Marseille–Ventimiglia railway

The railway from Marseille to Ventimiglia is a French and Italian 259-kilometre long railway line. It is used for passenger (express, regional and suburban) and freight traffic. The railway was opened in several stages between 1858 and 1872.[3]

Marseille–Ventimiglia railway
The railway at Esterel Massif
Overview
System	SNCF
Status	Operational
Locale	France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur), Monaco, Italy (Liguria)
Termini	Marseille-Saint-Charles Ventimiglia
Operation
Opened	1858-1872
Owner	RFF
Operator(s)	SNCF
Technical
Line length	259 km (161 mi)
Number of tracks	Double track[1] 4 tracks between Marseille St Charles and Marseille-Blancarde, 3 tracks between Marseille-Blancarde and Aubagne 3 tracks between Cannes and Nice
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	25 kV AC[2]
Route map Legend - 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

Main stations

• Marseille-Saint-Charles
• Toulon
• Les Arcs-Draguignan
• Fréjus
• Saint-Raphaël-Valescure
• Cannes
• Antibes
• Nice-Saint-Augustin
• Nice-Ville
• Monaco-Monte-Carlo
• Menton
• Ventimiglia

Line 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 from Menton to Ventimiglia was opened.

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.