The city’s main train station – the Gare de Cornavin – couldn’t be more central, barely 400m north of the lake. The station is also a terminus of the French rail network. Mark and I found it irrepressibly efficient that if you’re arriving on an intercity SNCF train, the TGV from Paris or Lyon – which come in on platforms 7 and 8, separate from the rest of the SBB platforms – you’ll be directed to pass through both French and Swiss customs and passport control before joining the throng within the station proper. Is that cool or what? I feel so…continental.
I took a picture of the large murals on the walls of the station. There are two more (picture forthcoming) which I hope to post later. They are wonderful to view and only heightens one’s desire to see the Swiss countryside.
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