Marseille can be easily reached by air, road or train from various destinations. Marseille Provence Airport is the main air terminal of this city of France. There are different domestic and international flights to the city. One can reach from Paris within 3 hours by train. Societe Nationale de Chemins de Fer happens to be the national rail carrier and Gare Saint Charles is the main station. Motorways A7, A50 and A55 lead to Marseille.
For Reaching Marseille by air, there are flights from a large number of domestic and international destinations. Marseille Provence Airport serves as the main airport of the city. Some of the domestic flights to Marseille can be availed from Paris, Toulouse, Bastia, Nantes, Brest, Lille, Bordeaux and Clermont-Ferrand. The international flights are available from Barcelona, London, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Constantine and Lisbon. Some of the airlines having flights to this city are Air France, CCM Airlines, Twin Jet and British Airways.
Marseille can be easily reached from Paris by train within 3 hours due to the extension of the TGV line. The national rail carrier is known as Societe Nationale de Chemins de Fer. Besides, for getting to Marseille by
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train, there are train services available from Cannes, Avignon, Toulon and Nice. The main station of Marseille is the Gare Saint Charles railway station. Train services also link the city with London, Lyon and Brussels.
Given below is the distance between Marseille and some important cities of France:
- Strasbourg: 804 kilometers
- Dijon: 506 kilometers
- Lille: 1008 kilometers
- Bordeaux: 555 kilometers
- Toulouse: 399 kilometers
- Lyon: 319 kilometers
- Paris: 783 kilometers
- Nantes: 979 kilometers
For reaching Marseille by road, there are 3 motorways. These are motorway A7, motorway A50 and motorway A55. Motorway A7, coming from the northern part of Marseille, links it with the airport, Aix-en-Provence and Lyon. Motorway A50, coming from the eastern part, connects Marseille with Genoa, Toulon, Nice and Aix-en-Provence. Motorway A55, from the coastal part, forms link with the airport, Fos, Lyon, Barcelona and Aix-en-Provence.
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