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It played a significant role in the economic development of the region, facilitating trade and tourism between France and Italy as the primary railway line serving the French Riviera (Côte d'Azur). The line was also of strategic importance during World War II, as it was used to transport troops and supplies to the Italian front.
As part of the "Un métro + beau" programme by the RATP, the station's corridors and platform lighting were renovated and modernised on 12 January 2005. [3] On 6 September 2014, a knife fight between two passengers on a train continued after alighting at the station at around 6 am, with one of them stabbed at the side.
The RATP Group (French: Groupe RATP) is a French state-owned enterprise that operates public transport systems primarily in Paris, France. Headquartered in Paris, it originally operated under the name Régie autonome des transports parisiens (English: Parisian Autonomous Transport Administration ).
Lines. This map shows all railways described as “general interest” by law, as opposed to local interest railways. However, several railways initially considered as local interest have eventually been reclassified as general interest: in this case, railways are shown on this map as soon as they are constructed, unless the reclassification coincided with a transformation of the ...
trains to southeastern France; Gare de l'Est: trains to eastern France, Germany, and Switzerland; TGV Est (via Magenta station) Gare de Lyon: trains to southeastern France and Languedoc-Roussillon; TGV Sud-Est, Rhône-Alpes and Méditerranée, to Spain, Switzerland and Italy; Frecciarossa to Italy; Gare Montparnasse: trains to western and ...
Turin–Modane railway (Italy, via Fréjus Rail Tunnel) Cuneo–Ventimiglia (Italy, via Tende and Breil-sur-Roya) Marseille–Ventimiglia railway (Italy, via Toulon and Nice) Narbonne–Portbou railway (Spain) Portet-Saint-Simon–Puigcerdà railway (Spain, via Pamiers and Foix) Pau–Canfranc railway (abandoned beyond Bedous)
The Tenda line or Cuneo-Ventimiglia line, also called in Italian: Ferrovia delle Meraviglie, lit. 'Railway of Wonders', [1] is a cross-border railway line in the Alpine regions of France and Italy, connecting the Maritime and Ligurian Alps.
The Paris suburban rail services represents alone 82% of the French rail annual ridership. [1] [2] With a total of 100.2 billion passenger-kilometres, [1] [2] France has the fifth-most used passenger network worldwide, and second-most used in Europe after that of Russia. [8] France is a member of the International Union of Railways (UIC).