Calais-Ville station ( French: ''Gare de Calais-Ville)'' is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in Track (rail transport), tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the ...

in the city centre of

Calais Calais ( , , traditionally , ) is a port city in the Pas-de-Calais department, of which it is a subprefecture. Although Calais is by far the largest city in Pas-de-Calais, the department's prefecture is its third-largest city of Arras. The p ...

, 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. It was rebuilt in 1888–89. In 1900, the

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Chemin de fer d'Anvin à Calais (CF AC) was extended from St. Pierre to Calais-Ville, enabling the closure of St. Pierre. In the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

, Calais-Ville station had been severely damaged in 1940 during the

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, 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. The CF AC closed on 1 March 1955. Calais-Ville station was subsequently rebuilt.

Services

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

Port of Calais The Port of Calais in northern France is the fourth largest port in France and the largest for passenger traffic. It accounts for more than a third of economic activity in the town of Calais. Background The Port of Calais was the first cable ...

to the station. The station is served by the following trains: *High speed trains (''TGV'') Paris - Lille - Calais Regional trains (

TER Hauts-de-France TER Hauts-de-France is the regional rail network serving the region of Hauts-de-France, northern France. It is operated by the French national railway company SNCF. It was formed in 2017 from the previous TER networks TER Nord-Pas-de-Calais an ...

): *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): *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

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return service via Calais-Fréthun to

Lille-Europe Lille-Europe station (French: ''Gare de Lille-Europe'') is a SNCF railway station in Lille, France, on the LGV Nord high-speed railway. The station is primarily used for international Eurostar and long-distance SNCF TGV services, although som ...

each day.Paris-Amiens-Calais-Hazebrouck-Lille timetable
It was formerly served by the Chemin de fer d'Anvin à Calais between 1900 and 1955. Calais-Ville, railbuses

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Calais, Gare Railway stations in Pas-de-Calais Buildings and structures in Calais Railway stations in France opened in 1849

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