Trains from Nice or Monte Carlo to Corniglia (Cinque Terre)

I found the schedules. Put in Nice Villa to Corniglia with a date (I used Feb 28) and time (I used 9:00). The first connection show Nice (9:55) to Corniglia (15:31) changing at Ventimiglia (10:43), Genoa (13:06), and Sestri (14:42). You might also try the German Rail (Bahn) website. It also shows leaving Nice at 9:55, but a slightly different routing, changing at Monterosso instead of Sestri - still arriving Corniglia at 15:31.

Thanks Lee - I will take a look

Are you an earlybird? If so, on weekdays you can leave Nice as early as 05:25 and be in Corniglia at 11:09. If not, there are other morning departure choices at a more reasonable hour that still will get you to Corniglia before 15:31. On weekends the earliest departure is at 06:56 which will get you to Corniglia at 13:30. I think that all regional trains between Nice and Ventimiglia (where you will make your first connection) stop in Monaco and Menton.

There is little difference between the two options Lee described, except in price. Both have you on the same IC train heading south from Genoa, trenitalia has you switch to the cheaper regional train, earlier, at Sestri, which saves you money on the ticket. Bahn.de has you stay on the more expensive IC train until Monterosso, then get on the regional train ( which may already be crowded with people who go on at Sestri!) This consistent with what I found when researching routes for Italy- Trenitalia will route you on regional trains sooner, making the route cheaper overall. From Verona to Florence we saved 80 euros ( for four of us) by following the Trenitalia suggestion rather than the Bahn.de one. We ended up on the same Frecciarossa train from Bologna to Florence and arrived at the same time as we would have by the Bahn route. Since Bahn.de doesn't show prices for Italy, it is hard to know about this unless you check the Bahn route on Trenitalia as well.