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
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		   Eurostar   Lille-Europe
Preceding station   SNCF   Following station
Calais-Ville   TGV
TGV inter-regional
  Lille-Europe
toward Amiens
TER Hauts-de-France K92+Terminus
TER Hauts-de-France K94+
TER Hauts-de-France P73
toward Calais-Ville

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 call travelling from London to Brussels via Lille-Europe.[3]

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
0:14
 Ebbsfleet International[note 1]
0:29
 Ashford International[note 1]
0:31
British portal
Channel Tunnel
UK
France
border
0:51
French portal
0:55
 Calais-Fréthun
1:22
 Lille-Europe
France
Belgium
border
2:01
 Brussels-South
Belgium
Netherlands
border
3:01
 Rotterdam Centraal
3:41
 Amsterdam Centraal
2:16
 Paris-Nord
2:40
 Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy
Seasonal and extended services
4:41
 Lyon-Part-Dieu
5:49
 Avignon TGV
6:27
 Marseille-Saint-Charles  
7:12
 Moûtiers
7:30
Aime-La Plagne
(set down only)
7:51
 Bourg-Saint-Maurice
Fastest timetabled journeys
from London St Pancras

Notes
  1. Due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ebbsfleet and Ashford will not be served by Eurostar trains until 2023.[5]

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. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2022.


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