Marseille to Paris by train

Final Destination: Paris Gare De Lyon

All trains also call at: Avignon TGV and Aix-en-Provence TGV; (the non-stop Marseille to Paris services have been removed from the current timetable),.

Book early and save: Yes

Online bookings usually open: up to 6 months ahead of the travel date on these TGVInOui services.
The train service between Marseille and Paris is now split between these TGV-InOui services and alternative Ouigo services.

Both services can be compared and booked on SNCF Connect and Trainline, though those Ouigo services are usually more than 50% cheaper on this route.

Booking these InOui services:

Discounted Prems tickets are made available on these TGV InOui trains, but you need to book ahead to obtain them at cheapest possible price

Seat reservations are complimentary on these TGV InOui services, and you can choose the location of your seat and in what part of the train you want to travel by; including opting for the lower or upper decks.

Travelling with Eurail and InterRail passes:

Rail pass users will need to pay a rail pass reservation fee before boarding these trains.

Rail passes cannot be used on the Ouigo trains, but if you will be travelling with a 2nd class pass, our guide to using rail passes in France, explains why taking a Ouigo train can be worth considering.

Or if you have a rail pass and want to avoid paying the reservation fees or booking separate tickets, the alternative routing is:

Train 1:
Depart: Marseille St Charles at 11:10
Arrive: Lyon Part-Dieu at 14:40

Train 2:
Depart: Lyon Part-Dieu at 15:16
Arrive: Paris Bercy at 20:24

Final Destination: Paris Gare de Lyon

When making a train journey from Marseille to central Paris, you now have a choice of travelling by standard TGV InOui trains or by these Ougio trains.

So you can now opt to save money, but have a much more basic on board experience, and travel on a Ouigo.

Also if you want to set off from Marseille in the late morning, two Ouigo departures plug a three hour gap in the departures of those InOui services between 09:02 and 12:02.

**Online bookings usually open:**up to 9 months ahead of the travel date

Tickets for the alternative service of TGV InOui trains are usually made available 4 months ahead, so if you look up this journey more than 4 months ahead on SNCF Connect, you may only see these Ouigo services, but they are not the only option on this route.

What is particularly worth being aware of when booking tickets for journeys by Ouigo train services, is that:

• Premiere/1st class tickets are not available.
• Reservations are included when booking, as they are on the TGV InOui trains, but you can opt to pay additional fess, or book a more expensive type of ticket to select a specific seat (more info is available on the Ouigo 'Train Guide').
• The more expensive type of tickets also include an additional luggage allowance, click the Ouigo 'Train Guide' to access more info on the luggage allowances on Ouigo trains; they're more restrictive than on a TGV InOui train.
• You cannot book or collect tickets for Ouigo trains at stations.
• The two key T&Cs of booking either of the two types of ticket available for journeys by Ouigo trains are:

1. The tickets are not refundable.
2. Exchanges to alternative departures are possible until 1 hour before the beginning of the boarding procedure, but they incur a fee of €10 per passenger, with any price difference between the old and new ticket(s) also added to this fee.

Though these factors, and more, are why you can make big savings by opting to travel by these Ouigo trains and not on the standard TGV InOui trains.

Eurail and InterRail Pass Users:

Rail passes cannot be used on Ouigo trains, but if you will be travelling with a 2nd class pass, our guide to using rail passes in France, explains why taking a Ouigo train can be worth considering