How easy is it to get to the train station in Nice from the airport in Nice? Which train station is that? We are looking at taking a train from the Nice airport to Monte Carlo. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
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There actually is a train station, Nice St Augustin, about ten minutes walk from Terminal 1 but I wouldn%26#39;t be brave enough to ask a taxi driver to take me there! Bus 99 leaves from outside both terminals every 30 mins, taking 15 -30 mins, depending on traffic, to get to Nice Ville station. From there the train takes 25 mins to Monte Carlo but there are long gaps between trains at times and they are not wholly reliable.
I normally walk to St Augustin but, otherwise, I would get bus 98 from the airport to Nice bus station and then bus 100 to Monte, total cost 4 euros for a one day pass. The buses are more reliable than the trains but the last bus leaves Nice at 8.00pm.
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Thanks for the information but I will be arriving after 8:00 PM so the bus will not be a good option. I will try to walk to the Nice St Termi station you mentioned. Is is hard to walk there with luggage? 10 minutes does not seem that bad??? Thanks again!
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I m eant Nice St Augustine terminal, oops!
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WE arrive at 8:30 PM on a Tuesday night in August so I am interested in finding the smartest way into Nice as well, or would it be better to just pay the 20euro taxi ride to our hotel?
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You can get train times on nice.aeroport.fr/acces_stationement/trains If you add /trafic_r_asp you will get instructions for finding the station but they are not terribly clear.
My version of this is: walk straight ahead after leaving the arrivals area of Terminal 1, go through the tunnel and you will see the Hotel Campanile ahead of you. Turn left in front of the hotel and walk beside the complex of buildings of which the hotel is a part. At the corner you will see the hotel school. Turn right around this corner and walk beside the two lane main road, a fenced building site will be on your right. The train line runs beside the road on the opposite side. Continue to the traffic lights. Here you need to cross the road and go under the road bridge. You are now within two minutes of the station but its precise location is not obvious and there are no signs but there are almost always people around. Just say St Augustin and they will point you in the right direction.
The website says 15 to 20 mins but I timed it recently when with my wife, who is not a fast walker, and we got there in under ten minutes.
This is the sort of area where in the UK I would be nervous to walk after dark but I have done it dozens of times without a problem. If you are of a nervous disposition I would recommend getting a taxi to your hotel.
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Thanks London Bob!
The website you mention says the train station is only open until 8:10 PM. I know there are trains after this but does that mean the ticket window is not open after this? Is there a self service kiosk to buy tickets then at this hour?? Will it be hard to figure out the correct train and track if no one is around? Any help is appreciated! Thanks!
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I am surprised the ticket office is open that late. There is a self service machine which is easy to use provided you have a rudimentary knowledge of French but you will need a few Euro coins as the machine only accepts French credit cards. If you cannot manage this just get on the train and offer cash in the unlikely event of a ticket inspector appearing, very rare indeed. Many of the locals rarely buy a ticket and I am sure the inspector wouldn%26#39;t give a respectable looking foreigner any trouble.
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Sorry, I forgot. There are only two lines. The one on the side where you enter the station is the direction for Nice/Monte Carlo.
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Thanks again. I will have my euro coins in hand. Or I could buy the tickets in advance over the web but for that low of a price maybe I will just wing it? I assume I should not worry about the trains being full after 9:00 PM though?
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The ticket will be around 5 - 6 euro - St Augustin is not manned at night - very few SNCF stations are. Personally I wouldn%26#39;t touch it with a bargepole. St Augustin is in the catchment area of a large number of HLM - public housing projects, which are notorious for what Presidential hopeful Nicholas Sarkozy called %26quot;scum%26quot; during last years orgy of car burning. I%26#39;ve done it and its potentially scary. Unless you are fond of scary experiences, my personal advice would be to take the express bus from the airport to Nice Gare Ville and transfer to a train for Monaco there.
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