LGV Nord
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The Ligne à Grande Vitesse Nord, typically shortened to LGV Nord, is a French 333-kilometre (207 mi)-long high-speed rail line, opened in 1993, that connects Paris to the Belgian border and the Channel Tunnel via Lille.
Eurostar north of Watten
A Deutsche Bahn high-speed train
Veolia's planned use of the AGV train would cut journey times to London
Spanish AVE train
Arras
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Arras is the prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department, which forms part of the region of Hauts-de-France; before the reorganization of 2014 it was in Nord-Pas-de-Calais. The historic centre of the Artois region, with a Baroque town square, Arras is in northern France at the confluence of the rivers Scarpe and Crinchon.
"Li congié" by Jean Bodel, a trouvère that lived in Arras in the 12th century
Arras: tapestry representing God's conversation with Noah
Arras-born lawyer and politician Maximilien de Robespierre