Today I'm travelling from Spain to France (Nice).
Leaving the small town outside Barcelona with a MD train to Girona.
Airline style window in Class 449
Media Distancia train at Girona station
Girona station for Iberian gauge trains
Girona underground station for Standard gauge trains
I'm taking Renfe-SNCF service Barcelona-Lyon
This route is operated with a Class 100 trains
Preferente coach
Club executive compartment
"Asterix: The secret of the magic potion" was the movie onboard
Turista class - the train was practically empty until Perpignan
Perpignan
AGC, Class Z27500
Class 100 manufactured by Alstom/CAF
Many freight trains on the line through Narbonne. Here is Class BB 27000
Another BB 27000
Class BB 26000
Bar coach
Bacalao con tomate for lunch
Riding on the high speed line
My trip from Girona to Nice will be with high speed trains only this time. This means that I have two changes, here is the first one at Valence TGV station.
A popular Norwegian serial available now in French version
Ticket gates when entering the platform. As there is a requirement for a seat reservation for Interrail, the ticket from oui.sncf has a bar code.
I'm now taking a train to Avignon TGV
TGV Dasye
Avignon TGV station
The next train is a direct train to Nice
TGV Duplex
Marseille
This train do not stop at Marseille, it is taking a bypass route without entering the station
La Ciotat
Cat passenger
Le Bar
The railway between Marseille and Nice opened in 1864 - it follows the coast line. The line was extended to the Italian border town of Ventimiglia in 1872
Queen Eva
Nice
From Wikipedia: "The station was completed in 1867 for CF du PLM and by architect Louis Bouchot in Louis XIII style."
The hotel I'm staying at is located on the other side of the railway, I need to take this scary tunnel
The hotel or actually a student residence is located in a walking distance from the station
There was no air condition in the room, but there was a balcony
From the balcony I could view Gare de Nice CP - for narrow gauge railway to Digne-les-Baines
Gare de Nice CP opened in 1991 replacing this beautiful Gare de Sud from 1890. Now it has a library and a food court.
Avenue Jean Medicin with a tram line and the railway bridge
The tram line in Nice opened in 2007 using Alstom Citadis trams
PLM (Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée) was the railway company that operated the railway from Paris to Nice until 1938.
Thello ticket machine at Nice station
Class BB 36000 and Thello train operating the line Nice-Milan
Today I'm also visiting a nearby town Villefranche-sur-Mer.
I'm taking TER train
Villefranche-sur-Mer station
The town has a beach located just next to the station
The water was very warm
The bay of Villefranche is one of the deepest natural harbours of any port in the Mediterranean Sea and provides safe anchorage for large ships from easterly winds. (Wikipedia)
Class Z 24500, TER 2N NG
Class Z 55500, Regio 2N
I'm back in Nice, here is Gare du Sud
Inside there are many restaurants and bars
The view from the hotel. Russian orthodox church
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