Genève-Cornavin railway station

Geneva railway station (French: Gare de Genève), also known as Geneva Cornavin railway station, 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.

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The main (south) entrance to the station building in 2019
General information
LocationGeneva
Switzerland
Coordinates46°12′36.781″N 6°8′32.809″E
Elevation392 m (1,286 ft)
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)
Distance60.3 km (37.5 mi) from Lausanne
Platforms4
Tracks8
Train operators
  • SNCF
  • Swiss Federal Railways
Connections
  • Tram lines , , and
  • tpg buses and trolleybuses
Construction
ArchitectJulien Flegenheimer (1931)
Other information
Fare zone10 (unireso)
History
Opened1858 (1858)
Rebuilt
  • 1931 (1931)
  • 2010-2014 (2010-2014) (reconstruction)
Previous namesGeneva Cornavain
Passengers
2022156,000 per working day
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station
Terminus EuroCity Lausanne
towards Milano Centrale
Geneva Airport
Terminus
IC 1 Lausanne
towards St. Gallen
IC 5
Morges
towards Rorschach
IR 15 Nyon
towards Lucerne
IR 90 Nyon
towards Brig
Lancy-Pont-Rouge
towards Annemasse
RE33 Coppet
towards St-Maurice
Geneva Airport
Terminus
Preceding station TGV Lyria Following station
Bellegarde
towards Paris-Lyon
Paris to Lausanne Lausanne
Terminus
Bellegarde
towards Marseille-Saint-Charles
Marseille to Geneva Terminus
Preceding station TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Following station
Bellegarde
towards Valence
2 Terminus
Bellegarde
towards Lyon-Part-Dieu
3
Bellegarde
towards Chambéry
51
Preceding station Léman Express Following station
Lancy-Pont-Rouge
towards Évian-les-Bains
L1 Genève-Sécheron
towards Coppet
Lancy-Pont-Rouge
towards Annecy
L2
Lancy-Pont-Rouge
towards Saint-Gervais
L3
Lancy-Pont-Rouge
towards Annemasse
L4
Vernier
towards La Plaine
L5 Terminus
Vernier
towards Bellegarde
L6
Location
Geneva
Location within Switzerland
Geneva
Geneva (Canton of Geneva)

The third largest train station in Switzerland by passenger numbers behind Zürich HB and Bern, with 156,000 users on average per working day in 2022, it sees over 720 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 mainline, the Lausanne–Geneva line, which links the city with the rest of Switzerland, to the east. Many long-distance trains from this line continue to and terminate at the airport, 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 the Léman Express network, with six routes in service. Many of these routes travel over the newly opened CEVA, which leads to Annemasse.

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