Summary
Cannes station or Cannes-Voyageurs (French: Gare de Cannes) is the main railway station for the French Southern city of Cannes. It is situated on the Marseille–Ventimiglia railway.
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| Location | 4 Place de la Gare, 06400 Cannes France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°33′14″N 7°01′10″E / 43.55389°N 7.01944°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | RFF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | SNCF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Marseille–Ventimiglia railway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Train operators | TER, Intercités | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 87757625 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | April 10, 1863 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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History edit
The station opened on 10 April 1863 when the line from Marseille to Cagnes-sur-Mer opened to passengers. The station was a small elegant building with a rooftop spanning both tracks of the main line. In 1870 the line from Grasse is opened. The engine depot was moved to La Bocca in 1880 and a goods station opened in 1883. With the lengthening of trains, the old station proved to be too small for the growing town. Work on a new station started in 1962. The station building was subsequently replaced by the present structure in 1975. The line and the station platforms are, per 2023, now underground across most of the city center as it was covered by multi lanes city expressway.
Train services edit
The station is served by the following services:[1][2][3]
- High speed services (TGV) Paris - Avignon - Aix-en-Provence - Cannes - Antibes - Nice
- High speed services (TGV) Bruxelles-Midi - Lille-Europe - Airport Charles de Gaulle - Lyon - Avignon - Aix-en-Provence - Marseille - Cannes - Nice
- High speed services (TGV) Nancy - Strasbourg - Besançon - Dijon - Lyon - Avignon - Marseille - Cannes - Nice
- High speed services (TGV) Lyon - Marseille - Nice
- Regional services (TER Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur) Marseille - Toulon - Les Arcs–Draguignan - Cannes - Nice
- Local services (TER Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur) Les Arcs–Draguignan - Cannes - Nice
- Local services (TER Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur) Grasse/Mandelieu - Cannes - Nice - Monaco - Ventimiglia
Please notice that this station, even served by TGV cars, is NOT high speed as the specific track, needed for high speed up to 320 km/h goes only to Marseilles St Charles station. All trains from Marseille to the Italian border (Menton) run at slow speed.
See also edit
References edit
External links edit
Media related to Gare de Cannes at Wikimedia Commons- Cannes station at "Gares & Connexions", the official website of SNCF (in French)
- Gare SNCF de: "Cannes"
