Genève-Cornavin railway station

Genève (previously also known in French as Gare de Genève-Cornavin) is Geneva's main train station, located in the centre of the city. The immediate area surrounding it is known as Cornavin; both names can be used interchangeably.

"Geneva station" redirects here. For the station in Illinois, see Geneva station (Illinois).
Genève-Cornavain
Central pass-through railway station
The main (south) entrance to the station building
Other namesGare de Genève-Cornavin (not used anymore by CFF)
LocationPlace de Cornavin
CH-1201 Geneva
Switzerland
Coordinates46°12′37″N 6°08′33″E
Elevation385 m (1,263 ft)
Owned bySBB CFF FFS (Swiss Federal Railways)
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms4
Tracks8 (French: Voie)
Connectionsunireso / tpg: Gare Cornavin, Lyon, Chantepoulet
Tram
tpg tram lines 14, 15, and 18
Bus
tpg trolleybus lines 3, 6, 10, and 19; tpg bus lines 1, 5, 5+, 8, 9, 20, 25, E+, F and G+
Airport
Up to 7 non-stop trains every hour to/from Genève-Aéroport in 0:07h, tpg bus lines 5 and 10 in c. 0:30h
Construction
Structure typeelevated
Depth+2
Platform levels1 (3 passenger levels)
Parkingnone
Bicycle facilitiesOpen air, covered, secured (garage á vélo)
Architect1931: Julien Flegenheimer
Other information
Fare zoneunireso: 10
WebsiteLa gare de Genève
History
Opened1858 (1858)
Rebuilt1931 (1931), 2010-2014 (2010-2014) (reconstruction)
Previous namesLa gare de Genève-Cornavin
Traffic
Passengers (2018)70,700 per working day[1][note 1]
Rank10 of 1735
Services
Preceding station   SNCF   Following station
Bellegarde
toward Paris-Lyon
TGVTerminus
Bellegarde
TerminusTER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 2
Bellegarde
Bellegarde
TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 3Terminus
Vernier
toward Bellegarde
TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 34
TerminusTER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 51
Bellegarde
toward Chambéry
SBB-CFF-FFS
Terminus
SBB-CFF-FFS
Yverdon-les-Bains
toward Basel SBB
Yverdon-les-Bains
toward St. Gallen
Nyon
toward Brig
Terminus
toward Luzern
Coppet
toward Vevey
Geneve-Secheron
toward Coppet
Vernier
toward La Plaine
Terminus
Location
Genève-Cornavin
Genève-Cornavin (Switzerland)

The station has over 400 train departures every day from its eight through-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 the tracks is the different electrical standards of the relevant railway system on either side. The French system uses 25 kV at 50 Hz AC, but the 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 away. There is also significant traffic to France westwards along the Lyon-Geneva line, which, for the first few kilometres, 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 and 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, thus creating a line from Cornavin to Annemasse.

Facilities

The facilities at the station include a police station, cash machines, cafés, bars, food stands, a bakery, a supermarket (Aperto), newsagents, a media shop (CityDisc), a cybercafe, kiosks, underground car park, an underground shopping arcade, toilets and showers, and luggage lockers.

Nearby area features

Located directly outside the station are bus and tram stops for Transports Publics Genevois services to all over Geneva city, its canton and nearby French locales, a taxi rank, banks, cash machines, post offices, hotels, cinemas, jewellers, book shops, money exchange services, restaurants, bars, and fast food restaurants.

The station entrance and a platform is seen in The Adventures of Tintin comic The Calculus Affair (1956).

Planned extension of the railway station

The Swiss Federal Railways announced they would extend the railway station by constructing two new railway tracks. The station needs extending due to the planned increase in traffic over the coming years. The initial project cost 800 million Swiss francs and involved the demolition of 350 dwellings next to the station. A second project supported by residents of the neighborhood plan to build the two new tracks under the station with a total cost around 1.7 billion Swiss francs.[2]

The Swiss Federal Rail plans for the new extension to be completed by 2025.[3]

In April 2013, an initiative was launched to claim the extension under the station by the "Collectif 500" a neighborhood association.[4]

Train services

The station is served by the following services:

  • High speed services (TGV) Paris - Bellegarde - Geneva
  • High speed services (TGV) Marseille - Lyon - Bellegarde - Geneva
  • Eurocity services EC Geneva - Lausanne - Sion - Domodossola - Milano Centrale
  • Intercity services ICN Geneva - Neuchâtel - Biel/Bienne - Basel
  • Intercity services ICN Geneva - Neuchâtel - Biel/Bienne - Olten - Zurich - St Gallen
  • Regional services IR Geneva - Lausanne - Montreux - Martigny - Visp - Brig
  • Regional services IR Geneva - Lausanne - Fribourg - Bern - Lucerne
  • Regional services (TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Lyon - Ambérieu - Bellegarde - Geneva
  • Regional services (TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Valence - Grenoble - Chambéry - Bellegarde - Geneva
  • Local services (TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Bellegarde - La Plaine - Geneva
  • Local services RE Geneva - Nyon - Renens - Lausanne - Vevey
  • Local services RE Geneva - Nyon - Renens - Lausanne - Romont (until December 2017 only)
  • Local services R Geneva - Versoix - Coppet
  • Local services R La Plaine - Geneva
  • Tracks 6 and 7

See also

References

Notes
  1. Without SNCF figures.

Citations
  1. "Passagierfrequenz (2018)". Berne, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-06 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
  2. http://www.tdg.ch/geneve/actu-genevoise/extension-cornavin-geneve-veut-chiffres/story/29517730?track
  3. http://www.tdg.ch/geneve/actu-genevoise/expertise-trancher-deux-variantes-extension-cornavin/story/26655924?track
  4. http://www.tdg.ch/geneve/actu-genevoise/initiative-lancee-agrandir-cornavin-souterrain/story/21814118?track
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