The new station was built a few hundred metres up the line to allow Nice city council to redevelop the old station site into a retail, catering and leisure complex. The new station was built in a modernist style which contrasts with that of every other station on the route.
To support the redevelopment project for a retail, catering, and leisure complex at the old station site, the new station was built near its original location. This modernist design contrasts with that of every other station on the route.