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This page is devoted to postcards and photographs of the French port of Nice and its transport. It has links to other Simplon pages relating to Nice, plus a selaction of photos of the city and its transport.
Sections on this Page:-
Baie des Anges
CP - Chemins de Fer de Provence
Cruise Ships
Old Town
Petit Train
Port
Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat
SNCF
Tramway
Other Nice Pages:-
Nice
- Nice Header Page
- this page!
Nice Photo Diary
- February 2009 - Trams, CP and ferries
Nice Trams - Page 1
- Route T1
Nice Trams - Page 2
- The Trams
Nice Shipping
CP Page 1A
- Chemins de Fer de Provence Rolling Stock - Autorails
CP Page 1B
- Chemins de Fer de Provence Rolling Stock - Diesel Locos & Trailers
CP Page 2
- Chemins de Fer de Provence Stations & Publicity
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The Old Town
The Old Town
Photo: © Ian Boyle 12th February 2008
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The Old Town
Photo: © Ian Boyle 12th February 2008
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The Old Town
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The Port
The Port
Photo: © Ian Boyle 12th February 2008
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The Port
Photo: © Ian Boyle 12th February 2008
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The Port
Photo: © Ian Boyle 12th February 2008
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The Port
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The Port
Photo: © Ian Boyle 12th February 2008
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The Port from Mont Boron
Photo: © Ian Boyle 14th February 2008
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Air ambulance arriving at the Port
Photo: © Ian Boyle 13th February 2008
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Air ambulance at the Port
Photo: © Ian Boyle 13th February 2008
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Baie des Anges
Baie des Anges
Photo: © Ian Boyle 12th February 2008
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Baie des Anges
Photo: © Ian Boyle 12th February 2008
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Baie des Anges
Photo: © Ian Boyle 12th February 2008
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Baie des Anges
Photo: © Ian Boyle 12th February 2008
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Baie des Anges
Photo: © Ian Boyle 12th February 2008
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Petit Train
Les Trains Touristiques de Nice
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 13th February 2008
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Cruise Ships
CroisiMer is a new brand of the French company CroisiEurope, who operate river cruises throughout Europe. Their new ship,
La Belle de l'Adriatique
, was named at Nice on 3rd February 2007. Two further ships are due to be delivered in 2008/2009.
La Belle de l'Adriatique
is based in Dubrovnik, Croatia, for the summer season, and will offer 8-day cruises as far as the Kotor estuary in Montenegro. In winter, the
La Belle de l'Adriatique
is stationed at Tenerife in the Canaries and will offer an itinerary to the Moroccan coastline.
La Belle de l'Adriatique
in Nice
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 13th February 2008
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La Belle de l'Adriatique
in Nice
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La Belle de l'Adriatique
in Nice
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The Tramway
The original Nice tramway, the Tramway de Nice et du Littoral, ran between 1897 and 1953. This consisted of a coastal route Cagnes-sur-Mer-Nice-Beaulieu-Monte Carlo-Menton in addition to the Nice urban network, with 144 km of route at its peak in 1925.
The new Nice tramway opened on 24th November 2007, following an extended construction period starting in July 2003
Nice Tram Pages:-
Nice Trams - Page 1
- Route T1 Described
Nice Trams - Page 2
- The Trams
Masséna
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 14th February 2008
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Masséna
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Vauban seen from Saint-Jean d'Angély Université
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 14th February 2008
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Saint-Charles
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CP - Chemins de Fer de Provence
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.
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.