Calais-Fréthun station

Calais-Fréthun station (French: Gare de Calais-Fréthun) is an SNCF international railway station in the suburbs of Calais, France. It is one of four stations serving the town; the others are Calais-Ville in the town centre, Fontinettes in the suburbs, and Beau Marais in the suburbs.

Calais-Fréthun
SNCF Eurostar
Main station building
General information
LocationRue de la Gare
Calais
62100
France
Owned bySNCF
Operated bySNCF
Line(s)LGV Nord
Platforms4
Tracks6
Construction
Platform levels3
Other information
Station code87281071
IATA: XFF[1]
Websitehttps://www.sncf.com/en/stations/calais-frethun/OCE87281071/departures-arrivals/gl/departures
History
Opened26 September 1993
Electrified25 kV 50 Hz
Services
Preceding station Eurostar Following station
Ashford International London - Amsterdam Lille-Europe
London - Disneyland Lille-Europe
Winter Seasonal (Weekly) Lille-Europe
London - Paris Lille-Europe
towards Paris-Nord
Preceding station SNCF Following station
Calais-Ville
towards Paris-Nord
TGV
Lille Europe
towards Calais-Ville
Preceding station TER Hauts-de-France Following station
Lille-Europe
towards Amiens
Krono+ GV
K92+
Terminus
Krono+ GV
K94+
Boulogne
Pihen Proxi
P73
Les Fontinettes
towards Calais

The station has four platforms, two on the high-speed line for Eurostar services, and two for SNCF TER Hauts-de-France regional services. The TER platforms are also used by some TGV long-distance services.

TGV

The TGV stops here on journeys from Lille-Europe to Calais, Boulogne and Rang-du-Fliers-Verton-Berck, and Paris.[2]

TER Hauts-de-France

The local trains are run by TER Hauts-de-France which covers the region. The station is served by regional trains to Calais, Boulogne, Arras, Amiens and Lille.[2]

Eurostar

Calais-Fréthun is the first station on the continental side of the Eurostar route and passengers can alight here to connect onto the SNCF or LGV Nord services. As of July 2011 three services a day called in each direction travelling between London and Brussels via Lille-Europe.[3] However, these were suspended in 2020 as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic, and as of Summer 2023 there is as yet no date for their resumption.

After the 'Additional Protocol to the Sangatte Protocol' was signed by France and the United Kingdom on 29 May 2000, juxtaposed controls were set up in the station. Eurostar passengers travelling to the UK clear exit checks from the Schengen Area (carried out by the French Border Police) as well as UK entry checks (conducted by the UK Border Force) in the station before boarding their train.[4]

Eurostar services
h:mm
0:00
London St Pancras International
National Rail
0:14
Ebbsfleet International[note 1]
National Rail
0:29
Ashford International[note 1]
National Rail
0:31
British portal
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Channel Tunnel
UK
France
border
0:51
French portal
0:55
Calais-Fréthun[note 2]
SNCF
1:22
Lille-Europe
SNCF
France
Belgium
border
1:56
Brussels-South
Deutsche Bahn TGV
Belgium
Netherlands
border
3:16
Rotterdam Centraal
w:Nederlandse Spoorwegen
3:55
Amsterdam Centraal
Deutsche Bahn w:Nederlandse Spoorwegen
2:16
Paris-Nord
SNCF
2:49
Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy[note 3]
TGV
4:41
Lyon-Part-Dieu[note 2]
Deutsche Bahn Renfe SNCF
5:49
Avignon TGV[note 2]
Deutsche Bahn Renfe SNCF
6:27
Marseille-Saint-Charles[note 2]   Deutsche Bahn Renfe SNCF
Fastest timetabled journeys
from London St Pancras International

Notes

  1. Due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ashford and Ebbsfleet will not be served by Eurostar trains until 2025.[5]
  2. Due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Calais, Lyon, Avignon, and Marseille, are not served by Eurostar trains for the foreseeable future.[6]
  3. Due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Disneyland Paris services will be suspended from 6 June 2023.[7]

References

  1. Airport information for Gare de Calais-Fréthun at Transport Search website.
  2. "Plan des lignes TER Hauts-de-France" (PDF). www.ter.sncf.com (in French). Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  3. UK timetable, Eurostar
  4. "Lords Hansard text for 16 March 2001 (210316-05)". Department of the Official Report (Hansard), House of Lords.
  5. "Coronavirus: Eurostar trains will not stop in Kent until at least 2023". BBC News. Royal Tunbridge Wells: BBC English Regions. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  6. "TIMETABLES". Eurostar4Agents. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  7. "Important information about trains to Disneyland® Paris - Summer 2023". Eurostar4Agents. 25 August 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.

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