Nice-Ville station

Nice-Ville station (French: Gare de Nice-Ville), also known as Nice-Thiers station (Gare de Nice-Thiers), is the main railway station of Nice, France. It is situated on the Marseille–Ventimiglia railway and constitutes the southwestern terminus of the Nice–Breil-sur-Roya railway. Nice-Ville is served by TER, Intercités and TGV services, as well as the Gare Thiers stop on Line 1 of the Nice tramway.

Nice-Ville
Station building in September 2015
LocationAvenue Thiers, 06008 Nice
 France
Coordinates43°42′16″N 7°15′43″E
Owned bySNCF Réseau
Line(s)Marseille–Ventimiglia railway
Nice–Breil-sur-Roya railway
Platforms7
Other information
Station code87756056
History
Opened18 October 1864

Overview

The station was opened in 1864 and completed in 1867 for the Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée (PLM) by architect Louis-Jules Bouchot in Louis XIII style.

Nice Ville was built away from the centre although Nice has now extended around the station. The station has been remodelled several times but always kept its original style of Arles stone sculptures and forged steel rooftop. The passenger hall is richly decorated and shadowed by balconies and a big clock but has lost its grand chandeliers.

It has remained in its original condition since its opening, although modern equipment has been installed to welcome the arrival of the TGV Sud-Est. Before the arrival of the TGV, the station was host to several other prestigious express trains: Côte d'Azur Pullman Express, the Blue Train and the Mistral.

Train services

The station is served by the following services:

  • High speed services (TGV) Paris (– Marseille) – Cannes – Nice (– Monaco – Menton)
  • High speed services (TGV) Lyon – Avignon – Cannes – Nice
  • EuroCity services (Thello) Nice – Monaco – Ventimiglia – Savona – Genoa – Milan
  • Night services (Russian Railways) Nice – Monaco – Milan – Innsbruck – Vienna – Warsaw – Minsk – Moscow
  • Regional services (TER Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Marseille – Toulon – Cannes – Nice
  • Local services (TER Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Cannes – Antibes – Nice – Monaco – Menton – Ventimiglia
  • Local services (TER Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Grasse – Cannes – Antibes – Nice – Monaco – Menton – Ventimiglia
  • Local services (TER Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) Nice – Breil-sur-Roya – Tende
Preceding station   SNCF   Following station
toward Paris-Lyon
TGV
toward Menton
TGVTerminus
Thello
TerminusIntercités
night trains
toward Les Arcs-Draguignan
TER PACA 3Terminus
TER PACA 4
toward Ventimiglia
Nice-Pont-Michel
toward Tende
TER PACA 5Terminus
TER PACA 6

See also

References

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