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On June 19, the partners of the New Provence Côte d’Azur Line signed the financing agreement for the construction of the Nice Airport station. A moment marking the start of work at Nice Saint-Augustin. The objective of this future station: to create a multimodal exchange hub for Nice and the region.
They were all present, almost without exception. Christian Estrosi, Renaud Muselier, Prefect Laurent Hottiaux, Jean Leonetti, David Lisnard. The partners of the New Provence Côte d’Azur Line (LNPCA) project launched the work on the future Nice Airport station this Thursday, June 19. The start of an ambitious project aimed at developing and improving rail services in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Aiming to make the region a sustainable multimodal exchange hub.
The features of the future station
It’s a world-class station that should be operational by 2030, “not a day late”, specified Christian Estrosi. At the heart of the Grand Arénas district, this future Nice Airport station will serve TER and especially TGV with great efficiency. A project that constitutes one of the phases of the New Provence Côte d’Azur Line.
Designed by SNCF Gares et Connexions and the multidisciplinary agency AREP, the station will feature 3000 m2 of constructed areas. There will be four platform tracks to accommodate TGV and TER. The result will be more trains daily as well as time savings on journeys.
“The launch of the work on the Nice Airport station is the cornerstone of the New Provence Côte d’Azur Line project, fully supported by the State,” explained the Prefect of the Alpes-Maritimes, Laurent Hottiaux.
A multimodal exchange hub
This new station is set in a place “which will become the first multimodal exchange hub in Europe equipped with total intermodality: the airport, the SNCF station, the tramway, metropolitan and regional buses, and the bicycle network will connect to facilitate all travel,” declared Christian Estrosi. A project that strengthens local connections, fitting into the development of the Nice West district.
At the regional level, this new station also changes many connections. The LNPCA will allow the smoothing of travel in the region and provide a clear alternative to the car. “With the LNPCA and the future Nice Airport station, we are undertaking a true mobility revolution on the Côte d’Azur. By the 2030 Games, we will offer more trains, more fluidity, and a direct connection between train, tram, and airport,” celebrated Renaud Muselier, President of the PACA region. By 2032, there will be a TER every ten minutes, instead of fifteen minutes.
A model of sustainability
This Nice Airport station is also designed to be sustainable. A huge sustainable wooden canopy, which will harvest rainwater, will be introduced, along with numerous solar panels. The aim: to use this station and its materials to produce energy, particularly solar. An innovative infrastructure that will also feature a 4200 m2 garden serving as a cool island.
“It is a pride for Nice to host the first bioclimatic station in Europe. Its recycled wooden canopy is illustrative of the ecological ambition of this project,” rejoiced Christian Estrosi. This ambitious project fully fits into the GREEN Deal policy that I wanted to implement upon taking office as President of the Department in 2017, which aims to preserve our environment while improving the quality of life for Maralpins,” recalled Charles Ange Ginesy, President of the Alpes-Maritimes department.
Thanks to the use of sustainable materials, from the construction of the station, the environmental footprint is estimated to be less than forty percent. After the kick-off this Thursday, June 19, the locomotive is expected at the finish line, by the end of 2029.
