Marseille-Saint-Charles station

Marseille-Saint-Charles
SNCF railway station
Main entrance
General information
Location	Square Narvik 13232 Marseille Cedex 1
Owned by	SNCF
Line(s)	Paris–Marseille railway Marseille–Ventimiglia railway
Tracks	16
Connections	Bus terminal
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	87751008
IATA code	XRF
Passengers
2017	16.5 million
Services Preceding station SNCF Following station Aix-en-Provence TGV towards Paris-Lyon TGV inOui Terminus Avignon TGV towards Brussels-South Aix-en-Provence TGV towards Frankfurt Avignon TGV towards Le Havre Avignon TGV towards Rennes Aix-en-Provence TGV towards Luxembourg Aix-en-Provence TGV towards Nantes Paris-Lyon Terminus TGV inOui Seasonal service Avignon TGV towards Nancy-Ville TGV inOui Toulon towards Nice-Ville Avignon TGV towards Lyon-Part-Dieu Aix-en-Provence TGV towards Lausanne TGV Lyria Seasonal service Terminus Arles towards Bordeaux Intercités Preceding station Renfe Operadora Following station Aix-en-Provence TGV towards Madrid Atocha AVE Terminus Preceding station Ouigo Following station Aix-en-Provence TGV towards Lille-Flandres Grande Vitesse Terminus Aix-en-Provence TGV towards Paris-Lyon Preceding station TER PACA Following station Terminus 1 Marseille-Blancarde towards Hyères 6 Toulon towards Nice Arenc-Euroméditerranée towards Miramas 7bis Terminus L'Estaque towards Avignon 8 Vitrolles-Aéroport towards Avignon TGV 9 Vitrolles-Aéroport towards Lyon-Part-Dieu 10 Picon-Busserine towards Pertuis 12 Saint-Antoine towards Briançon 13 Preceding station TER Occitanie Following station Vitrolles-Aéroport towards Narbonne 6 Terminus Preceding station Eurostar Following station Terminus Eurostar (summer) Aix-en-Provence towards Amsterdam Centraal
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Marseille-Saint-Charles (French: Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles) is the main railway station and intercity bus station of Marseille, France. It is the southern terminus of the Paris–Marseille railway and the 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 Northern France; traffic has increased from 7.1 million annual passengers in 2000 to 16.5 million in 2017. This makes the station the eleventh busiest in France.