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The station of Fresnes was recently one of the shooting locations for the television series Germinal that aired on France 2 in 2021.

Anzin railway

Coal track through Northern France

From 1838 onwards, the railway from Somain in France to Péruwelz in Belgium served several coal mines around Valenciennes and crossed the Belgian border at Vieux-Condé.
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