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Q: How do I get from Marseille city centre to Marseille airport?

Lecar A1 coach to Saint-Charles: €15 for one traveler, 22–50 min, boarding at the Pôle d'Échanges Saint-Charles bus station, beside the railway station. The first one leaves at 03:30 and is at the airport by about 04:00; the last at 01:15.

City to airport · One way · All prices are totals for 1 adult · All service hours

2 ways to the airport

Recommended

Direct and 10 minutes quicker than the Bus 13 and TER via Vitrolles station, for €6.30 more.

Lecar A1 coach to Saint-Charles

A1 · Transdev for La Métropole Mobilité (Métropole Aix-Marseille-Provence)

22–50 min rideEvery 10 min03:30–01:15

The Pôle d'Échanges Saint-Charles bus stationThe airport bus station between Terminals 1 and 2

Luggage space

€15total for 1 adult€15 eachBuy ticketOn Transdev for La Métropole Mobilité

Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. The Pôle d'Échanges Saint-Charles bus station, beside the railway station

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 Some older Métropole documents still show EUR 10 — that's out of date since the 1 July 2026 fare change; expect EUR 15.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.

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.

Hours. 106 runs a day, every 20 minutes off-peak and every 10 at peak, 22 to 35 minutes to the airport.

Price for every party size · Fare source

Regional

Bus 13 and TER via Vitrolles station

13 · Salon Étang Côte Bleue (lebus 13, for the Métropole) and SNCF Voyageurs for the Région Sud (TER Zou!)

22–60 min rideEvery 12 min

Marseille Saint-Charles by TER towards Vitrolles-Aéroport Marseille Provence (VAMP)Quai 5 of the airport bus station

1 changeLuggage space

€8.70total for 1 adult€8.70 eachBuy ticketOn Salon Étang Côte Bleue and SNCF Voyageurs for the Région Sud

Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. Marseille Saint-Charles by TER towards Vitrolles-Aéroport Marseille Provence (VAMP), then lebus 13 from the VAMP quays towards the airport

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.

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".

Price for every party size · Fare source

Fares are the same ticket ridden the other way; the boarding points, hours and, where a ride differs by direction, the ride time are read for this direction. Also runs to the airport, boarding point and hours in town not recorded yet: Pre-booked private transfer, Welcome Pickups transfer to Marseille cruise port, Private transfer to Aix-en-Provence. Every way from Marseille airport into Marseille

How do I get from Marseille city centre to Marseille airport?

For one traveler the Lecar A1 coach to Saint-Charles is the way we recommend: €15 in total, 22–50 min, boarding at the Pôle d'Échanges Saint-Charles bus station. The first one leaves at 03:30 and is at the airport by about 04:00; the last leaves at 01:15.

First departures

Earliest at the airport first

Lecar A1 coach to Saint-Charles

First 03:30 from the Pôle d'Échanges Saint-Charles bus station, at the airport by about 04:00.

Arrival times add the recorded ride time to the first departure; no walking or waiting is added.

Before you leave for Marseille Airport

From the centre to each way out

Where the bus leaves from

The A1 leaves from the Pôle d'Échanges Saint-Charles bus station beside the railway station, and the A2 from the Aix Pôle d'Échanges — both a short walk from the platforms, not the station forecourt. For the cheaper route, board a TER towards Vitrolles-Aéroport Marseille Provence, then lebus 13 from the station quays.

Questions

When is the first Lecar A1 coach to Saint-Charles from the Pôle d'Échanges Saint-Charles bus station?

03:30. It reaches the airport at about 04:00.

Where does the Lecar A1 coach to Saint-Charles leave from in Marseille?

The Pôle d'Échanges Saint-Charles bus station, beside the railway station. First departure 03:30, last 01:15.

Arriving instead? Every way from Marseille airport into Marseille