How long does the lecar a1 coach to saint-charles take from Marseille airport?

22–50 min, 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.

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Lecar A1 coach to Saint-Charles.
To the Pôle d'Échanges Saint-Charles bus station.

Q: How much is the Lecar A1 coach to Saint-Charles from Marseille airport?

€15 for one traveler and €30 for two, charged per person. EUR 15 one way, EUR 25 return, EUR 7 for 12 to 25-year-olds, EUR 5 for 6 to 11-year-olds, free under 6. Some older Métropole documents still show EUR 10 — that's out of date since the 1 July 2026 fare change; expect EUR 15. On board, tapping a bank card buys only the full-fare single; cash is accepted only when the Boutique is closed. Buy singles, returns, and youth or child fares at machines (24 hours) or the Boutique — airport bus station 06:00–22:15, Saint-Charles 05:30–21:30.

Transdev for La Métropole Mobilité (Métropole Aix-Marseille-Provence), from the airport bus station (gare routière) between Terminals 1 and 2 to the Pôle d'Échanges Saint-Charles bus station.

22–50 min ride04:05–01:50Luggage included

Priced per traveler.

Each traveler pays the fare; group products are applied where they beat it.

Travelers	Each	Total
1 adult	€15	€15
2 adults	€15	€30
3 adults	€15	€45
4 adults	€15	€60
5 adults	€15	€75
6 adults	€15	€90
7 adults	€15	€105
8 adults	€15	€120

EUR 15 one way, EUR 25 return, EUR 7 for 12 to 25-year-olds, EUR 5 for 6 to 11-year-olds, free under 6. Some older Métropole documents still show EUR 10 — that's out of date since the 1 July 2026 fare change; expect EUR 15. On board, tapping a bank card buys only the full-fare single; cash is accepted only when the Boutique is closed. Buy singles, returns, and youth or child fares at machines (24 hours) or the Boutique — airport bus station 06:00–22:15, Saint-Charles 05:30–21:30.

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Four pay €60 on the Lecar A1 coach to Saint-Charles. The car meets you in arrivals and takes you to any address in Marseille in about 35 min, at a price fixed when you book ahead with Welcome Pickups.

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How to get there

From arrivals to The Pôle d'Échanges Saint-Charles bus station

Three steps once you have collected your bags.

Find the stop

The airport bus station (gare routière) between Terminals 1 and 2.

Buy your ticket

From the driver, a machine or the app.

Ride to the Pôle d'Échanges Saint-Charles bus station

22–50 min.

Worth knowing

From the airport toward Saint-Charles, every day: 04:05, 04:25, 04:40, then every 20 minutes to 07:00, every 10 minutes from 07:00 to 20:00, every 20 minutes from 20:00 to 01:40, and a 01:50 departure — 106 runs a day. The 04:25 and 01:50 departures run only May to October; the rest of the year the last coach is 01:40. Toward the airport from Saint-Charles: 03:30, 03:45, every 20 minutes to 07:00, every 10 minutes 07:00–20:00, every 20 minutes to 01:00, then 01:15 (May to October).

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.

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