Gare du Nord
The Gare du Nord( literally" Station of the North", or more simply" North Station", lexically), officially Paris- Nord, is one of the six large terminus stations of the SNCF mainline network for Paris, France.
It serves train services toward regions north of Paris, along the Paris – Lille railway.
Near Gare de l' Est in the 10th arrondissement, the Gare du Nord offers connections with several urban transport lines, including Paris Métro, RER and buses.
By the number of travelers, around 222 million per year, it is the busiest railway station in Europe by total passenger numbers.
The Gare du Nord is the station for trains to Northern France and to international destinations in Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.
The station complex was designed by the French architect Jacques Hittorff and built between 1861 and 1864.
La Chapelle (Paris Métro)
La Chapelle is a station on Paris Métro Line 2, on the border of the 10th and 18th arrondissements above the Boulevard de la Chapelle.
The station is connected to the Gare du Nord and the Gare du Nord Métro station on lines 4 and 5.
The elevated line 2 station was opened on 31 January 1903 as part of the extension of line 2 from Anvers to" Bagnolet"( now called Alexandre Dumas).
It is named after the" Place de la Chapelle", which was named after the" Barrière de la Chapelle", a gate built for the collection of taxation as part of the Wall of the Farmers- General; the gate was built between 1784 and 1788 and demolished after 1859.
The gate was named after a village that was annexed by Paris in 1860 and was named after a chapel to Saint Genevieve built in the 6th century.
There is a connection to Gare du Nord through a tunnel between the metro station and the RER station.
Gare du Nord (band)
Gare du Nord is a Dutch- Belgian jazz band, originally consisting of Doc( Ferdi Lancee) and Inca( Barend Fransen).
Doc played guitar and Inca played saxophone, while both performed vocal duties.
After the pair split in 2013, the band continues working and touring with a different lineup.
Voiture de banlieue à 2 niveaux
The VB2N(" two- deck suburban car") is a double- deck passenger car used on Transilien suburban rail services in the Île- de- France region of France.
The coaches, built from 1974, are the successors of the Chemins de Fer de l' État's 1933 built Voiture État à 2 étages.
They are used on Gare Saint- Lazare network and Gare Montparnasse network.
They were also used between Gare de l' Est and Gare de Tournan until the RER E was built and Gare du Nord network until the arrival of the Z 50000 who replaced them by the end of 2012.
From the late 2006- early 2007, VB2Ns are pushed/ pulled by new SNCF Class BB 27300 electric locomotives( Gare Saint- Lazare and Gare Montparnasse networks), and from 2012, by new( Gare Montparnasse network only).
They are also pushed/ pulled by SNCF Class BB 17000 on Gare Saint- Lazare networks.
Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord
The Bouffes du Nord is a theater at 37 bis, boulevard de la Chapelle in the 10th arrondissement of Paris located near the Gare du Nord.
It has been listed since 1993 as a" monument historique" by the French Ministry of Culture.
Gare du Nord (film)
Gare du Nord is a 2013 French- Canadian drama film about four individuals whose lives meet at the Gare du Nord in Paris.
Directed and co-written by Claire Simon, the film stars Nicole Garcia, Reda Kateb, François Damiens and Monia Chokri.
The film premiered at the Locarno International Film Festival and was released theatrically on 4 September 2013.
RER B
RER B is one of the five lines in the Réseau Express Régional (English: Regional Express Network), a hybrid suburban commuter/rapid transit system serving Paris, France and its suburbs.
The RER B line crosses the Paris region from north to south, with all trains serving a group of stations in central Paris, before branching out towards the ends of the line.
The line runs from the northern termini Aéroport Charles de Gaulle (B3) and Mitry-Claye (B5) to the southern termini Robinson (B2) and Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse (B4).
The southern part of the line (south of Gare du Nord) is operated by the RATP, and the northern part by the SNCF.
Trains are owned by either company.
Until December 2009, drivers changed at Gare du Nord; RATP and SNCF drivers now operate their trains along the full length of the line.
Trains moving from one network to the other at this station is known as the "Interconnexion".
Technical difficulties of the Interconnexion include the shared tunnel with RER D between Châtelet – Les Halles and Gare du Nord, and the fact that while the SNCF part in the northern suburbs use 25 kV AC, the RATP part uses 1500 V DC, forcing the use of dual-voltage trains.
Gare du Nord (disambiguation)
Gare du Nord may refer to:
Gare d'Amiens
Gare d'Amiens( formerly" Gare du Nord") is the main station for the Northern French city of Amiens.
Fun Things
The Fun Things were an Australian punk rock band that was formed during the heyday period of punk rock.
Known for their admiration of Radio Birdman, they also have been documented as being" modeled on almost exclusively on the Radio Birdman/ Stooges/ Sex Pistols mould".
Original band members were Brad Shepherd on guitar and vocals, John Hartley on bass guitar, Graeme Beavis on guitar and Murray Shepherd on drums.
Brad Shepherd and Murray Shepherd were brothers in the band, which released one highly acclaimed E.P. and has become" one of the most collectable artifacts from Australia ’s punk rock era".
The Fun Things were a primary group behind Brisbane's second wave punk scene between 1978 and 1980.
According to music historian, Ian McFarlane, Brisbane produced" some of the most anarchistic bands of the Australian punk rock era" and that it was a city nationally renowned for its ultra conservatism.
After The Fun Things dissolved both Shepherd brothers eventually went on to subsequent profile bands such as The Hitmen, The Hoodoo Gurus for Brad Shepherd and The Screaming Tribesmen for Murray Shepherd with John Hartley.
In 1984 Beavis was a member of The Apartments.

Question: Are Fun Things and Gare Du Nord (Band) from the same country?
Answer: no