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French railway station

Cannes
Cannes station in 2015
General information
Location 4 Place de la Gare, 06400 CannesFrance
Coordinates 43°33′14″N 7°01′10″E / 43.55389°N 7.01944°E / 43.55389; 7.01944
Owned by RFF
Operated by SNCF
Line(s) Marseille–Ventimiglia railway
Platforms 2
Tracks 3
Train operators TER, Intercités
Construction
Structure type Ground
Other information
Station code 87757625
History
Opened April 10, 1863
Services Preceding station SNCF Following station Saint-Raphaël-Valescuretowards Paris-Lyon TGV inOui Antibestowards Nice-Ville Saint-Raphaël-Valescuretowards Nancy-Ville Saint-Raphaël-Valescuretowards Lyon-Part-Dieu Saint-Raphaël-Valescuretowards Paris-Lyon TGV inOuiSeasonal service Antibestowards Menton Saint-Raphaël-Valescuretowards Paris-Austerlitz Intercités (night) Antibestowards Nice-Ville Preceding station Ouigo Following station Saint-Raphaël-Valescuretowards Paris-Lyon Grande Vitesse Antibestowards Nice Preceding station TER PACA Following station Cannes-la-Boccatowards Les Arcs–Draguignan 3 Golfe-Juan-Vallauristowards Nice Cannes-la-Boccatowards Mandelieu-La Napoule 4 Golfe-Juan-Vallauristowards Ventimiglia Le Bosquettowards Grasse Saint-Raphaël-Valescuretowards Marseille 6 Antibestowards 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.

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.

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

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.

  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)