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Bus 13 and TER via Vitrolles station.
To Vitrolles-Aéroport Marseille Provence station in 6 to 8 minutes.

Q: How much is the Bus 13 and TER via Vitrolles station from Marseille airport?

€8.70 for one traveler and €17.40 for two, charged per person. Two tickets, bought separately: EUR 1.20 for the bus, from the driver (exact change, no note above EUR 10) or tapped bank card, and EUR 7.50 for the train, second class, the same on every departure. Under-4s travel free; groups of three to nine can ask for the Région's mini-groupe discount, 30 to 50 per cent off the train fare. A Pass Intégral (EUR 40 for 3 days, EUR 55 for 7) covers both legs plus everything else in the Métropole.

Q: How long does the bus 13 and ter via vitrolles station take from Marseille airport?

22–60 min, 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.

Salon Étang Côte Bleue (lebus 13, for the Métropole) and SNCF Voyageurs for the Région Sud (TER Zou!), from Quai 5 of the airport bus station (gare routière) between Terminals 1 and 2 to Vitrolles-Aéroport Marseille Provence station in 6 to 8 minutes.

22–60 min ride06:24–21:02Luggage included

Priced per traveler.

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

Travelers	Each	Total
1 adult	€8.70	€8.70
2 adults	€8.70	€17.40
3 adults	€8.70	€26.10
4 adults	€8.70	€34.80
5 adults	€8.70	€43.50
6 adults	€8.70	€52.20
7 adults	€8.70	€60.90
8 adults	€8.70	€69.60

Two tickets, bought separately: EUR 1.20 for the bus, from the driver (exact change, no note above EUR 10) or tapped bank card, and EUR 7.50 for the train, second class, the same on every departure. Under-4s travel free; groups of three to nine can ask for the Région's mini-groupe discount, 30 to 50 per cent off the train fare. A Pass Intégral (EUR 40 for 3 days, EUR 55 for 7) covers both legs plus everything else in the Métropole.

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Four pay €34.80 on the Bus 13 and TER via Vitrolles station. 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 Vitrolles-Aéroport Marseille Provence station in 6 to 8 minutes

Three steps once you have collected your bags.

Find the station

Quai 5 of the airport bus station (gare routière) between Terminals 1 and 2.

Buy and validate a ticket

Before boarding — a ticket bought but not validated can be fined.

Ride to Vitrolles-Aéroport Marseille Provence station in 6 to 8 minutes

22–60 min.

Worth knowing

Lebus 13 runs Monday to Friday 06:24 to 21:24, every 12 minutes, six minutes to the station. Saturday, Sunday and holidays: 06:17, 06:47, then every 15 minutes from 07:02 to 21:02, eight minutes to the station. TER trains from Vitrolles run 06:08 to 22:15 on weekdays (39 trains, none between 10:53 and 12:18) and 06:55 to 21:58/21:59 at weekends (29 trains, none between 11:01 and 12:18). The last usable chain departure is the last bus that meets a train — 21:24 on weekdays.

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.

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