Cannes station or ''Cannes-Voyageurs'' ( French: ''Gare de Cannes'') is the main

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

for the French Southern city of

Cannes Cannes ( , , ; oc, Canas) is a city located on the French Riviera. It is a communes of France, commune located in the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department, and host city of the annual Cannes Film Festival, Midem, and Cannes Lions I ...

. It is situated on the

Marseille–Ventimiglia railway The Marseille–Ventimiglia railway (French language, French: ''Ligne de Marseille-Saint-Charles à Vintimille''; Italian language, Italian: ''Ferrovia Marsiglia-Ventimiglia'') is a France, French-Monaco, Monégasque-Italy, Italian railway line. ...

History

The station opened on 10 April 1863 when the line from

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...

Cagnes-sur-Mer Cagnes-sur-Mer (, literally ''Cagnes on Sea''; oc, Canha de Mar) is a French Riviera town in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Geography Cagnes-sur-Mer is a town in south-eastern ...

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 Grasse (; Provençal dialect, Provençal oc, Grassa in classical norm or in Mistralian norm ; traditional it, Grassa) is the only Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes Departments of France, department in the Provence- ...

is opened. The engine depot was moved to La Bocca in 1880 and a

goods station A goods station (also known as a goods yard or goods depot) or freight station is, in the widest sense, a railway station where, either exclusively or predominantly, goods (or freight), such as merchandise, parcels, and manufactured items, are lo ...

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 is still ''outdoors'' but projects exist to bury the line, as at

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Train services

The station is served by the following services:Rechercher une fiche horaire
TER Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, accessed 16 May 2022. *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

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Gare SNCF de: "Cannes"
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cannes Gare Railway stations in Alpes-Maritimes Railway stations in France opened in 1863 TER Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur

History

Train services

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