Geneva railway station
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Geneva
Genève |
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| Central pass-through railway station | |
The main (south) entrance to the station building
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| Other names | Gare de Genève-Cornavin (not used anymore by CFF) |
| Location | Place de Cornavin CH-1201 Geneva, GE Switzerland |
| Coordinates | 46°12′37″N 6°08′33″E / 46.21028°N 6.14250°ECoordinates: 46°12′37″N 6°08′33″E / 46.21028°N 6.14250°E |
| Elevation | 385 m (1,263 ft) |
| Owned by | SBB CFF FFS (Swiss Federal Railways) |
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| Line(s) | |
| Platforms | 4 |
| Tracks | 8 (French: Voie) |
| Connections | unireso / tpg: Gare Cornavin, Lyon, Chantepoulet |
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tpg tram lines 14, 15, and 18 |
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tpg trolley bus lines 3, 6, 10, and 19; tpg urban bus lines 1, 5, 8, 9, and 25; tpg suburban bus line V; unireso international bus lines F and Z; and temporary tpg direct bus line 61 between Gare Cornavin and French Annemasse Gare |
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Up to 7 non-stop trains every hour to/from Genève-Aéroport in 0:07h, tpg bus lines no. 5 and 10 in c. 0:30h |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | elevated |
| Depth | +2 |
| Platform levels | 1 (3 passenger levels) |
| Parking | none |
| Bicycle facilities | openair, covered, secured (garage á vélo) |
| Architect | 1931: |
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| Fare zone | unireso: 10 |
| Website | La Gare de Genève |
| History | |
| Opened | 1858 |
| Rebuilt | 1931, 2010-2014 (reconstruction) |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers (2014) | 70,700 per working day |
| Rank | 10 of 1735 |
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 Genève-Cornavin
Genève-Cornavin (Switzerland)
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Genève (preliminary also known as French: Gare de Genève-Cornavin) is Geneva's main railway station, located in the centre of the city. The immediate area surrounding it is known as Cornavin; both names can be used interchangeably to refer to each other.
The station has over 230 train arrivals and departures every day, 4 ticket counters and 6 ticket machines. The number of ticket counters and ticket machines has changed after the renovations in 2011, as well as a customs office for international trains to France and beyond. There are only 8 platforms which makes it relatively small compared, for example, to Zurich's 26 platforms.
Platforms 7 and 8 have French and Swiss border controls. Long distance and regional express trains leave for France without making any stops in Switzerland. Another reason to separate these tracks are the different electrical standards of the relevant railway system on either side: The French system uses 25 kV at 50 Hz AC whereas Swiss system uses 15 kV AC at 16.7 Hz.
The station connects to one Swiss main line, known as the Jura foot railway line (Olten - Genève-Aéroport), which links the city with the rest of Switzerland to the east. Many long distance trains from this line continue to and terminate at Geneva Airport railway station, 6 minutes ride away. There is also significant traffic to France, westwards along the Lyon-Geneva line, which for the first few km runs as a single track line alongside the double track line to the airport. Traffic to France includes long distance TGVs to Paris and Southern France, regional trains to Lyon via Bellegarde. Cornavin is also the hub of a growing RER network, with two routes in service, Bellegarde/La Plaine to Cornavin and Coppet to Lancy - Pont-Rouge. The CEVA plans to connect the spur leading to Lancy - Pont-Rouge to the Eaux-Vives station and thus create a line from Cornavin to Annemasse.
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