Monaco-Monte-Carlo station

Monaco-Monte-Carlo station (French: Gare de Monaco-Monte-Carlo; Monégasque: Staçiun de Munegu-Munte-Carlu) is the sole railway station in the Principality of Monaco, though part of it is located in Beausoleil, France. It is served by trains of the French state-owned operator SNCF, on the Marseille–Ventimiglia railway line. The station, along with the entire railway line in the principality, is located underground.

Monaco-Monte-Carlo
New underground platforms, 2019
LocationLa Condamine, Monaco
Beausoleil, France
Coordinates43°44′19″N 7°25′09″E
Owned bySNCF Réseau
Operated bySNCF
Line(s)Marseille–Ventimiglia railway
Platforms2
Tracks3
History
Opened7 December 1999
Services
TER, TGV, Intercités, Thello

History

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 (closed in 1965).[1][2][3]

In the early 1990s, it was decided to re-route the railway completely underground and build a new station closer to the centre of Monaco. Construction commenced in 1993; the new station opened on 7 December 1999, replacing the former surface station from then on.[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.

  • Old surface platforms (1974). This station is indicated by blue dots on the map.
  • Current station interior
  • Lower entrance to the current station
  • Railway stations in Monaco. The present-day station is indicated by light-green dots.

Monte-Carlo Country Club halt

A single platform halt is located at the eastern end of the Monaco tunnel, over the Monaco border in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France. It provides access to the Monte-Carlo Country Club (also itself located in France) and is only operational during the Monte Carlo Masters tennis tournament each April. It is served by TER services between Cannes and Ventimiglia.[4][5] Its platform is located on the southern side of the line.

Train services

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

The station is served by the following services:

Preceding station   SNCF   Following station
toward Paris-Lyon
TGV
Terminus
Terminus
Intercités
night trains
Cap-d'Ail
TER PACA 4
Cap-Martin-Roquebrune
toward Ventimiglia
Preceding station   Trenitalia   Following station
Thello

See also

References
  1. Railways in Monaco (sinfin.net)
  2. (in French) See also: fr:Schéma de la ligne de Marseille-Saint-Charles à Vintimille (frontière)
  3. (in French) History of Monaco station from the official site
  4. http://fmradio.fr/news/comme-chaque-annee-la-sncf-propose-une-halte-proche-du-monte-carlo-country-club-74
  5. https://foursquare.com/v/halte-sncf-du-montecarlo-country-club/516a9b73e4b088d4c94f377f
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