The railway line from Marseille reached Monaco in 1868. The first station in the Principality, originally named Monaco (
Gare de Monaco), was located in
La Condamine. The following year, a second station named Monte Carlo (
Gare de Monte-Carlo), was opened in
Monte Carlo quarter, directly below the
Monte Carlo Casino. The first station in La Condamine was later renamed Monaco-Monte-Carlo (
Gare de Monaco-Monte-Carlo) in the 1950s, after the building of a new tunnel bypassing the second station in Monte Carlo, which was closed in 1965. The idea to relocate the railway and bypass Monte Carlo station was conceived by
Rainier III to reclaim valuable land for development. In the early 1990s, it was again decided to re-route the railway (this time, completely underground) and build a new station back closer to the center of Monaco. Construction commenced in 1993 on the station in the ward of
Ravin de Sainte-Dévote; the new station opened on 7 December 1999, replacing the former surface Monaco-Monte-Carlo station from then on. This comprises a curved tunnel in length, wide and in height. There are three tracks through the station (accessed from a side platform on the south side) and an island platform between the two tracks to the north. Monaco-monte-carlo-gare-sncf-am-714041.jpg|Old surface platforms (1974). This station is indicated by blue dots on the map. Estação subterrânea de Mónaco-Monte Carlo.jpg|Current station interior Monaco station entrance.jpg|Lower entrance to the current station Gares de Monaco.svg|Railway stations in Monaco. The present-day station is indicated by light-green dots. ==Monte-Carlo Country Club halt==