Cannes
Cannes station in 2015
General information
Location4 Place de la Gare, 06400 Cannes
France
Coordinates43°33′14″N 7°01′10″E / 43.55389°N 7.01944°E / 43.55389; 7.01944
Owned byRFF
Operated bySNCF
Line(s)Marseille–Ventimiglia railway
Platforms2
Tracks3
Train operatorsTER, Intercités
Construction
Structure typeGround
Other information
Station code87757625
History
OpenedApril 10, 1863
Services
Preceding station SNCF Following station
Saint-Raphaël-Valescure
towards Paris-Lyon
 TGV inOui
 Antibes
towards Nice-Ville
Saint-Raphaël-Valescure
towards Nancy-Ville
Saint-Raphaël-Valescure
towards Lyon-Part-Dieu
Saint-Raphaël-Valescure
towards Paris-Lyon
 TGV inOui
Seasonal service
 Antibes
towards Menton
Saint-Raphaël-Valescure
towards Paris-Austerlitz
 Intercités (night)
 Antibes
towards Nice-Ville
Preceding station Ouigo Following station
Saint-Raphaël-Valescure
towards Paris-Lyon
 Grande Vitesse Antibes
towards Nice
Preceding station TER PACA Following station
Cannes-la-Bocca
towards Les Arcs–Draguignan
 3 Golfe-Juan-Vallauris
towards Nice
Cannes-la-Bocca
towards Mandelieu-La Napoule
 4 Golfe-Juan-Vallauris
towards Ventimiglia
Le Bosquet
towards Grasse
Saint-Raphaël-Valescure
towards Marseille
 6 Antibes
towards Nice

Cannes station or Cannes-Voyageurs (French: Gare de Cannes) is the main railway station for the French Southern city of Cannes. It is situated on the Marseille–Ventimiglia railway.

History

Gare de Cannes-Ville in 1880

The station opened on 10 April 1863 when the line from Marseille to Cagnes-sur-Mer 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 is opened. The engine depot was moved to La Bocca in 1880 and a goods station 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 and the station platforms are, per 2023, now underground across most of the city center as it was covered by multi lanes city expressway.

Train services

The station is served by the following services:[1][2][3]

  • High speed services (TGV) Paris - Avignon - Aix-en-Provence - Cannes - Antibes - Nice
  • High speed services (TGV) Bruxelles-Midi - Lille-Europe - Airport Charles de Gaulle - Lyon - Avignon - Aix-en-Provence - Marseille - Cannes - Nice
  • High speed services (TGV) Nancy - Strasbourg - Besançon - Dijon - Lyon - Avignon - Marseille - Cannes - Nice
  • High speed services (TGV) Lyon - Marseille - Nice
  • Regional services (TER Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur) Marseille - Toulon - Les Arcs–Draguignan - Cannes - Nice
  • Local services (TER Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur) Les Arcs–Draguignan - Cannes - Nice
  • Local services (TER Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur) Grasse/Mandelieu - Cannes - Nice - Monaco - Ventimiglia

Please notice that this station, even served by TGV cars, is NOT high speed as the specific track, needed for high speed up to 320 km/h goes only to Marseilles St Charles station. All trains from Marseille to the Italian border (Menton) run at slow speed.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rechercher une fiche horaire, TER Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, accessed 16 May 2022.
  2. ↑ La carte du réseau TER SUD, TER Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, accessed 16 May 2022.
  3. ↑ Cannes station at "Gares & Connexions", the official website of SNCF (in French)
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