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Lecar A1 coach to Saint-CharlesorLecar A2 coach to Aix-en-Provence?

The short answer

These do not go to the same place, so price is not the comparison. The Lecar A1 coach to Saint-Charles reaches Gare Saint-Charles, where the A1 ends, the TER arrives and metro lines M1 and M2 cross, two stops from the Vieux-Port; the Lecar A2 coach to Aix-en-Provence does not. It goes to Aix-en-Provence, north-east of the airport and the other way from Marseille; it is on this page for people who are not going to Marseille at all.

The Lecar A1 coach to Saint-Charles is quicker: 30 min against 35 min. The Lecar A2 coach to Aix-en-Provence varies between 32 and 38 minutes.

Lecar A1 coach to Saint-Charles: 04:05–01:50. Lecar A2 coach to Aix-en-Provence: 05:35–00:25.

Priced against each other

Whole-party totals · adult fares
What each costs for the whole party, in EUR. The cheaper of the two is marked on every row.
TravelersLecar A1 coach to Saint-CharlesLecar A2 coach to Aix-en-ProvenceDifference
1€15€15same
2€30€30same
3€45€45same
4€60€60same
5€75€75same
6€90€90same
7€105€105same
8€120€120same

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Where each one leaves you
shuttle · Transdev for La Métropole Mobilité (Métropole Aix-Marseille-Provence)Lecar A1 coach to Saint-Charles
From
The airport bus station (gare routière) between Terminals 1 and 2, with a ticket machine open 24 hours and the Métropole Mobilité Boutique open 06:00 to 22:15
To
The Pôle d'Échanges Saint-Charles bus station, beside the railway station, above metro lines M1 and M2; timetabled 22 minutes off-peak and 30 at the morning and afternoon peaks, printed as 30 to 50
Luggage
A coach with a hold: the airport says every bus to and from it "sont équipés de soutes" and asks you to label your bags.
Runs
04:05–01:50
Journey
22–50 min

EUR 15 is the Métropole's own live figure and the airport shop's; the EUR 10 on the Métropole's 2025 sheet and in its 2025 tariff guide, still the documents a search turns up, is the price before 1 July 2026.

Tapping a bank card on board buys only the full-fare single. The EUR 7 youth fare, EUR 5 child fare and EUR 25 return are sold at the machines and Boutique in the bus station; cash on board is accepted only when the Boutique is shut. A 2026 price for the old ten-trip (EUR 65) and combined A1-plus-RTM (EUR 10.90) tickets isn't published.

The sheet says 30 to 50 minutes and the timetable 22 to 30; the airport's shop says 25. Between 07:30 and 08:50 and 16:00 and 17:50 the timetable itself allows 30, and the sheet's upper figure is for a motorway that is often full.

Last departure 01:50 (01:40 from November to April), first 04:05, every day. The bus-and-TER chain stops at 21:02–21:24; after that, only a taxi reaches Marseille, at the meter's night tariff.

A metro ticket is not included: a EUR 1.70 RTM single, or a bank card tapped at the gate, takes you on from Saint-Charles.

EUR 6.30 a head dearer than the chain at every size — EUR 120 against EUR 69.60 for eight — for a single vehicle, a hold for the bags, and the 19 hours a day the chain does not run.

Lecar A1 coach to Saint-Charles: price for every party size →

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shuttle · RDT13 for La Métropole Mobilité (Métropole Aix-Marseille-Provence)Lecar A2 coach to Aix-en-Provence
From
The airport bus station between Terminals 1 and 2
To
Aix TGV station in 10 minutes and the Pôle d'Échanges bus station in central Aix-en-Provence in 32 to 38 — not Marseille
Luggage
A coach with a hold, like the A1.
Runs
05:35–00:25
Journey
32–38 min

EUR 15 at the airport's shop; the EUR 10 in the Métropole's December 2025 guide predates its 1 July 2026 tariff, as the A1 on the Métropole's live page shows.

Aix TGV is a stop on the way, 10 minutes out; the Métropole's 2025 guide priced that leg alone at EUR 4, a price not published for 2026.

Last coach 00:25, first 05:35, every day; the A1 to Marseille runs later and earlier, but Marseille is the wrong direction for Aix.

Lecar A2 coach to Aix-en-Provence: price for every party size →

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