Arrivée dun train en gare, voyageurs sur les quais, Monte-Carlo (vers 1905) (6283057974)

The

Principality of Monaco Monaco (; ), officially the Principality of Monaco (french: Principauté de Monaco; Monégasque dialect, Ligurian: ; oc, Principat de Mónegue), is a Sovereign state, sovereign city-state and European microstates, microstate on the French Riv ...

has currently a single railway station, Monaco - Monte Carlo, part of the

Marseille–Ventimiglia railway The Marseille–Ventimiglia railway (French: ''Ligne de Marseille-Saint-Charles à Vintimille''; Italian: ''Ferrovia Marsiglia-Ventimiglia'') is a French- Monégasque- Italian railway line. It opened in several stages between 1858 and 1872. It ...

line. The station was originally opened in 1867, but extensively rebuilt in 1999. The length of railway within the Principality is , giving Monaco the third-smallest railway system in the world.

History

Overview

Originally, two stations served the principality on the Marseille-Nice-Ventimiglia line: Monaco and Monte Carlo. A new tunnel was built in the 1950s through the hills behind

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, bypassing the Monte Carlo station and causing its closure.History of Monaco station from the official site

/ref> Subsequently, the Monaco station was renamed Monaco-Monte Carlo station. In the 1990s, the railway line was re-routed completely underground. A new underground station was built to replace the old surface station. The new Monaco - Monte Carlo station was opened on 7 December 1999.

Disused lines

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from La Turbie to

through

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operated from 1894 to 1932, with a station (Monte Carlo) serving the Principality. Monaco also had a

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way system between 1898 and 1931, with the first line linking Place d’Armes to

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System

Monaco does not operate its own train service; all rail services in the Principality are operated by the

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operator,

SNCF The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (; abbreviated as SNCF ; French for "National society of French railroads") is France's national state-owned railway company. Founded in 1938, it operates the country's national rail traffic ...

. SNCF trains leave the Monaco - Monte Carlo station every 15 minutes throughout the day, although services cease during early, and late hours. The railway station is located on the border of Moneghetti, Monaco and

, France, near the Monégasque administrative ward of Saint Michel.

Railway stations

The table below shows the Monegasque stations, the existing one and the disused ones:

References

External links

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