hi all,we are driving to Calais dropping the rental car off at Calais ferry port then going to take the train into London
could anyone please tell me what train station we have to go to and how far from the port to the station.
the reason we are dropping the car off at the port is because we could not get the right car dropping off at the station
we needed a mini van.
Alan.
The Eurostar train departs from Calais-Fréthun station, which would be a taxi ride from the port area, or maybe your car rental company will deliver you. (I see Enterprise among the options at that location.)
Calais-Ville is the main station in the centre of town; but, as Laura says, the Eurostars stop at Calais-Fréthun, which is a long way outside Calais, near the tunnel mouth. The docks are on the opposite side of the town 14Km from Calais-Fréthun.
See here for a map: http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=13/50.9392/1.8094
Have you arranged your train booking from Calais to London? There are very few Eurostar trains to London which stop at Calais, only 3 per day (10:01, 14:01 and 21:01)
The full timetable is here: http://www.eurostar.com/sites/default/files/pdf/timetable/UK_timetable%281%29.pdf
Unless you are stopping somewhere in the Calais area, I would recommend dropping your car of at Lille Europe station, and catching your Eurostar there. If you look at the timetable there are many more trains stopping at Lille, approximately one every hour.
And Lille is a nice place to spend a few hours between dropping off the car and catching the Eurostar.
