Hirson.

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History

The line opened in stages:^[1]

Aulnoye to Hirson, 30 October 1869
Lille to Gare de Valenciennes, 22 June 1870
Valenciennes to Aulnoye, 1 September 1872

Infrastructure

Electrification was complete by 1958. The line uses automatic block signalling (BAL, Bloc Automatique Lumineux).

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