Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles Train Station

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  • Description

    The train station Marseille-Saint-Charles is a French railway station, the main one in the municipality of Marseille. This end-of-the-line station was built by the engineer Gustave Desplaces on the edge of a plateau near downtown that beforehand was « Gare » (rural property). A first inauguration of the temporary buildings took place on 8th January 1848 for the Compagnie du chemin de fer d’Avignon in Marseille. The station, until a number of years later. Its latitude and longitude geographic coordinates are 43° 18′ 13″ North, 5° 22′ 47″ East.

    It is served by the Eurostar, Thalys, TGV Lyria, AVE, TGV, iDTGV, Ouigo, Thello, Intercites, TER and Auto-train service and is on the train line Paris-Lyon <=> Marseille-Saint-Charles, Marseille-Saint-Charles <=> Vintimille (border), Lyon-Perrache <=> Marseille-Saint-Charles (via Grenoble), Marseille-Saint-Charles <=> Marseille-Joliette and L’Estaque <=> Marseille-Saint-Charles with 16 tracks and 2 platforms.

  • Address
    Square Narvik
    Marseille
    Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
    13232
    France
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  • Ticket Counters & Distributors

    Every day: 06h00 > 20h30

    • Automatic rail ticket distributors available at this station.
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  • International Trains

    TGV Inoui (High-speed services)

    • Brussels - Lille - Airport Charles de Gaulle - Lyon - Avignon - Aix-en-Provence - Marseille - Cannes - Nice
    • Basel - Mulhouse - Dijon - Lyon - Avignon - Marseille
    • Frankfurt - Strasbourg - Mulhouse - Lyon - Avignon - Aix-en-Provence - Marseille
    • Geneva - Lyon - Marseille - Nice

    AVE (High-speed Spanish services)

    • Madrid - Barcelona - Perpignan - Montpellier - Avignon - Aix-en-Provence - Marseille

    Eurostar (High-speed services)

    • London - Ashford - Lyon - Avignon - Marseille

    Thello (EuroCity services)

    • Marseille - Cannes - Nice - Monaco - Ventimiglia - Genoa - Milan

    Thalys (High-speed services)

    • Amsterdam - Rotterdam - Antwerp - Brussels - Avignon - Aix-en-Provence - Marseille (Summer Saturdays)

    Other International train itineraries to/from 

    • Karlsruhe / Luxembourg / Mannheim
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  • National Trains

    TGV Inoui (High-speed services)

    • Paris - Avignon - Aix-en-Provence - Marseille
    • Annecy - Chambery - Grenoble - Avignon - Aix-en-Provence - Marseille
    • Le Havre - Rouen - Lyon - Avignon - Marseille
    • Rennes - Le Mans - Lyon - Avignon - Marseille

    Intercites (Intercity services)

    • Bordeaux - Toulouse - Beziers - Montpellier - Marseille - Cannes - Nice
    • Bordeaux - Toulouse - Narbonne - Beziers - Montpellier - Arles - Marseille

    TGV Ouigo

    • Marne-la-Vallee - Lyon Saint-Exupery - Avignon - Marseille

    Other popular French train itineraries to/from 

    • Agde / Agen / Angers / Bayonne / Belfort / Besancon / Biarritz / Carcassonne / Chalon-sur-Saone / Clermont-Ferrand / Colmar / Hendaye / Hyeres / La Rochelle / Laval / Macon / Metz / Nancy / Nantes / Nimes / Sete / Saint Pierre-des-Corps
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  • Regional Trains

    TER PACA

    • Lyon - Valence - Montelimar - Orange - Avignon - Arles - Miramas - Marseille
    • Avignon - Arles - Miramas - Martigues - Marseille
    • Marseille - Aix-en-Provence - Sisteron - Gap - Briancon
    • Miramas - Fos-sur-Mer - Carry-le-Rout - Marseille
    • Pertuis - Aix-en-Provence - Gardanne - Marseille
    • Aix-en-Provence - Gardanne - Marseille
    • Marseille - Aubagne - Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer - Toulon
    • Marseille - Toulon - Carnoules† - Les Arcs-Draguignan - Frejus† - Saint-Raphael-Valescure - Cannes - Antibes - Nice
    • Avignon - Arles - Miramas - Vitrolles Aeroport - Marseille

    † All trains do not stop at this station.

  • Local Transport

    Urban Bus
    RTM, website

    • 52 : Belle de Mai La Friche - Metro La Timone, Bus stop: Square Narvik
    • 82S: Pharo Catalans - Gare St Charles, Bus stop: Central Bus Station - Exit Honnorat
    • 521: Gare Saint Charles - Luminy, Bus stop: Central Bus Station - Exit Honnorat
    • 533: Canebiere Bourse - Faculte Saint Jerome, Bus stop: Bd Bourdet - Exit Metro / Bourdet
    • 582: Canebiere Bourse - Foch 5 Avenues, Bus stop: Bd Bourdet - Sortie Metro / Bourdet
    • 33: Reformes Canebiere - Faculte Saint Jerome, Bus stop: Bd Voltaire - Exit Voltaire - or: Bd de la Liberte - Exit Narvik
    • 44: Reformes Canebiere - Le Merlan, Bus stop: Bd Voltaire - Exit Voltaire - or: Bd de la Liberte - Exit Narvik
    • 49: Reformes Canebiere - Canebiere Bourse, Bus stop: Bd Voltaire - Exit Voltaire - or: Bd de la Liberte - Exit Narvik
    • 97: Canebiere Bourse - Hopital Nord, Bus stop: Faculte St Charles - Exit Victor Hugo - Universite

    Metro

    • M1: La Rose - La Fourragere
    • M2: Bougainville - Sainte Marguerite Dromel
  • Local Car Services: Parking, drop-off
    • There is parking for cars

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  • Local Bicycle Services: Parking
    • There is no parking for bikes
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    Saint Charles train station <> Airport

    • Travel time: About 25 minutes
    • Direct via autoroute
    • Departure every 20 minutes
    • Train station > Airport from 4h10 to 23h30
    • Airport > Train station from 4h50 to 0h10
    •  Tarif one-way adult: 8,20€ (-12 years: 4,10€, from 12 to 25 years: 5,8 €, free for under 6 years)
    • Stop: Marseille St Charles Central Bus Station - Halle Honnorat
  • Reduced Mobility

    Accessibility: Reduced Mobility: Call 'Acces Plus' 48 hours in advance of travel to enquire and reserve: +33 (0)8 90 64 06 50 available from 6:00am - midnight. For assistance boarding your train, arrive at the platform at least 30 minutes before departure time. Wheelchairs and boarding ramps are available if required.

  • Luggage Storage

    Office: On platform A
    Open hours: Mondays > Sundays: 8:15 > 21:00

    There are 3 locker sizes:

    • Small: Height 433 mm, Width 347 mm, Depth 824 mm
    • Medium: H 591 mm, W 347 mm, D 824 mm
    • Large: H 908 mm, W 519 mm, D 824 mm

    Tariff: 5.50€, 7.50€ and 9.50€ respectively for the first 24 hours and 5€ for each additional 24h

  • Lost & Found

    Declare your lost property. Give a precise description. An email will confirm your claim:

    1. Internet: Create or use your account and declare your claim This page is in French but is accessible from anywhere ... especially when you're visiting France and Europe.
    2. Telephone: +33 (0) 8 92 35 35 35 (open 7/7 from 8h00 to 20h00 to answer questions and register your claim) or in France 36 35 (0,40 € / minute) then #22
    3. At a train station: see the map at the bottom of this page for station details

    A national database registers all lost and found objects in real time. Search for your object will continue for one monnth. There's a charge of 5/10 Euros, depending on object's value, for restitution of an item.

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