Classic route
Riviera Line
Nice → Ventimiglia · France · Monaco · Italy
View on the map →Wikipedia (FR) ↗Stations · 12
The Riviera on rails: Nice, Villefranche, Monaco’s covered station, Menton lemon groves and over the border to Ventimiglia — forty minutes of Mediterranean out the right-hand window.
Stations
- 0 kmNice-Ville
- 3 kmNice Riquier
- 5 kmVillefranche-sur-Mer
- 7 kmBeaulieu Sur Mer
- 9 kmÈze-sur-Mer
- 13 kmCap d'Ail
- 16 kmMonaco - Monte Carlo
- 20 kmRoquebrune-Cap-Martin
- 22 kmCarnolès
- 24 kmMenton
- 26 kmMenton - Garavan
- 35 kmVentimiglia
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 1057560 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits 0.1 km from the shape of TER 86007
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Riviera Line?
The Riviera Line runs 34 km from Nice to Ventimiglia. It runs through France, Monaco and Italy.
How long does the Riviera Line take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 50 min for the 34 km. That is an average of 41 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 120 km/h.
Who runs the Riviera Line?
SNCF.
How old is the Riviera Line?
The line has been in service since 1872. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
How often does the Riviera Line run?
28 direct trains on a weekday (counted on 2 September 2026).
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