Gare de Cannes or Cannes-Ville is the main station for the French Southern city of Cannes

Cannes

Cannes is one of the best-known cities of the French Riviera, a busy tourist destination and host of the annual Cannes Film Festival. It is a Commune of France in the Alpes-Maritimes department....

. It is situated on the Marseille–Ventimiglia railway

Marseille–Ventimiglia railway

The railway from Marseille to Ventimiglia is a French and Italian 259-kilometre long railway line. It is used for passenger and freight traffic...

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History

The station opened on 10 April 1863 when the line from Marseille

Marseille

Marseille , known in antiquity as Massalia , is the second largest city in France, after Paris, with a population of 852,395 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Marseille extends beyond the city limits with a population of over 1,420,000 on an area of...

 to Cagnes-sur-Mer

Cagnes-sur-Mer

Cagnes-sur-Mer is a commune of the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.-Geography:It is the largest suburb of the city of Nice and lies to the west-southwest of it, about from the center.-History:...

 opened to passengers. The station was a small elegant building with a rooftop spanning both tracks of the main line. In 1870 the line from Grasse

Grasse

-See also:*Route Napoléon*Ancient Diocese of Grasse*Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department-External links:*...

 is opened. The engine depot was moved to La Bocca

Gare de Cannes La Bocca

Gare de Cannes-La Bocca is a station in the city of Cannes, southern France.The station opened on 10 April 1863 when the line from Les Arcs to Cagnes-sur-Mer opened to passengers. The station is both a passenger station and a goods/maintenance depot...

 in 1880 and a goods station

Goods station

A goods station is, in the widest sense, a railway station which is exclusively or predominantly where goods of any description are loaded or unloaded from ships or road vehicles and/or where goods wagons are transferred to local sidings.A station where goods are not specifically received or...

 opened in 1883. With the lengthening of trains, the old station proved to be too small for the growing town. Work on a new station started in 1962. The station building was subsequently replaced by the present structure in 1975. The line is still outdoors but projects exist to bury the line, as at Monaco

Monaco

Monaco , officially the Principality of Monaco , is a sovereign city state on the French Riviera. It is bordered on three sides by its neighbour, France, and its centre is about from Italy. Its area is with a population of 35,986 as of 2011 and is the most densely populated country in the...

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Services

• intercity services (Téoz) Bordeaux - Toulouse - Montpellier - Marseille - Nice
• night services (Lunéa) Paris - Toulon - Nice
• night services (Lunéa) Hendaye - Bayonne - Bordeaux - Toulouse - Marseille - Nice
• night services (Lunéa) Strasbourg/Luxembourg - Avignon - Marseille - Nice
• Paris
  Gare de Lyon
  Paris Lyon is one of the six large railway termini in Paris, France. It is the northern terminus of the Paris–Marseille railway. It is named after the city of Lyon, a stop for many long-distance trains departing here, most en route to the south of France. In general the station's SNCF services run...
  
  -Nice
  Nice
  Nice is the fifth most populous city in France, after Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Toulouse, with a population of 348,721 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of more than 955,000 on an area of...
  
  
• Paris
  Gare de Lyon
  Paris Lyon is one of the six large railway termini in Paris, France. It is the northern terminus of the Paris–Marseille railway. It is named after the city of Lyon, a stop for many long-distance trains departing here, most en route to the south of France. In general the station's SNCF services run...
  
  -Ventimiglia
  Ventimiglia
  Ventimiglia is a city and comune in Liguria, northern Italy, in the province of Imperia. It is located southwest of Genoa by rail, and 7 km from the French-Italian border, on the Gulf of Genoa, having a small harbour at the mouth of the Roia River, which divides the town into two parts...
  
  

See also

• Cannes-La Bocca
  Gare de Cannes La Bocca
  Gare de Cannes-La Bocca is a station in the city of Cannes, southern France.The station opened on 10 April 1863 when the line from Les Arcs to Cagnes-sur-Mer opened to passengers. The station is both a passenger station and a goods/maintenance depot...
  
  
• Cannes-Les Bosquets
  Gare de Cannes Les Bosquets
  Le Bosquet is a station in the city of Cannes, southern France.The station opened on 10 April 1870 when the line from Grasse to Cannes opened to passengers...
  
  
• Cannes-Ranguin
  Gare de Cannes Ranguin
  Gare de Ranguin is a station in a suburb of Cannes, southern France.The station opened in 1871 when the line from Cannes to Grasse opened to passengers. The line saw a steady decline in passengers and the station was closed in 1995...
  
  

External links

• Gare SNCF de: "Cannes"