Getting There By Rail

Marseille

Marseille old town street © www.123rf.com/Denis Babenko
Most Popular Hotels in Marseille:
1 Place Louis Bonnefon, 13008
3 Bis Rue Reine Elisabeth, 13001
Route De Bandol, 83270
Corniche J.F Kennedy, 13007
 
 




Societé Nationale de Chemins de Fer (SNCF) (tel: 0892 353 535 or 3635 from within France; www.sncf.fr) is the national rail carrier. There are some 200 trains calling at Marseille daily, including 15 trains to Paris. Generally, trains are on time. As throughout France, train tickets must be validated prior to boarding.

The train station, Gare St Charles (tel: 0892 353 535 or 9167 6869), is the hub for regional and national rail travel.

Rail services: The extension of the TGV line brought Marseille within 3 hours of Paris, from where services connect to Lille, Nantes, Rouen, Brussels and Geneva, as well as London with the Eurostar (tel: 08705 186 186 (UK number), or +44 12336 17575 (from outside the UK); www.eurostar.com) (journey time - 8 hours). Regional trains serve Avignon, Nice, Toulon, Cannes and many other towns on the coast and inland.

Tours of Marseille

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