Following the SNCF’s shock announcement that train services between Nice and Ventimiglia will be suspended from 9pm until 6am for a full nine months, the Monaco Government has confirmed that it will be seeking an urgent meeting with the rail network’s bosses in a bid to find a solution to the considerable disruption that the cancellations will cause.  

Due to essential construction works on the train line between Nice and Ventimiglia, all train services between 9pm and 6am on Sundays through to Thursdays have been cancelled for just over nine months, beginning 15th September.  

The decision is likely to heavily impact both commuters and tourists, who will now have to find other travel alternatives.  

In a press release published on 10th September, the Monaco Government condemned the lack of options available to those affected by the news, noting that, beyond a replacement bus from Monaco to Nice, no other arrangements have been made by the national French rail network.  

Furthermore, during his first private meeting with Monaco’s National Council, the Principality’s new Minister of State, Didier Guillaume, said, “I am deeply shocked to read that trains will no longer stop in Monaco from 9pm onwards. This is unacceptable. We must be respected with a certain quality of service and not just be considered as financial contributors.” 

The government has confirmed that it is now seeking an urgent meeting with SNCF Réseaux and the leaders of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region with the goal of addressing its concerns regarding the cancellations and finding improved solutions and alternatives for those who depend on the rail link between Monaco, the Alpes-Maritimes and the Italian region of Liguria.  

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