Marseilles - Marseille Transportation Also for Marseille: [ main page | Areas | Fish Market | History | Museums | Parks | Sites/Tours | Shopping | Transportation ] Below: [ Air | Bus | Metro | Rail | Sea | Taxi ] Marseilles has an excellent transportation system, both for getting here and internal. SOS Voyageurs - Tel: (33) 491 62 12 80 Air Airport Marseille-Provence "Marignane" (28 km) Tel: (33) 442 14 14 14; (33) 442 89 07 74 Left Luggage (Consigne): there is no left-luggage facility at the airport, because of security; use the left-luggage (consigne) at the bus station (gare routière). Marseilles-to-Airport Shuttle (Navette) Tel: (33) 491 50 59 34 Departure: Every 20 minutes, 05h30-21h50 Airport-to-Marseillese (Navette) Tel: (33) 442 14 31 27 Departure: Every 20 minutes, 06h20-22h50 Among the internal airlines operating here, La Navette advertises (Jan 1997) Marseilles-Paris flights every 15 minutes during peak periods. Their advertised "Tarif Mini Bleu" (which is not peak periods) is 325 F. Bus An extensive bus service covers all of Marseilles. The extensive use of electric-powered trolleys (called tramways), along with the metros, helps reduce air pollution for this active city. Information, Tel: (33) 491 91 92 10 Bus Station (Gare Routière) Tel: (33) 491 08 16 40 Place Victor Hugo (1 block northwest of the Gare St Charles) Left Luggage (Consigne): there is a left-luggage facility (consigne) at the bus station (gare routière) Regional Bus - A Regional bus line serves: Marseilles, Aix-en-Provence, Saint Cannat, Lambesc, Pélissanne, Salon-de-Provence, Miramas, Istres, Fos-sur-Mer, Port de Bouc, Croix Sainte, Martigues. Metro There are two metro lines serving Marseilles. Metro 1 goes from the main hospital "Timone" in the eastern suburbs, along Bvd Baille to the Place Castellane, in to the Quai des Belges at the Old Port, out to the Gare St.Charles, past the Longchamp Park, and then way out through the northeast suburbs of St.Just, Frais Vallon and La Rose (the Château-Gombert Technopole). Metro 2 runs roughly north-south, connecting the shipping port, the Gare St.Charles and La Canebière, and out the Avenue du Prado to the Palais des Congrès and the big sports complex at Ste.Marguerite. Hours: 05h00-21h00 Circuit Fluo: 21h-0h30, every 15 minutes Rail SNCF (Railways) Tel: (33) 836 35 35 35 Auto-Rail Tel: (33) 491 08 50 50 Main Line (Grande Ligne) - The Marseilles-Paris rail line includes: Marseilles, Miramas, Arles, Tarascon-sur-Rhône, Nimes, Clermont-Ferrand, Vichy, Nevers, Paris. TGV (Train Grand Vitesse) - The high-speed train stops include: Paris-Gare de Lyon, Valence, Montélimar, Orange, Avignon, Arles, Marseilles, Toulon, Les Arcs Draguignan, St-Raphaêl, Cannes, Antibes, Nice. Sea SNCM - Société Nationale Corse-Méditerranée 61 Bvd des Dames (2e) Information - Tel: (33) 491 56 30 10 Reservations - Tel: (33) 491 56 30 30 Boat trips to the islands of Pomègues and Ratonneau, via the Port of Frioul Groupement des Armateurs Côtiers Marseillais 1 Quai des Belges; 13001 Marseille Tel: (33) 491 55 50 09 Cost: 55 F Taxis SNCF (Railways) Marseille Taxis, Tel: (33) 491 02 20 20 Taxis France, Tel: (33) 491 49 91 00 Taxis Tupp, Tel: (33) 491 05 80 80 Taxis Plus, Tel: (33) 491 03 60 03 Eurotaxi, Tel: (33) 491 97 12 12; multilingual drivers