Calais-Fréthun station

Calais-Fréthun is a SNCF international railway station in the suburbs of Calais, France. It is one of three stations serving the town; the other two are Calais-Ville in the town centre and Fontinettes in the suburbs.

Calais-Fréthun
Main station building
Location	Rue de la Gare Calais 62100 France
Owned by	SNCF
Operated by	SNCF
Line(s)	LGV Nord
Platforms	4
Tracks	6
Construction
Platform levels	3
Other information
Station code	87281071 IATA: XFF[1]
Website	https://www.sncf.com/en/stations/calais-frethun/OCE87281071/departures-arrivals/gl/departures
History
Opened	26 September 1993
Electrified	25 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 Calais-Ville or Boulogne-Ville   TER GV   Lille-Europe Pihen toward Amiens TER Hauts-de-France 2 Les Fontinettes toward Calais-Ville

The station has four platforms, two on the high-speed line for Eurostar services, and two for SNCF TER Nord-Pas-de-Calais 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. From July 2011, there have been seven daily services during weekdays.[2]

TER Hauts-de-France

The station is on the following routes:

• Lille-Paris via Calais, Boulogne and Amiens
• Lille Flandres - Boulogne via Hazebrouck and Calais-Ville

The local trains are run by TER Hauts-de-France which covers the region.

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 2022.[5]

References

1. Airport information for Gare de Calais-Fréthun at Transport Search website.
2. Paris-Amiens-Calais-Hazebrouck-Lille timetable (in French)
3. UK timetable, Eurostar
4. "Lords Hansard text for 16 March 2001 (210316-05)". Department of the Official Report (Hansard), House of Lords.
5. "At the Stations". Retrieved 21 November 2020.

External links

• Calais-Fréthun station at "Gares & Connexions", the official website of SNCF (in French)
• Timetables TER Nord-Pas-de-Calais (in French)