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The Calais Railway was chartered in 1832 as one of the first railway charters granted by the state of Maine. Construction started in 1835. The company was reorganized as the Calais Railroad in 1838 and opened a 2 miles (3.2 km) railway from Calais to Salmon Falls in 1839. Horses pulled cars over the railway until it was abandoned in 1841.
The Boulogne–Calais railway is an electrified double track railway running between the ports of Boulogne-sur-Mer and Calais in France.An extension of the Longueau–Boulogne railway it meets the Lille–Fontinettes railway and Coudekerque-Branche–Fontinettes railway to Dunkirk at Les Fontinettes station in Calais.
Calais is the home of the first railroad built in the state of Maine, the Calais Railroad, incorporated by the state legislature on February 17, 1832. [7] It was built to transport lumber from a mill on the St. Croix River opposite Milltown, New Brunswick, 2 miles (3 km) to the tidewater at Calais in 1835.
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 first railroad in Maine was the Calais Railroad, incorporated by the state legislature on February 17, 1832. [51] It was built to transport lumber from a mill on the Saint Croix River opposite Milltown, New Brunswick two miles to the tidewater at Calais in 1835.
He is parked at his London club before the train arrives at Calais Gare Maritime. March 29 – last scheduled train runs on the narrow gauge Northwestern Pacific Railroad. [2] March 30 – Chesapeake and Ohio Railway inaugurates The Sportsman passenger service. [3]
The station is situated on the Longueau-Boulogne railway, and is served by local TER Hauts-de-France services from Boulogne to Lille-Flandres, Calais to Amiens and between Boulogne and Dunkerque. [5] There is also a TGV service to Lille-Europe via Calais-Fréthun which takes 55 minutes.
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