Marseille-Saint-Charles station

Marseille-Saint-Charles (French: Gare de

Marseille-Saint-Charles
Marseille-Saint-Charles) is the main railway
SNCF railway station
station and intercity bus station of Marseille,
France. It is the southern terminus of the
Paris–Marseille railway and western terminus
of the Marseille–Ventimiglia railway.

It opened on 8 January 1848, having been

built for the Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et
à la Méditerranée (PLM) on the land of the
former Saint Charles Cemetery. The station is
perched on top of a small hill and is linked to
the city centre by a monumental set of stairs.
Since 2001, the TGV has dramatically
reduced the travel time between Marseille and Main entrance
Northern France; traffic has increased from General information
7.1 million annual passengers in 2000 to 16.5 Location Square Narvik
million in 2017. This makes the station the 13232 Marseille Cedex 1
eleventh busiest in France. Owned by SNCF
Line(s) Paris–Marseille railway
History Marseille–Ventimiglia railway
Tracks 16
Construction of the Saint- Connections Bus terminal

Charles grand staircase Construction

Structure type At-grade
Other information
Station code 87751008
IATA code XRF
Passengers

2017 16.5 million

Services
Saint-Charles grand staircase
towards the city centre

Marseille-Saint-Charles was once a key stage

on the sea voyage to Africa, the Middle East
and the Far East, before the popularisation of
flying. The station, originally isolated from the
city, was equipped with a grand staircase,
envisioned by Eugène Senès. His proposal
was approved by the municipality on 3 July Preceding Following
SNCF
1911, but delayed by World War I. station station
Construction work started on 17 July 1923; Aix-en-Provence
the grand staircase was opened on 22 TGV
December 1925, before being formally towards Paris-
inaugurated by President Gaston Doumergue Lyon
on 24 April 1927. It is bordered by statues
inspired by all the distant locations to which Avignon TGV
people sailed from Marseille's port. towards Brussels-
South

Further expansion after World Aix-en-Provence

TGV
War II
towards Frankfurt

Avignon TGV
towards Le Havre
TGV
Avignon TGV inOui
towards Rennes
Terminus
Aix-en-Provence
TGV
Concourse of Saint-Charles towards
Luxembourg

Saint-Charles currently has 14 terminal Aix-en-Provence

platforms and four tracks which run through, TGV
all equipped with 1500 V DC overhead wire. towards Nantes
Tracks run in various directions, towards
Aix-en-Provence
Ventimiglia, Italy, the north, Briançon, as well
TGV
as the harbour station of La Joliette. A first
towards Genève-
extension was opened after World War II. The
Cornavin
buildings on the north side had been destroyed
and were rebuilt to house the administration TGV
offices of the SNCF. A new between level Paris-Lyon inOui
was opened to enhance the flow of Terminus Seasonal
passengers. To the rear of the station along service
Boulevard Voltaire was the goods yard which
was used up until the end of the 1990s by the Avignon TGV
towards Nancy-
SNCF's road freight operations, Sernam. Toulon
Ville TGV
towards
On New Year's Eve 1983, a bomb at the inOui
Avignon TGV Nice-Ville
station killed two people; Ilich Ramírez
towards Lyon-
Sánchez, known as Carlos the Jackal, was Part-Dieu
later convicted for what was classified as a
terrorist attack. At the end of the 1990s a Arles
Intercités Terminus
towards Bordeaux
redevelopment project began with the opening Preceding Renfe Following
of the Marseille Metro and bus interchange as station Operadora station
well as the arrival of the LGV Méditerranée.
Aix-en-Provence
TGV
Arrival of the TGV towards Madrid
AVE Terminus

Since 2001, new underground parking lots Atocha

and a tunnel have allowed the station to be
Preceding Following
renewed. A new hall, the Halle Honnorat, Ouigo
station station
was created housing shops and services. The
displacement of the regional coach station on Aix-en-Provence
the other side of the station allowed a new TGV
pedestrian square to be created, between the towards Lille-
station and the Aix-Marseille University site of Flandres Grande
Saint-Charles. New pedestrian spaces with Terminus
Aix-en-Provence Vitesse
cafe terraces have also been created atop the
TGV
grand stairs. In December 2007, a €230
towards Paris-
million modernisation was completed.[1]
Lyon
On 1 October 2017, two women were killed
Preceding Following
in a knife attack at the train station before the TER PACA
station station
perpetrator, an illegal immigrant from Tunisia,
was shot dead by soldiers on patrol. His act Marseille-
was classified as jihadist terrorism by Blancarde
1
Europol.[2] towards
Terminus Hyères

Train services Toulon

6 towards
The station is served by the following
Nice
services:[3][4][5]
Arenc- Terminus
High-speed services (TGV) Paris- Euroméditerranée 7bis
Lyon Station - Valence TGV - Avignon
TGV - Marseille Saint Charles towards Miramas

High-speed services (TGV Bruxelles- L'Estaque

France) Brussels-Midi - Lille Europe / 8
towards Avignon
Lille-Flandres - Charles de Gaulle
Airport 2 TGV - Lyon Part-Dieu - Vitrolles-Aéroport
Avignon TGV - Marseille Saint towards Avignon 9
Charles
TGV
High-speed services (AVE) Madrid-
Atocha - Zaragoza - Barcelona-Sants Vitrolles-Aéroport
- Perpignan - Montpellier Saint Roch - towards Lyon- 10
Avignon TGV - Aix-en-Provence TGV
Part-Dieu
mp airport - Marseille Saint Charles
High-speed services (TGV-Alleo) Picon-Busserine
Frankfurt (M) Hbf - Strasbourg-Ville - 12
towards Pertuis
Mulhouse-Ville - Lyon Part-Dieu -
Avignon TGV - Aix-en-Provence TGV Saint-Antoine 13
mp airport - Marseille Saint Charles
High-speed services (TGV) Nancy - towards Briançon
Strasbourg - Besançon-Franche-
Comté-TGV - Dijon-Ville - Lyon Part- Preceding Following
TER Occitanie
Dieu - Avignon TGV - Marseille Saint station station
Charles - Cannes - Nice-Ville
High-speed services (TGV Lyria) Vitrolles-Aéroport
Geneva-Cornavin - Marseille Saint towards 6 Terminus
Charles Narbonne
High-speed services (TGV) Lyon
Preceding Following
Part-Dieu - Valence TGV Southern Eurostar
Rhône-Alps - Avignon TGV - Aix en station station
Provence TGV mp airport - Marseille
Saint Charles - Toulon - Les Arcs- Aix-en-
Draguignan - Cannes - Nice-Ville Provence
Eurostar
High-speed services (TGV) Le Havre Terminus towards
(summer)
- Rouen-Rive Droite - Versailles- Amsterdam
Chantiers - Lyon Part-Dieu - Avignon Centraal
TGV - Marseille Saint Charles
High-speed services (TGV) Rennes / Location
Nantes - Le Mans - Lyon Part-Dieu -
Avignon TGV - Marseille Saint
Charles
High-speed services (Thalys)
Amsterdam Centraal - Rotterdam
Centraal - Antwerpen-Central -
Bruxelles-Midi/Brussel-Zuid - Avignon
TGV - Marseille Saint Charles
(Summer Saturdays)
Intercity services (Intercités) Marseille-
Bordeaux Saint Jean - Toulouse- Saint-
Matabiau - Narbonne - Béziers - Charles
Montpellier Saint Roch - Nîmes -
Arles - Marseille Saint Charles Location in France
High-speed services (TGV Ouigo)
Marne-la-Vallée / Lyon-Perrache -
Lyon Saint-Exupéry - Avignon TGV -
Marseille Saint Charles
Regional intercity services Lyon Part-
Dieu - Montelimar - Orange - Avignon-
Centre - Arles - Miramas - Marseille
Saint Charles
Regional intercity services Portbou Marseille-
Saint-
(Spain) - Perpignan - Béziers - Charles
Montpellier Saint Roch - Miramas -
Vitrolles mp airport - Marseille Saint Location in Europe
Charles
Regional intercity services Briançon - Gap - Sisteron - Aix en Provence Ville - Marseille
Saint Charles
Regional intercity services Marseille Saint Charles - Toulon - Les Arcs-Draguignan St
Raphael- Cannes - Antibes - Nice-Ville
Regional services Avignon-Centre - Arles - Miramas - Vitrolles mp airport - Marseille
Euromediterranee - Marseille Saint Charles
 Regional services Avignon TGV - Avignon Centre - Salon - Miramas - Vitrolles mp airport -
Marseille Euromediterranee - Marseille Saint Charles
Local services Miramas - Fos-sur-Mer - Carry-le-Rouet - Séon St Henry - Marseille Saint
Charles
Local services Pertuis - Aix-en-Provence Ville - Gardanne - Saint Antoine - Marseille Saint
Charles
Local services Marseille Saint Antoine - Marseille Saint Charles
Local services Marseille Saint Charles - Marseille Blancarde - Aubagne - Toulon - (Hyères)
Local services Marseille Saint Charles - Marseille Blancarde - La Barasse - Aubagne

References
1. News in Brief International Railway Journal January 2008 page 7
2. "Two women die in Marseille knife attack" (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41461
107). BBC News. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
3. Rechercher une fiche horaire (https://m.ter.sncf.com/sud-provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/se-depl
acer/fiches-horaires), TER Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, accessed 16 May 2022.
4. La carte du réseau TER SUD (https://mmt.vsct.fr/sites/default/files/swt/CPAC/2021-10/carte-r
eseau-TER-2020_tcm65-18531_tcm65-248750.pdf), TER Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,
accessed 16 May 2022.
5. Marseille-Saint-Charles station (https://www.garesetconnexions.sncf/fr/gares-services/frmsc)
at "Gares & Connexions", the official website of SNCF (in French)

External links
Media related to Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles at Wikimedia Commons
Marseille-Saint-Charles station (https://www.garesetconnexions.sncf/fr/gares-services/frmsc)
at "Gares & Connexions", the official website of SNCF (in French)

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