Gare de Monaco-Monte-Carlo

Monaco - Monte-Carlo

New underground platforms (2006)
Location La Condamine
Coordinates 43°44′19″N 7°25′09″E / 43.73861°N 7.41917°E / 43.73861; 7.41917Coordinates: 43°44′19″N 7°25′09″E / 43.73861°N 7.41917°E / 43.73861; 7.41917
Owned by RFF
Operated by SNCF
Line(s) TER, TGV
Platforms 2
Tracks 3

Monaco - Monte-Carlo is the only railway station in the Principality of Monaco. It is served by trains of the French operator SNCF, on the Marseille–Ventimiglia railway line. The station, along with the entire railway line in the principality, is underground.

History

Old surface platforms (1974)

The railway line from Marseille reached Monaco in 1868. The station, originally named Monaco (Gare de Monaco), was renamed Monaco-Monte Carlo in the 1950s, after the building of a new tunnel bypassing a second SNCF station named Monte Carlo.[1][2][3]

In the early 1990s, it was decided to re-route the railway underground and build a new station. Construction commenced in 1993, and the new station opened on 7 December 1999.[3] This comprises a curved tunnel 466 metres in length, 22 metres wide and 13 metres in height. There are three tracks through the station, accessed from a side platform on the south side, and an island platform between the two tracks to the north.

Train services

Lower entrance to the station
Railway stations in Monaco

The majority of trains serving Monaco-Monte-Carlo are local TER Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur services between Marseille-Saint-Charles and Ventimiglia, just inside the French-Italian border. There are also a small number of TGV services from Paris-Gare de Lyon.

The station is served by the following services:

Preceding station   SNCF   Following station
toward Paris-Lyon
TGV
toward Ventimiglia
Thello
Terminus
Intercités
night trains
Cap-d'Ail
toward Grasse
TER PACA 4
Monte-Carlo-Country-Club
toward Ventimiglia

See also

References

  1. ↑ Railways in Monaco (sinfin.net)
  2. ↑ (French) See also: fr:Schéma de la ligne de Marseille-Saint-Charles à Vintimille (frontière)
  3. 1 2 (French) History of Monaco station from the official site
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