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Jan 11, 2024 · Image Location: Geneva train station, Geneva, Switzerland. Your guide to the main train station in Geneva. Got time in Gare Cornavin? Here’s how to spend it. Services. The Geneva main train station has most of the standard services: bike rental, luggage drop-off, a mail center, lost and found, toilets, etcetera, etcetera.
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- Geneva's Main Station See Location Map
- Tickets & Information
- Which Platform?
- Platforms 7 & 8 For France
- Luggage Lockers
- Somewhere to Eat, Drink Or Stock Up
- Hotels
Geneva has one main station, usually known these days as plain Geneva but occasionally called Geneva Cornavin after the part of Geneva in which it is located. Remember that the French for Geneva is Genève. The station is just 12 minutes walk from Lake Geneva, it's easy to walk to most locations in the city.
The entrance to the SBB travel centre for tickets & reservations is located in the wide cross-passage linking the main entrance with the north-eastern entrance. It's well-organised (it's Swiss, after all) with numbered queuing system and staff to help you go to the right counter. The grey information desk (visible in the photo below left) is locate...
Geneva station is quite compact, with just 8 platforms, numbered 1 to 8 starting on the city centre (main entrance) side of the station. The tracks run on a viaduct well above street level, so access to platforms is from beneath, up an escalator or lift, or via steps or a slope. The main indicator boards inside both main entrances, show which platf...
Arriving from Franceon a TGV from Paris or TER from Lyon, you normally arrive on platform 7 or 8. You walk down the slope (shown below right) then through a long narrow arrivals passageway, finally emerging at the door shown in the photo below left, in the passageway under all the tracks. You turn right, down the escalator or short flight of steps ...
There is a staffed left luggage facility and left luggage lockers, located near the north-eastern entrance hall. See the left luggage lockers page for opening hours and prices.
The west wing of the station (into either main entrance, turn left and walk) contains various retail & food outlets including Burger King and Prêt a Manger and several cafes. For a beer, La Petite Reine is a cosy bar across the road from the far side of the station in the Place de Montbrillant. You'll soon spot it, it has a penny farthing bicycle o...
Hotels with good reviews near the station (ideal for overnight stays between trains) include theHotel Cornavin Geneve,Hotel Les Arcades &ibis Styles Geneva Gare. For a longer stay there are many hotels close to the lake and city centre, starting with the grand dame of them all, the historic top-endHotel d'Angleterre, 13 minutes walk from the statio...
There are 3 ways to get from Chicago Union Station to Geneva Station by train, taxi, or car. Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2rio's travel planner.
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Coordinates: 6°8′32.809″E. Geneva railway station ( French: Gare de Genève ), also known as Geneva Cornavin railway station, is Geneva's main train station, located in the centre of the city. The immediate area surrounding it is known as Cornavin; both names can be used interchangeably.
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Our guide to Geneva's main train station tells you what to look out for when departing and arriving from here by train.
