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- Chemins
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2: Stations & Publicity
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- This page
is one of a series devoted to postcards and photographs of the
Chemins de Fer de Provence (CP), which now runs between Nice
and Digne. This page shows photos and postcards of CP stations,
plus timetables and other CR publicity. CP- Page 1A and CP- Page 1B cover the rolling stock. CP- Page 3 shows larger images
of timetables.
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- The Compagnie
des Chemins de fer du Sud de la France (SF), built lines Nice-Digne
and Nice-Draguignan-Meyrargues, before becoming in 1925, more
modestly, the Compagnie des Chemins de Fer de Provence (CP).
The Gare du Sud was the Nice terminus for these lines.
- Work on the
Gare du Sud began in 1890 and finished in 1892 by Prosper Bobin
for the Compagnie des Chemins de fer du Sud de la France. The
station front is rather monumental and impressive with a high
front, with two pavilions to the side. A tall trainshed covered
the tracks that went to Grasse and Puget-Théniers. Lines
to Digne and Annot opened in 1911. The rooftop was the pavillion
of Russia and Austria-Hungary of the 1889 Exposition Universelle
in Paris.
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- After World
War II, the line to Meyrargues closed and almost took the entire
network with it. The Chemins de Fer de Provence closed the Gare
du Sud in December 1991 and moved its terminating services to
Nice CP. Ownership of the station building was transferred from
l'Etat Français to Nice Municipality. Amidst public outcry,
the station was almost dismantled but public demonstrations saved
it. Work has finally started on the site, although it appears
that only the facade will be retained in the new civic complex,
containing the town hall, library etc.
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- Sections on this Page:-
- Preserved
Steam
- Publicity
- Publicity
- Postcards
- Publicity
- Timetables
- Stations
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- List of Stations:-
- Annot
- Colomars
- La Manda
- Digne
(CP)
- Digne
(SNCF)
- Draguignan
(CP)
- Entrevaux
- Gambetta
- La
Madeleine
- Lingostière
- Nice
- CP
- Nice
(Gare du Sud)
- Plan-du-Var
- Saint-Martin-sur-Var
- Thorame-Haute
- Touêt-sur-Var
- Villars-du-Var
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- Sections on Page 1A:-
- Autorails
- Billard
- Autorails
- Brissonneau-et-Lotz
- Autorails
- CFD : X-301-X-304
- Autorails
- CFD: X-305 to X-306
- Autorails
- Renault Class ABH1
- Autorails
- Renault Class ABH5
- Autorails
- Soulé-Garnéro Twin-car Set
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- Sections on Page 1B:-
- Autorails
- Trailers
- Diesel
Locomotives - Brissonneau and Lotz
- Diesel
Locomotive - Henschel
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- Sections on Page 3:-
- Nice-Digne
Timetable - 2005
- Regional
Timetable - 2005
- Urban
Timetable - 2005
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- Associated Pages:-
- CP Page
1A
- Rolling Stock - Autorails
- CP Page
1B
- Rolling Stock - Diesel Locos & Trailers
- CP Page
2
- Chemins de Fer de Provence Stations & Publicity - this page!
- CP
Page 3
- larger images of timetables
- Chemin
de Fer de la Corse - Corsican Narrow gauge (CFC)
- Nice - Nice Header Page
- Nice Photo Diary - February 2009 - Trams, CP and ferries
- Nice
Trams - Page 1 - Route T1
- Nice
Trams - Page 2 - The Trams
- Simplon Postcards Home Page
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- References:-
- Le Siecle
du Train des Pignes - Jose Banaudo - Les Editions du Cabri 1992 (Histoires
des Chemins de fer de Provence -1))
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- Preserved Steam
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- Steam trains
are run during the summer between Annot and Puget-Théniers,
as the Train des Pignes.
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- Postcard
at Puget-Théniers.
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- CP Publicity
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- Postcards
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- The
four official CP postcards below were available in 2005.
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cards carried no serial numbers.
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- This
postcard also enclosed a short 5-minute DVD showing a trip along
the line from Nice to Digne.
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DVD face carried the same picture.
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- Timetables
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- 2005
CP timetable for the through services from Nice to Digne.
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on the timetable to see a larger image.
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- 2005
CP timetable for the urban services from Nice.
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on the timetable to see a larger image.
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- 2005
CP Information leaflet on the urban services from Nice.
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two stations have been blacked out.
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- 2005
CP Information leaflet, with timetable of through trains to Digne.
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- Enlarged
image of the timetable from the brochure above.
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- 2005
CP Information leaflet on the winter skiing services.
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- 2005
Regional Timetable showing CP urban services from Nice.
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on the timetable to see a larger image.
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- CP Stations
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- The
stations are shown in order from Nice to Digne
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- Nice - Gare du Sud
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- The Gare
du Sud de Nice has been deteriorating in condition since it was
closed in 1991, when the tracks cut back to a new adjacent terminus.
Recent plans for the protected building involved its use as a
facade for a new town hall. Following protests this decision
is being reconsidered, with uses for the complete building being
reviewed. In February 2005, work was under way to protect the
existing structure, whilst the French Ministry deliberate. A
radical proposal had been submitted by local architect Mario
Basso for use as a gallery, exhibition centre. It would also
serve as a walkway from the new Nice Tramway, which passes the
front of the old station, to the current station.
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- Photos:
© Ian Boyle, August 2000.
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- Work
started to preserve the remaining structure of the Gare du Sud.
- Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 22nd February 2005.
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larger image in new window
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- Gare
du Sud
- Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 22nd February 2005.
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- Gare
du Sud
- Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 13th February 2007
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- Gare
du Sud
- Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 14th February 2008
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- Gare
du Sud
- Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 14th February 2008
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- Dismantling
under way of the train shed at the Gare du Sud
- Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 14th February 2008
- Click to open larger image in new window
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- The
train shed has now been removed from the Gare du Sud
- Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 17th February 2009
- Click to open larger image in new window
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- Nice - CP
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- The new Nice-CP
station was opened in 1991 when tracks were cut back a few hundred
metres from the original Gare-du-Sud. There is a small shed at
the platform end.
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- ZZ-22
(ex-ZZ-2) at Nice in August 2000.
- Photo:
© Ian Boyle
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- CFD
autorail X-304 at Nice in August 2000.
- Photo:
© Ian Boyle
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- CFD
autorail X-306 at Nice in August 2000.
- Photo:
© Ian Boyle
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