Marseille–Ventimiglia railway

Marseille–Ventimiglia railway
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)
No. of tracks	Double track[1]
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 207.1 Biot 209.2 Villeneuve-Loubet-Plage 212.7 Cagnes-sur-Mer 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 259.2 Ventimiglia Line to Genoa

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]

Main stations

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

Line history

The Marseille–Ventimiglia railway was built and exploited 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 mapPDF
2. ^ RFF - Map of electrified railway linesPDF
3. ^ ^{a b} Direction Générale des Ponts et Chaussées et des Chemins de Fer (1869) (in French). Statistique centrale des chemins de fer. Chemins de fer français. Situation au 31 décembre 1869. Paris: Ministère des Travaux Publics. pp. 146–160.