The railway from Marseille to Ventimiglia is a French

France

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 and Italian

Italy

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 259-kilometre long railway line. It is used for passenger (express, regional and suburban) and freight traffic. The railway was opened in several stages between 1858 and 1872.

Main stations

• Marseille-Saint-Charles
• Toulon
  Gare de Toulon
  Gare de Toulon is a railway station serving the city Toulon, Var department, southeastern France. It is situated on the Marseille–Ventimiglia railway.-Train services:As of August 2011 the following services call at Toulon:...
  
  
• Les Arcs-Draguignan
• Fréjus
  Gare de Fréjus
  Gare de Fréjus is a railway station serving Fréjus, Var department, southeastern France. It is situated on the Marseille–Ventimiglia railway.The following services call at Fréjus:*night services Paris - Toulon - Nice-References:*...
  
  
• Saint-Raphaël-Valescure
• Cannes
  Gare de Cannes
  Gare de Cannes or Cannes-Ville is the main station for the French Southern city of Cannes. It is situated on the Marseille–Ventimiglia railway.-History:...
  
  
• Antibes
  Gare d'Antibes
  Antibes is a railway station in Antibes, France. It is situated on the Marseille–Ventimiglia railway.-Train services:As of August 2011 the following services call at Antibes:*intercity services Bordeaux - Toulouse - Montpellier - Marseille - Nice...
  
  
• Nice-Ville
• Monaco-Monte-Carlo
• Menton
• Ventimiglia
  Ventimiglia railway station
  Ventimiglia railway station is the main station of the Italian city of Ventimiglia. It is at the end of three rail routes: the Genoa–Ventimiglia line, the Cuneo–Ventimiglia line and the Marseille–Ventimiglia line. It plays an important role not only in rail transport in Liguria, but also in Italy...
  
  

Line history

The Marseille–Ventimiglia railway was built and exploited by the Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée

Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée

The Compagnie des chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée was a French railway company ....

. The first section that was opened in 1858 led from Marseille

Marseille

Marseille , known in antiquity as Massalia , is the second largest city in France, after Paris, with a population of 852,395 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Marseille extends beyond the city limits with a population of over 1,420,000 on an area of...

 to Aubagne

Aubagne

Aubagne is a commune located east of Marseille in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.The French Foreign Legion has its headquarters there...

. The line was extended to Toulon

Toulon

Toulon is a town in southern France and a large military harbor on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region, Toulon is the capital of the Var department in the former province of Provence....

 in 1859, and to Les Arcs

Les Arcs, Var

Les Arcs is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.-References:*...

 in 1862. Cagnes-sur-Mer

Cagnes-sur-Mer

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 was reached in 1863, and Nice

Nice

Nice is the fifth most populous city in France, after Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Toulouse, with a population of 348,721 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of more than 955,000 on an area of...

 in 1864. The line was extended to Monaco

Monaco

Monaco , officially the Principality of Monaco , is a sovereign city state on the French Riviera. It is bordered on three sides by its neighbour, France, and its centre is about from Italy. Its area is with a population of 35,986 as of 2011 and is the most densely populated country in the...

 in 1868, and to Menton

Menton

Menton is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.Situated on the French Riviera, along the Franco-Italian border, it is nicknamed la perle de la France ....

in 1869. Finally in 1872 the section from Menton to Ventimiglia was opened.