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Railway station in Calais, France
Calais-Frethun station
(
French
:
Gare de Calais-Frethun
) 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.
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.
The
TGV
stops here on journeys from
Lille-Europe
to
Calais
,
Boulogne
and
Rang-du-Fliers-Verton-Berck
, and Paris.
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TER Hauts-de-France
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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
.
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Eurostar
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Calais-Frethun is the first station on the continental side of the
Eurostar
route and passengers could alight here to connect onto the
SNCF
or
LGV Nord
services. As of July 2011
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three services a day called in each direction travelling between
London
and
Brussels
via Lille-Europe.
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However, these were suspended in 2020 as a result of the
COVID-19
pandemic, and as of Summer 2023 there is as yet no date for their resumption.
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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.
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