Calais-Ville
Photograph of the station
Entrance to the station in 2015.
General information
Location46 avenue du Président-Wilson
62100 Calais
Pas-de-Calais
France
Coordinates50°57′12″N 1°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
Terminus
Preceding station TER Hauts-de-France Following station
Boulogne
towards Paris-Nord
Krono
K16
Terminus
Marquise-Rinxent
towards Amiens
Krono
K21
Terminus Krono
K71
Audruicq
Proxi
P54
Les Fontinettes
towards Arras
Proxi
P72
Les Fontinettes
towards Dunkerque
Les Fontinettes Proxi
P73
Terminus
Other 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.

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:

  • High speed trains (TGV) Paris - Lille - Calais

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

  • line K16 to Boulogne, Amiens and Paris
  • line K21 to Boulogne and Amiens
  • line K71 to Hazebrouck and Lille

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

  • line P54 to Hazebrouck, Béthune, Lens and Arras
  • line P71 to Hazebrouck
  • line P72 to Dunkirk
  • line P73 to Boulogne, Étaples and Rang-du-Fliers

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
Les Fontinettes
Calais St. Pierre
Calais-Ville
Calais-Maritime
Calais-Fréthun
Lille–Fontinettes railway
km
0.0
Lille Flandres
La Madeleine
Saint-André-lez-Lille
000.0
000.0
Lompret
Pérenchies
Prémesques
La Chapelle-d'Armentières
freight line to Wavrin
20.1
Armentières
000.0
000.0
freight line to La Gorgue
Nieppe
Steenwerck
Bailleul
Strazeele
46.4
Hazebrouck
Ebblinghem
Renescure
to Hesdigneul
66.4
Saint-Omer
000.0
Ruminghem
Audruicq
Nortkerque
Pont-d'Ardres
Les Attaques
Pont de Coulogne
104.9
Les Fontinettes
Calais St. Pierre
Calais-Ville
Calais-Maritime
Calais-Fréthun
LGV Nord to Lille
km
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

  • Farebrother, Martin J B; Farebrother, Joan S (2008). Tortillards of Artois. Usk: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0 85361 554 3.
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