Old South Station
written by azurblue
on April 27th, 2008
(1 vote)
It’s not easy to find abandoned places in Nice! The ancient railway station of “Chemins de fer de Provence” is one of them. Built in a neoclassical style in 1892 by the architect Prosper Bobin, it is not used anymore since 1992 (a new terminus was built 6 blocks from the ancient one).
The tall rooftop that covered the tracks was the pavilion of Russia and Autria-Hungary of the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris. It had to be destroyed to plan the new Town Hall, but the project was quit.
The line still exists: you can buy a ticket for Digne les Bains, in Alpes de Haute Provence, 151 km far from Nice, for a 3 hours travel in the mountains. During the summer, there are even steam trains on the line!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gare_du_Sud
http://www.beyond.fr/travel/railpignes.html
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