Antibes train station

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Antibes
Gare d'Antibes.JPG
Entrance portal of the train station
Data
Design Through station
Platform tracks 3
IBNR 8700146
opening 1863
location
City / municipality Antibes Juan-les-Pins
Place / district Antibes
Department Alpes-Maritimes department
region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
Country France
Coordinates 43 ° 35 '9 "  N , 7 ° 7' 11"  E Coordinates: 43 ° 35 '9 "  N , 7 ° 7' 11"  E
Height ( SO ) 10  m
Railway lines

Marseille – Ventimiglia (km 204.151)

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The Gare d'Antibes is a railway station in the southern French town of Antibes on the Côte d'Azur. The station is on the Marseille – Ventimiglia railway line and is served by long-distance and regional trains.

history

The station was opened in 1863 at the same time as the opening of the Les Arcs - Cagnes-sur-Mer section of today's railway line from Marseille to Ventimiglia.

Reception building

The reception building faces the sea and consists of a rectangular floor plan. It was completed in 2001. A hipped roof is placed on the building. At the end of the building there is a glass walkway that connects the side platform at the reception building with the central platform.

traffic

Antibes station is served by both long-distance and regional trains. All passenger trains that pass the station make a stop.

Long-distance transport

TGV Duplex in Antibes train station

TGV trains on various routes stop in Antibes :

Long-distance trains, known as Intercités , also run with conventional train material , stop at Antibes station as day and night trains:

  • Nice – Antibes – Marseille – Metz – Luxembourg
  • Nice – Antibes – Marseille – Paris Austerlitz
  • Nice – Antibes – Marseille – Montpellier Saint-Roch – Toulouse – Bordeaux / Hendaye
  • Nice-Antibes-Marseille-Strasbourg
  • Nice – Antibes – Marseille – Montpellier – Cèrbere / Port Bou

Regional traffic

In regional transport, the TER PACA takes on the task, since 2008 even in the regular timetable. The various lines have different stop frequencies, especially those with longer routes than accelerated regional trains

  • Grasse / Cannes-La Bocca-Antibes-Nice-Ventimiglia (alternating to Grasse or Cannes-La Bocca - stops at all stations)
  • Marseille – Antibes – Nice (accelerated)
  • Les Arcs – Antibes – Nice (accelerated)

future

  • After the commissioning of the LGV Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in 2020 , Antibes will probably no longer be served by TGV trains. The closest train station would be at the planned Nice-St. Augustin, or in Mougins, between Cannes and Grasse.

Web links

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