Marseille–Ventimiglia railway

The Marseille–Ventimiglia railway (French: Ligne de Marseille-Saint-Charles à Vintimille; Italian: Ferrovia Marsiglia-Ventimiglia) is a French, Monégasque and Italian 259-kilometre (161 miles) long railway line. The railway was opened in several stages between 1858 and 1872.[3]

Marseille–Ventimiglia railway
The viaduc of Anthéor in the Massif de l'Esterel
Overview
StatusOperational
OwnerSNCF Réseau
LocaleFrance (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)
Monaco, Italy (Liguria)
TerminiMarseille-Saint-Charles
Ventimiglia
Service
SystemSNCF
Operator(s)SNCF
History
Opened1858–1872
Technical
Line length259 km (161 mi)
Number of tracksDouble track[1]
4 tracks (Saint-Charles–Blancarde)
3 tracks (Blancarde–Aubagne)
3 tracks (Cannes–Nice)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification25 kV AC[2]
Route map
Legend
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0.0 Marseille-Saint-Charles
to Port of Marseille
Line from Lyon and Paris
to Aix-en-Provence
3.3 Marseille-Blancarde
to Marseille-Prado
 6.2 La Pomme
 8.4 Saint-Marcel
 12.4 La Penne-sur-Huveaune
 16.9 Aubagne
to Peypin
 26.8 Cassis
from port of La Ciotat
 36.5 La Ciotat
 43.2 Saint-Cyr-les-Lecques-la-Cadière
 50.6 Bandol
 57.5 Ollioules-Sanary
freight line to port of Toulon
 La Seyne-Six-Fours
 67.0 Toulon
 74.3 La Garde
 77.1 La Pauline-Hyères
77.5 to Hyères
83.8 Solliès-Pont
 89.9 Cuers-Pierrefeu
 97.1 Puget-Ville
 101.5 Carnoules
101.9 to Brignoles
 104.7 Pignans
 109.9 Gonfaron
 120.2 Le Luc et Le Cannet
 129.9 Vidauban
 135.5 Les Arcs-Draguignan
to La Motte
 158.0 Fréjus
 161.1 Saint-Raphaël-Valescure
164.9 Boulouris-sur-Mer
 167.5 Le Dramont
 169.9 Agay
 173.8 Anthéor-Cap Roux
 179.6 Le Trayas
 184.2 Théoule-sur-Mer
 185.5 Mandelieu-la-Napoule
 190.4 Cannes-La Bocca
190.6 from Grasse
 193.1 Cannes
199.2 Golfe-Juan-Vallauris
 202.3 Juan-les-Pins
 204.2 Antibes
 206,8 River Brague
 207.1 Biot
 209.2 Villeneuve-Loubet-Plage
 211.3 River Loup
 212.7 Cagnes-sur-Mer
 213.3 River Cagne
 214.3 Le Cros-de-Cagnes
 216.8 Saint-Laurent-du-Var
 217.2 River Var
 218.7 Nice-Saint-Augustin
 224.1 Nice-Ville
to Breil-sur-Roya
226.8 Nice-Riquier
228.7 Villefranche-sur-Mer
 230.7 Beaulieu-sur-Mer
 233.5 Èze-sur-Mer
 236.9 Cap-d'Ail
border France–Monaco
 240.2 Monaco-Monte-Carlo
border Monaco–France
244.5 Roquebrune-Cap-Martin
 246.8 Carnolès
 248.5 Menton
 250.9 Menton-Garavan
 251.9 border France–Italy
from Breil-sur-Roya
 River Roya
 259.2 Ventimiglia
 Line to Genoa

It is used for passenger (express, regional and suburban) and freight traffic as the primary railway line serving the French Riviera; a new high-speed line, the LGV Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, is planned for opening around 2035 to offer quicker travel times between Marseille, Toulon, Cannes and Nice.

History

The Marseille–Ventimiglia railway was built and used by the Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée. The first section that was opened in 1858 led from Marseille to Aubagne. The line was extended to Toulon in 1859 and to Les Arcs in 1862. Cagnes-sur-Mer was reached in 1863 and Nice in 1864. The line was extended to Monaco in 1868 and to Menton in 1869.[3] Finally in 1872 the section to Ventimiglia was opened.

Main stations

The line's main stations are: Marseille-Saint-Charles, Marseille-Blancarde, Aubagne, La Ciotat, Toulon, Fréjus, Cannes, Juan-les-Pins, Antibes, Nice-Saint-Augustin, Nice-Ville, Nice-Riquier, Monaco-Monte-Carlo (underground), Menton and Ventimiglia.

References
  1. "RFF - Network map" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-18.
  2. "RFF - Map of electrified railway lines" (PDF).
  3. Direction Générale des Ponts et Chaussées et des Chemins de Fer (1869). Statistique centrale des chemins de fer. Chemins de fer français. Situation au 31 décembre 1869 (in French). Paris: Ministère des Travaux Publics. pp. 146–160.
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