Monaco-Monte-Carlo station

Monaco - Monte-Carlo
New underground platforms (2006)
General information
Location	La Condamine
Coordinates	43°44′19″N 7°25′09″E
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.

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. 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:

• High speed services (TGV) Paris - Avignon - Cannes - Nice - Ventimiglia
• EuroCity services (Thello) Marseille - Cannes - Nice - Monaco - Ventimiglia - Genoa - Milan
• Night services (Russian Railways) Nice - Milan - Innsbruck - Vienna - Warsaw - Minsk - Moscow
• Local services (TER Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur) Grasse - Cannes - Nice - Monaco - Ventimiglia

Preceding station		SNCF		Following station
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Template:Thello stations toward Template:Thello stations		Template:Thello lines		Template:Thello stations toward Template:Thello stations
Template:Lunéa stations toward Template:Lunéa stations		Template:Lunéa lines		Template:Lunéa stations toward Template:Lunéa stations
Template:TER PACA stations toward Template:TER PACA stations		Template:TER PACA lines		Template:TER PACA stations toward Template:TER PACA stations

See also

• Rail transport in Monaco

External links

• Gare de Monaco official website Template:Fr icon
• Timetables for TER-Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur Template:Fr icon