CEVA rail

  • CEVA
  • Cornavin‒Eaux Vives‒Annemasse
Map of the CEVA railway line
Overview
StatusOpen
OwnerCFF
LocaleSwitzerland (canton of Geneva) and France (Haute-Savoie)
Termini
Service
TypeCommuter
SystemSNCF and CFF
Operator(s)CFF
History
Opened15 December 2019[1]
Technical
Line length14.1 km (8.8 mi)
Number of tracksDouble track
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV 16.67 Hz

CEVA (Cornavin‒Eaux-Vives‒Annemasse) is an orbital rail line designed to connect the main railway station of Geneva, Switzerland (Gare de Cornavin) on the north of Lake Geneva with the Gare d'Annemasse in Annemasse, France, to the south of Lake Geneva. The link allows through running between the main Swiss rail network and the until then isolated line east of Annemasse in Haute-Savoie, which was served until 2013 by French SNCF services. A new station was constructed on the route at Gare des Eaux-Vives and the line between this station and the border was replaced with a double track line in tunnel. Track already existed as far as Stade de Genève station;[2] the full route opened on 15 December 2019 to Léman Express and RegioExpress services.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Swiss-French Léman Express project inaugurated". International Railway Journal. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Le chantier du CEVA à Genève prend deux ans de retard". rts.ch. 26 March 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2015.