Eurotunnel Folkestone Terminal

Folkestone Terminal
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 / 51.09667; 1.13722
Owned by	Getlink
Line(s)	Channel Tunnel
Platforms	10 island platforms
Tracks	10
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
History
Opened	6 May 1994 (1994-05-06)
Services
Preceding station   Eurotunnel   Following station Terminus   Eurotunnel Shuttle Channel Tunnel   Calais
Location

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]