Editing Calais (section)

==Transport==
[[File:Calais Port.JPG|right|thumb|Cranes in the Ferry Terminal, Calais]]
[[File:Calais, rue Royale (France, August 2011).jpg|thumb|right|Boulevard Jacquard]]

===Sea===
{{main|Port of Calais}}
The [[Port of Calais]] was the first cable ship port in Europe and is the fourth largest port in France and the largest for passenger traffic.<ref name="NFI" /> The port accounts for more than a third of economic activity of the town of Calais. Cargo traffic has tripled over the past two decades. In 2007 more than 41.5&nbsp;million tonnes of traffic passed through Calais with some 11.52&nbsp;million passengers, 1.4&nbsp;million trucks and trailers, 2.249&nbsp;million cars and 4,700 crossings a year.<ref name="NFI">{{Cite web |title=Calais |url=http://www.nordfranceinvest.fr/?action=loadPage&pageId=146 |access-date=10 February 2012 |publisher=Nord France Invest |archive-date=23 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123073137/http://www.nordfranceinvest.fr/?action=loadPage&pageId=146 |url-status=live }}</ref> Passenger numbers for the Dover to Calais route in 2018 were 9,168,000.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Booker |first=France Ferry |date=18 November 2019 |title=Ferry to France Statistics - Passenger Numbers |url=https://www.franceferrybooker.co.uk/news/ferry-to-france-statistics |access-date=30 December 2019 |archive-date=30 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230110614/https://www.franceferrybooker.co.uk/news/ferry-to-france-statistics |url-status=live }}</ref> On average, ships sail from the port every 30 minutes.<ref name="NFI" /> A new 400&nbsp;million euro project is underway at the port to create a breakwater protecting a pool of 700 meters long, thus allowing virtually all types of ships to stop at Calais.

===Rail===
{{Railways in Calais}}
As well as the large port, the town is served by three railway stations: [[Calais-Fréthun station|Gare de Calais-Fréthun]], [[Gare de Calais-Ville]], and [[Gare des Fontinettes]], the former being the first stop on mainland Europe of the [[Eurostar]] line. [[Gare de Calais-Ville]] is the nearest station to the port with trains to [[Gare de Boulogne-Ville]] and either [[Gare de Lille Flandres]] or [[Gare de Lille Europe]].

Calais was also served by [[Gare de Calais Saint-Pierre|Saint-Pierre]] and [[Gare de Calais-Maritime|Calais-Maritime]]. Both now closed.

Saint-Pierre was two separate stations. A temporary station was opened by the [[Chemins de fer du Nord]] in 1846, and closed in 1849 when Calais-Ville opened. It subsequently became the site of a marshalling yard.{{sfn|Farebrother |Farebrother |2008 |pp=25, 49}} The second Saint-Pierre station was opened by the [[Chemin de fer d'Anvin à Calais]] (CF AC) on 1 October 1881. It closed in 1900 when the CF AC extended their line to Calais-Ville.{{sfn|Farebrother |Farebrother |2008 |p=31}} The CF AC closed on 1 March 1955.{{sfn|Farebrother |Farebrother |2008 |pp=281-82}}

===Road===
Local bus services are provided by STCE. Free car parking facilities are available in front of the Calais ferry terminal and the maximum stay is three days.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Calais Ferry &#124; Calais Ferry Port |url=http://www.aferry.co.uk/calais-ferries-uk.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225043735/http://www.aferry.co.uk/calais-ferries-uk.htm |archive-date=25 February 2011 |access-date=6 April 2011 |publisher=Aferry.co.uk}}</ref>

===Air===
Calais is served by an airport and an airfield. [[Calais–Dunkerque Airport]] is located at [[Marck, Pas-de-Calais|Marck]], {{convert|7|km|mi}} east north east of Calais. [[Saint-Inglevert Airfield]] is located at [[Saint-Inglevert]], {{convert|13|km|mi}} south west of Calais.