Getting There By Rail
Societé Nationale de Chemins de Fer – SNCF (tel: (08) 92 35 35 35; website: www.sncf.fr) is the national rail carrier. There are some 200 trains calling at Marseilles 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: (08) 92 35 35 35 or 91 67 68 69), is the hub for regional and national rail travel.
Rail services: The recent extension of the TGV line brought Marseilles within 3 hours of Paris, from where services connect to Lille, Nantes, Rouen, Brussels and Geneva, as well as London with the Eurostar (tel: (0)8705 186 186 (UK number), or +44 12336 17575 (from outside the UK); website: www.eurostar.com) (journey time – 8 hours). Regional trains serve Avignon, Nice, Toulon, Cannes and many other towns on the coast and inland.
Transport to the city: both lines of the metro stop at the Gare St Charles: the Vieux Port is two stops away on the blue line.
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