Rail transport in Monaco

The Principality of Monaco has currently a single railway station, Monaco - Monte Carlo, part of the Marseille–Ventimiglia railway line.^[1][2] The station was originally opened in 1867, but extensively rebuilt in 1999.^[3] The length of railway within the Principality is 1.7 km (1.1 mi),^[1] giving Monaco the third-smallest railway system in the world.

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 Monte Carlo, bypassing the Monte Carlo station and causing its closure.^[4][5][6] 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.

A rack railway from La Turbie to Monte Carlo through Beausoleil operated from 1894 to 1932, with a station (Monte Carlo) serving the Principality.^[7][8]

Monaco also had a tramway system between 1898 and 1931, with the first line linking Place d’Armes to Saint Roman.^[5]

Monaco does not operate its own train service; all rail services in the Principality are operated by the French operator, SNCF.^[9] SNCF trains leave the Monaco - Monte Carlo station every 15 minutes throughout the day,^[10] although services cease during early, and late hours.^[11]

The railway station is located on the border of Moneghetti, Monaco and Beausoleil, France, near the Monégasque administrative ward of Saint Michel.^[3]

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

• Transport in Monaco

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• Monaco-Monte Carlo Archived 2015-07-29 at the Wayback Machine
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