Calais-Ville station

Calais-Ville is a railway station in the city centre of Calais, France.

Calais-Ville
Gare de Calais-Ville
Location	Calais Pas-de-Calais France
Coordinates	50°57′12″N 1°51′2″E
Line(s)	Coudekerque-Branche–Fontinettes railway Lille to Fontinettes railway Boulogne–Calais railway Anvin-Calais railway (closed)
Other information
Station code	87317263
History
Opened	1849
Services
Preceding station   SNCF   Following station Terminus   TGV TGV inter-regional   Calais-Fréthun Terminus TER Hauts-de-France 2 Les Fontinettes toward Calais-Ville Terminus TER Hauts-de-France 3 Les Fontinettes toward Dunkerque Terminus TER Hauts-de-France 4 Les Fontinettes toward Lille-Flandres Folkestone West via Eurotunnel Shuttle   Venice Simplon Orient Express London-Paris-Rome   Paris Gare de l'Est Disused railways Terminus   Anvin - Calais line Metre gauge   Les Fontinettes

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 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

As of July 2011 the typical weekday service pattern is

• 3-5 tpd (trains per day) to Dunkirk (TER line 3)[9]
• 11 tpd to Calais-Frethun and Boulogne (TER line 2), some continuing to Étaples-Le Touquet, Rang-du-Fliers-Verton and Amiens[10]
• 40 tpd to St Omer, of which 34 continue to Hazebrouck and 17 of these on to Lille-Flandres[10]

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
Coudekerque-Branche– Fontinettes railway to Dunkirk Lille–Fontinettes railway to Lille-Flandres Chemin de Fer d'Anvin à Calais to Anvin Les Fontinettes Calais St. Pierre Calais-Ville Calais-Maritime LGV Nord to Channel Tunnel│to Lille-Europe Calais-Fréthun Boulogne–Calais railway to Boulogne-Ville Paris–Lille railway to Paris

Lille–Fontinettes railway
km LGV Nord to Paris & Brussels to Charleville-Mézières Line 94 to Tournai Paris–Lille railway to Amiens and Béthune 0.0 Lille Flandres Line 75 to Kortrijk La Madeleine to Comines Saint-André-lez-Lille LGV Nord to Lille-Europe to Haubourdin LGV Nord to Calais-Fréthun 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 Arras–Dunkirk railway to Béthune 46.4 Hazebrouck to Dunkirk Ebblinghem Renescure to Hesdigneul 66.4 Saint-Omer 000.0 000.0 Watten-Éperlecques Ruminghem Audricq Nortkerque Ardres–Pont-d'Ardres steam tram to Ardres Pont-d'Ardres Les Attaques Pont de Coulogne Coudekerque-Branche– Fontinettes railway to Dunkirk Chemin de Fer d'Anvin à Calais to Anvin 104.9 Les Fontinettes Calais St. Pierre Calais-Ville Calais-Maritime to Channel Tunnel and London to Eurotunnel Calais Terminal Calais-Fréthun Boulogne–Calais railway to Boulogne LGV Nord to Lille km

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

See also

• Port of Calais
• Port of Dover

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. 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. Dunkerque-Calais timetable (in French)
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.

External links

• Timetables TER Nord-Pas-de-Calais (in French)