A density of infrastructures in the service of a geographical situation of 1st plan

 

6 motorways from north to south and from east to west: 

- A1 : Paris - Lille
- A2 : Paris - Bruxelles
- A26 : Calais - Reims
- A25 : Dunkerque - Lille
- A21 et A211 : Lens - Arras

International rail links: 

- Paris and Bruxelles at 90 mn (1 h by high speed train)
- Transmanche at 1 hour
- Amsterdam and Cologne at 3 hours
-  International airport of  Lille 

Structuring equipments for the transport of the goods: 

- DELTA 3 in Dourges
-  Bethune and Harnes riverports
- Grand Gabarit Canal links with North-West Europe
- Northern Europe SEINE  Canal in 2017
- The future multimodal platform of Marquion
- The Platforms of Wingles and of Guarbecque



 

Artois map

Waterway transport