{{Short description|Railway station in Geneva, Switzerland}} {{about|the station in Switzerland|the station in Illinois|Geneva station (Illinois)}} {{Infobox station | style = Swiss Federal Railways | name = Geneva | native_name = Genève | native_name_lang = fr | symbol_location = | symbol = | type = | image = Genève-Cornavin railway station (2026).jpg| | alt = Three-story neoclassical ediface | caption = Cornavin station: main entrance with tram and bus station | address = | borough = Geneva | country = Switzerland | coordinates = {{Coord|region:CH-GE_type:railwaystation|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | elevation = {{WikidataElevation|abbr=on}} | owned = Swiss Federal Railways | operator = | line = {{Plainlist| * CEVA line * Lausanne–Geneva line * Lyon–Geneva line }} | distance = {{convert|60.3|km|mi|abbr=on}} from {{rws|Lausanne}}<ref name="saw">{{Eisenbahnatlas-Schweiz|page=68}}</ref> | platforms = {{Plainlist| 8 * 3 island platforms * 1 side platform * 1 bay platform }} | tracks = 8 | train_operators = {{Plainlist| * SNCF * Swiss Federal Railways }} | connections = {{Transport connections|embed=yes |title = tpg<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tpg.ch/sites/default/files/2024-11/Geneve%20TPG%20Plan%20Schematique_15122024.pdf | title=Plan de réseau TPG | language=fr | publisher=Geneva Public Transport | date=15 December 2024 | access-date=10 January 2025}}</ref> | tram = Tram lines {{ric|Trams in Geneva|14}} {{ric|Trams in Geneva|15}} {{ric|Trams in Geneva|18}} | trolleybus = trolleybus lines {{ric|Geneva Public Transport|3}} {{ric|Geneva Public Transport|6}} {{ric|Geneva Public Transport|10}} {{ric|Geneva Public Transport|19}} | bus = bus lines {{ric|Geneva Public Transport|1}} {{ric|Geneva Public Transport|5}} {{ric|Geneva Public Transport|8}} {{ric|Geneva Public Transport|9}} {{ric|Geneva Public Transport|20}} {{ric|Geneva Public Transport|25}} {{ric|Geneva Public Transport|60}} {{ric|Geneva Public Transport|61}} {{ric|Geneva Public Transport|E+}} {{ric|Geneva Public Transport|G+}} {{ric|Geneva Public Transport|A2}} }} | structure = | parking = Yes | bicycle = Yes (480 spaces) | accessible = Platforms 1-5 and 10 | architect = {{ill|Julien Flegenheimer|fr}} (1931) | code = 8501008 (GE) | iata = ZHT | zone = 10 (unireso)<ref>{{cite web | title=Plan tarifaire | url=https://www.unireso.com/titres-de-transport/#plan | language=fr | publisher=unireso | access-date=10 January 2025}}</ref> | website = | opened = {{Start date|1858|df=y}} | rebuilt = {{Plainlist| * {{Start date|1931|df=y}} * 2010-2014 (reconstruction) }} | electrified = | former = Geneva Cornavain | closed = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} --> | passengers = 88'500 per weekday<ref name=SBB>{{cite web |url=https://data.sbb.ch/explore/dataset/passagierfrequenz/table/?disjunctive.kt_ct_cantone&disjunctive.isb_gi&sort=dwv_tmjo_tfm&q=Gen%C3%A8ve&refine.jahr_annee_anno=2023&refine.code_codice=GE |title=Passagierfrequenz (2023) |publisher=SBB CFF FFS |location=Geneva, Switzerland |date=2023 |via=data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL |access-date=19 October 2024}}</ref> | pass_year = 2023 | pass_system = SBB | pass_rank = 8 out of 1'159 | services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=Swiss Federal Railways |line1=EC Geneva-Milano|right1=Lausanne |line2=IC 1|left2=Geneva Airport|right2=Renens VD |line3=IR 15|left3=Geneva Airport|right3=Nyon |line4=IR 57|left4=Geneva Airport|right4=Nyon |line5=IR 90|left5=Geneva Airport|right5=Renens VD |line6=IR 95|left6=Geneva Airport|right6=Nyon |line7=RE33|left7=Lancy-Pont-Rouge|right7=Coppet|to-left7=Annemasse |line8=RE33|left8=Geneva Airport|right8=Coppet|to-left8=Geneva Airport |system11=TGV Lyria |line11=Paris–Geneva|left11=Bellegarde |line12=Paris–Lausanne|left12=Bellegarde|right12=Lausanne |line13=Marseille–Lausanne|left13=Bellegarde|right13=Lausanne |system21=TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |line21=2|left21=Bellegarde |line22=3|left22=Bellegarde |line23=51|left23=Bellegarde |system31=Léman Express |line31=1|left31=Lancy-Pont-Rouge|right31=Genève-Sécheron |line32=2|left32=Lancy-Pont-Rouge|right32=Genève-Sécheron |line33=3|left33=Lancy-Pont-Rouge|right33=Genève-Sécheron |line34=4|left34=Lancy-Pont-Rouge|right34=Genève-Sécheron |line35=5|left35=Vernier |line36=6|left36=Vernier |system51=Venice-Simplon Orient Express |line51=London–Paris–Rome|left51=Innsbruck|right51=Venice|to-right51=Venice }} | services_collapsible = yes | other_services = | map_type = Switzerland#Canton of Geneva | map_caption = Location in Switzerland##Location in the canton of Geneva | map_size = 300 | mapframe = yes | mapframe-custom = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=300|frame-height=180|zoom=12|type=point|marker=rail}} }}
'''Geneva railway station''' ({{langx|fr|Gare de Genève}}), also known as '''Geneva Cornavin railway station''', is Geneva's main train station, located in '''Cornavin''' area; both names can be used interchangeably.
II connects the Lausanne–Geneva line (15 kV AC at 16.7 Hz AC) to the east, to Lyon-Geneva line (25 kV at 50 Hz AC), which goes westwards to France and, for the first few kilometres, runs as a single track line alongside the double-track line to the airport, where most long-distance trains from the rest of Switzerland terminate. Traffic to France goes throught {{stn|Bellegarde}} border station and includes long-distance TGVs to Paris and southern France and regional express trains to Lyon. Cornavin is also the hub of the Léman Express network, with six routes in service, many of which travel over the newly opened CEVA, which leads to {{rws|Annemasse}} on its eastbound axis, and towards {{rws|La Plaine}} (L5) and {{stn|Bellegarde}} (L6) on its westbound axis.<ref name=saw/>
The third largest train station in Switzerland by passenger numbers behind Zürich HB and Bern, with 156,000 users on average per working day in 2022,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://reporting.sbb.ch/fr/gares?=&years=1,4,5,6,7&scroll=2132&highlighted= | title=Gares }}</ref> it sees over 720 train departures every day from its eight through-platforms. Platforms 6 and 7 have French and Swiss border controls. Facilities at the station include a police station, a pharmacy, several supermarkets, coffee shops, bakeries, food stands, clothing shops and multiple other establishments.<ref name=shopping>{{cite web | url=https://www.sbb.ch/content/dam/infrastruktur/trafimage/bahnhofplaene/plan-geneve-shopping.pdf.sbbdownload.pdf | title=Plans de shopping Genève (Affiche). | date=July 2025 | access-date=7 November 2025 | language=fr | publisher=Swiss Federal Railways}}</ref>
== Nearby area features == {{Unreferenced section|date=January 2024}}
Located directly outside the station are bus and tram stops for Transports Publics Genevois services to all over Geneva city, its canton and nearby French locales, a taxi rank, banks, cash machines, post offices, hotels, cinemas, jewellers, book shops, money exchange services, restaurants, bars, and fast food restaurants.
==In popular culture== The station entrance and a platform is seen in ''The Adventures of Tintin'' comic ''The Calculus Affair'' (1956).
==Planned extension of the railway station== {{Update section|date=October 2024}} The Swiss Federal Railways announced they would extend the railway station by constructing two new railway tracks. The station needs extending due to the planned increase in traffic over the coming years. The initial project cost 800 million Swiss francs and involved the demolition of 350 dwellings next to the station. A second project supported by residents of the neighborhood plans to build the two new tracks under the station with a total cost around 1.7 billion Swiss francs.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tdg.ch/geneve/actu-genevoise/extension-cornavin-geneve-veut-chiffres/story/29517730|title=Extension de Cornavin: Genève veut des chiffres|newspaper=Tribune de Genève|via=www.tdg.ch}}</ref>
The Swiss Federal Rail plans for the new extension to be completed by 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tdg.ch/geneve/actu-genevoise/expertise-trancher-deux-variantes-extension-cornavin/story/26655924?track |title=La gare de Cornavin agrandie sera mise en service en 2025 |access-date=2022-05-15 |archive-date=2014-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140609034231/http://www.tdg.ch/geneve/actu-genevoise/expertise-trancher-deux-variantes-extension-cornavin/story/26655924?track |language=fr|url-status=dead }}</ref>
In April 2013, an initiative was launched to claim the extension under the station by the "Collectif 500", a neighborhood association.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tdg.ch/geneve/actu-genevoise/initiative-lancee-agrandir-cornavin-souterrain/story/21814118|title=Une initiative est lancée pour agrandir Cornavin en souterrain|newspaper=Tribune de Genève|via=www.tdg.ch}}</ref>
==Services== {{As of|alt=As of the December 2024 timetable change|2024|12|post=,}} the following services stop at Geneva:<ref name="départ">{{cite web | url=https://www.sbb.ch/content/dam/internet/sbb/downloads/multi/reiseinformationen/bahnverkehrsinformation/pdf-fahrplaene/abfahrtsplakate/2025/abfahrtstabellen/GE_241215_ab_1008.pdf.sbbdownload.pdf | title=Départ: Gare de Genève | date=15 December 2024 | access-date=10 January 2025 | language=fr | publisher=Swiss Federal Railways}}</ref>
* TGV Lyria: ** service every two hours to Paris-Lyon. ** three trains per day to {{rws|Lausanne}}. ** one daily round-trip between {{stn|Marseille-Saint-Charles}} and Lausanne in the summer. * EuroCity: four trains per day to {{rws|Milano Centrale}}, with one train continuing from Milano Centrale to {{rws|Venezia Santa Lucia}}. * InterCity: hourly service between {{rws|Geneva Airport}} and {{rws|St. Gallen}} via Zürich Hauptbahnhof. * InterRegio: ** half-hourly service between Geneva Airport and {{rws|Brig}}. ** hourly service between Geneva Airport and {{rws|Lucerne}}. ** limited service between Geneva Airport and {{rws|Neuchâtel}}. * TER: service to {{stn|Valence-Ville}}, {{stn|Lyon-Part-Dieu}}, {{stn|Bellegarde}}, and {{stn|Chambéry-Challes-les-Eaux}}. * RegioExpress: half-hourly service (hourly on weekends) between {{stn|Annemasse}} and {{rws|St-Maurice}}, and hourly service from St-Maurice to {{rws|Martigny}}. On weekends, hourly service to Geneva Airport. * Léman Express: ** {{rcb|Léman Express|1|inline=route}} / {{rcb|Léman Express|2|inline=route}} / {{rcb|Léman Express|3|inline=route}} / {{rcb|Léman Express|4|inline=route}}: service every fifteen minutes between {{rws|Coppet}} and Annemasse; from Annemasse every hour to {{stn|Annecy}}, half-hourly or hourly service or service every two hours to {{stn|Évian-les-Bains}} and every two hours to {{stn|Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet}}. ** {{rcb|Léman Express|5|inline=route}}: half-hourly service to {{rws|La Plaine}}. ** {{rcb|Léman Express|6|inline=route}}: rush-hour service to Bellegarde.
== PRODES EA 2035 == {{Unreferenced section|date=January 2024}}
As part of the strategic development program for rail infrastructure (PRODES), the Confederation and SBB are focusing on customer orientation and economical management of resources.
By 2040, nearly two million people will travel by rail every day, 50% more than today. In rail freight, the Confederation also expects traffic to increase by around 45%. The Swiss rail network will have to continue to meet customer needs: interesting connections, punctual trains, affordable tickets. SBB is committed to the sustainable development of public transport and takes on this responsibility vis-à-vis Switzerland.
=== Predicted Services === The following services will stop from 2035 at Geneva:
* TGV Lyria: ** Service every two hours to Paris-Lyon. *** Three trains per day starting at Lausanne. ** One daily round-trip to Marseille-Saint-Charles in the summer. * EuroCity: Eight trains per day to Milano Centrale, with two trains continuing from Milano Centrale to Venezia Santa Lucia. * InterCity: ** IC1: Hourly service between Geneva Airport and Romanshorn ***IC11 (Sister Line): Hourly Service between Geneva Airport and Lucerne ** IC5: Half-hourly service between Geneva Airport and St. Gallen, with every other train continuing to St. Margrethen. *** IC51 (Sister Line): Hourly service between Geneva Airport and Basel SBB ** IC9: Half-hourly service between Geneva Airport and Brig * InterRegio: ** IR18: Hourly service between Annemasse and Bern ** IR95: Half-Hourly between Geneva Airport and St-Maurice ** IR98: Hourly service between Annemasse and Aigle * TER: Service to {{stn|Valence-Ville}}, {{stn|Lyon-Part-Dieu}}, {{stn|Bellegarde}}, and {{stn|Chambéry-Challes-les-Eaux}}. * Léman Express: ** {{rcb|Léman Express|1|inline=route}}/{{rcb|Léman Express|2|inline=route}}/{{rcb|Léman Express|3|inline=route}}/{{rcb|Léman Express|4|inline=route}}: service every fifteen minutes between {{rws|Coppet}} and Annemasse; from Annemasse every hour to {{rws|Annecy}}, and every two hours to {{rws|Évian-les-Bains}} and {{rws|Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet}}. ** {{rcb|Léman Express|5|inline=route}}: service to {{rws|La Plaine}}. ** {{rcb|Léman Express|6|inline=route}}: service to Bellegarde.
==Gallery== <gallery mode="packed"> File:2014-GareCornavin-NouveauHall3.jpg|Inside File:Geneva Cornavin 2.JPG|Tracks 6 and 7 File:Lex-rabe-522-geneve-voie1.jpg|Regional train File:Genève Cornavin 2023 2.jpg|Long-distance trains File:TGV Lyria No. 4721 at Geneva Central Station (2026).jpg|TGV Lyria to Paris </gallery>
==See also== {{Portal|Trains|Architecture|Switzerland}} *History of rail transport in Switzerland *Rail transport in Switzerland
==Notes== {{notelist}}
==References== {{reflist}}
== External links == {{Commons category}} * {{SBB web|1008|geneve-cornavin}} * [http://www.alp-rail.net/fr/cevahis1.php Les principaux éléments historiques en relation avec CEVA] {{in lang|fr}}
{{Geneva}} {{Lyon–Geneva railway}} {{authority control}}
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