Nice CP station

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Nice CP
Gare de Nice CP - devant.jpg
The front face of the station
General information
Location4 bis rue Alfred Binet [1]
Nice
France
Operated by Chemins de Fer de Provence
Line(s) Nice–Digne les Bains
History
Opened1991
Services
Preceding station CFSF Following station
Nice-Gambetta
towards Digne
Digne–Nice Terminus
The back of Nice's CP station with a narrow gauge DMU. Gare de Nice CP - quais.jpg
The back of Nice's CP station with a narrow gauge DMU.

Nice CP station (French: Gare de Nice CP) is a small French railway station in Nice, France. It is the terminus of the Train des Pignes line, a metre-gauge railway which runs from Digne-les-Bains station to Nice and is operated by Chemins de Fer de Provence. The station was opened in December 1991, replacing the old Gare du Sud station which had been built in 1890. [2] The old station was sold to the council because it was in a poor state of repair and the council had redevelopment plans for the area, making repairs to the station not financially worthwhile.

The new station was built a few hundred metres up the line to allow Nice city council to redevelop the old station site into a retail, catering and leisure complex. [3] The new station was built in a modernist style which contrasts with that of every other station on the route. [4] It is served by the Nice tramway and city bus. The city's main railway station, Nice-Ville station, is a 10–15 minute walk away. [5]

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References

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  2. Lambert, Anthony J. (2018). Lost Railway Journeys from Around the World. London: White Lion Publishing. p. 24. ISBN   978-1-78131-747-1.
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  4. "Les 50 Fiches Gares: Nice-Provence: Gare Terminus". www.cccp.traindespignes.free.fr/. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
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