Eurotunnel Calais Terminal

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Calais Terminal
Eurotunnel Shuttle vehicle transport terminal
Vehicles boarding Eurotunnel Shuttle at Calais in 2010
General information
Location	Coquelles France
Coordinates	50°55′22″N 1°48′50″E / 50.92278°N 1.81389°E / 50.92278; 1.81389
Owned by	Getlink
Line(s)	Channel Tunnel
Platforms	10 island platforms
Tracks	10
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
History
Opened	6 May 1994 (1994-05-06)
Services
Preceding station   Eurotunnel   Following station Folkestone   Eurotunnel Shuttle Channel Tunnel   Terminus
Location

The Eurotunnel Calais Terminal is a railway terminal built for the transport of road-going vehicles on specially constructed trains through the Channel Tunnel. The station is located in the commune of Coquelles in the Pas-de-Calais department near the city of Calais. It is the terminal for the France and by extension the rest of Continental Europe. On the British side is the Eurotunnel Folkestone Terminal located at Cheriton, near Folkestone. The passenger service building at the Eurotunnel Calais Terminal is called the Charles Dickens Terminal, named for the British author Charles Dickens.^[1]