Folkestone Terminal | |||||||||||
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| Eurotunnel Shuttle vehicle transport terminal | |||||||||||
 Eurotunnel HGV Shuttle departing from Folkestone to Calais | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Folkestone United Kingdom | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°05′48″N 1°08′14″E / 51.09667°N 1.13722°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Getlink | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Channel Tunnel | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 10 island platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 10 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 6 May 1994 | ||||||||||
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The Eurotunnel Folkestone 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 Cheriton, a northern suburb of the town of Folkestone in the county of Kent. It is the terminal for the United Kingdom. On the French side is the Eurotunnel Calais Terminal located at Coquelles, near Calais. The passenger service building at the Eurotunnel Folkestone Terminal is called the Victor Hugo Terminal, named for the French author Victor Hugo.[1]
- ^ "The Channel Tunnel". Getlink. Retrieved 21 December 2023.