- From
- Quai 5 of the airport bus station (gare routière) between Terminals 1 and 2, on lebus 13 toward Gare VAMP; buy the TER ticket first at the SNCF machines in the terminal
- To
- Vitrolles-Aéroport Marseille Provence station in 6 to 8 minutes, then the TER to the platforms of Marseille Saint-Charles in 13 to 23; timetabled 22 to 60 minutes end to end, with waits of over an hour when a bus meets the late-morning hole
- Luggage
- Bus 13 is a city bus with no hold; the TER takes luggage free — the Région's leaflet: "Votre bagage (y compris votre bagage à main) est accepté sans frais".
- Runs
- 06:24–21:02
- Journey
- 22–60 min
Two tickets: EUR 1.20 on the bus (driver, cards, coins, no note above EUR 10, or tap a bank card) and EUR 7.50 for the TER, bought before boarding — at SNCF machines in the terminal, at Vitrolles station's counter and machines, or online. The bus driver does not sell train tickets.
The bus keeps short hours: 06:24 to 21:24 on weekdays, 06:17 to 21:02 at weekends and holidays. Before the first bus and after the last, the A1 coach is the only public way in; the TER itself runs 06:08 to 22:15 on weekdays.
Allow 22 to 60 minutes, typically 38 on a weekday and 47 at weekends. No train leaves Vitrolles between 10:53 and 12:18 on weekdays (11:01–12:18 at weekends); arrive at the start of that gap and the journey stretches past 90 minutes.
EUR 8.70 a head: EUR 34.80 for four, EUR 69.60 for eight. Groups of three to nine can ask for the Région's mini-groupe discount on the train leg, 30 to 50 per cent off, though the price for this specific fare isn't published.
EUR 7.50 on every train: the Région publishes no Sunday, off-peak or evening variant of the single. The fare is set by distance.
From Saint-Charles the metro to the Vieux-Port is a separate EUR 1.70 RTM ticket, and it does not run in the evening from Monday to Wednesday during the NEOMMA works.
Bus 13 and TER via Vitrolles station: price for every party size
Buy the TER ticket on TER Sud