Calais-Ville station

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Calais-Ville
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Entrance to the station in 2015.
General information
Location46 avenue du Président-Wilson
62100 Calais
Pas-de-Calais
France
Coordinates 50°57′12″N1°51′2″E / 50.95333°N 1.85056°E / 50.95333; 1.85056
Line(s) Coudekerque-Branche–Fontinettes railway
Lille to Fontinettes railway
Boulogne–Calais railway
Anvin-Calais railway (closed)
Other information
Station code87317263
History
Opened1849
Services
Preceding station SNCF Following station
Terminus TGV inOui
Calais-Fréthun
towards Paris-Nord
Preceding station Venice Simplon-Orient-Express Following station
Folkestone West via Eurotunnel Shuttle London–Paris–Rome Paris-Est
towards Rome
Venice–Budapest–London Paris-Est
towards Venice
Venice–Prague–London
Preceding station TER Hauts-de-France Following station
Boulogne
towards Paris-Nord
Krono
K16
Terminus
Marquise-Rinxent
towards Amiens
Krono
K21
TerminusKrono
K71
Audruicq
Proxi
P54
Les Fontinettes
towards Arras
Proxi
P72
Les Fontinettes
towards Dunkerque
Les Fontinettes Proxi
P73
Terminus
Former services
Disused railways
Terminus  Anvin - Calais line
Metre gauge
  Les Fontinettes

Calais-Ville station (French: Gare de Calais-Ville) is a railway station in the city centre of Calais, France.

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History

Gare de Ville opened in 1849, replacing the temporary St. Pierre station which had opened in 1846 and subsequently became the site of a marshalling yard. [1] It was rebuilt in 1888–89. [2] In 1900, the metre gauge Chemin de fer d'Anvin à Calais (CF AC) was extended from St. Pierre to Calais-Ville, [3] enabling the closure of St. Pierre. [4]

In the Second World War, Calais-Ville station had been severely damaged in 1940 during the Battle of France, and further damaged in 1944 when Calais was liberated by Allied forces. The remaining station buildings were demolished and temporary buildings erected to serve until the station was rebuilt. [5] The CF AC closed on 1 March 1955. [6] Calais-Ville station was subsequently rebuilt. [5]

Services

It is the principal station for commuter and short-distance rail services in Calais. Another station Calais-Fréthun, [7] which is where longer distance trains depart from, is connected by a free shuttle bus service (to meet with trains to Paris). [8] There is a third smaller station at Les Fontinettes.

There is a shuttle service bus from the Port of Calais to the station.

The station is served by the following trains:

Regional trains (TER Hauts-de-France): [9]

Local trains: (TER Hauts-de-France): [9]

There is one TGV return service via Calais-Fréthun to Lille-Europe each day. [10]

It was formerly served by the Chemin de fer d'Anvin à Calais between 1900 and 1955.

Railways in Calais
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Calais-Ville with TER Nord-Pas-de-Calais rolling stock.

See also

References

  1. Farebrother & Farebrother 2008, pp. 25, 49.
  2. Farebrother & Farebrother 2008, p. 25.
  3. Farebrother & Farebrother 2008, p. 31.
  4. Farebrother & Farebrother 2008, p. 37.
  5. 1 2 Farebrother & Farebrother 2008, p. 265.
  6. Farebrother & Farebrother 2008, p. 281.
  7. SNCF Timetable
  8. Yahoo Travel Archived 2009-12-24 at the Wayback Machine
  9. 1 2 "Plan des lignes TER Hauts-de-France" (PDF). www.ter.sncf.com (in French). Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  10. Paris-Amiens-Calais-Hazebrouck-Lille timetable (in French)

Sources