LeShuttle is a railway shuttle service between Calais in France and Folkestone in United Kingdom. It conveys road vehicles and passengers by rail through the Channel Tunnel. Freight vehicles are carried in separate shuttle trains hauled by the same locomotives, that also contain a passenger carriage, known as the Club Car.
LeShuttle
Exterior of passenger shuttle carriages, with cars queuing to board (2010)
Interior of a passenger shuttle carriage
Freight shuttle with the club car forward
Eurotunnel Calais Terminal
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 Folkestone Terminal is called the Charles Dickens Terminal, named for the British author Charles Dickens.
Vehicles boarding Eurotunnel Shuttle at Calais in 2010
Border checkpoint for vehicles operated by the French Border Police and French Customs when leaving France and the Schengen Area at the juxtaposed controls at the Eurotunnel Calais Terminal.