{"id":187717,"date":"2024-12-18T07:59:45","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T06:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/?p=187717"},"modified":"2026-06-01T17:52:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T15:52:59","slug":"marseille-gare-saint-charles-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/marseille-gare-saint-charles-x","title":{"rendered":"An XXL station for Marseille Saint-Charles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few days ago, SNCF Gares &amp; Connexions and its subsidiary Arep presented its plan to extend Marseille Saint-Charles station in Marseille, in the presence of local politicians. This major project will see the construction of<strong>a new station below<\/strong> with \"Les Halles Saint-Charles\", in addition to the construction of an underground crossing of Marseille via an 8 km tunnel, work on which will start in 2027-2028. A reorganisation of the surface tracks serving the historic station is also planned between 2025 and 2030, as well as a reorganisation of the side tracks linking the station to Estaque. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The overall aim is to facilitate traffic to and through the station in order to <strong>respond to the 50% increase in passenger numbers<\/strong>The station is expected to grow from 15 to 19 million passengers a year. The work at Saint-Charles station is therefore one of the major elements in the development of the Ligne Nouvelle Provence C\u00f4te d'Azur (LNPCA) as far as the Italian border, and therefore of rail traffic between Spain, France and Italy. Work is planned between now and 2035 on the entire LNPCA at Nice, Cannes, Mandelieu, Les Arcs, Carnoules, La Pauline, Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer, Puget...<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-varenne-link-block\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/nice-aeroport-gare-bioclimatique-20231121.html\/\" data-id=\"162601\">Nice airport to get new bioclimatic terminal<\/a><\/p><\/aside>\n\n\n\n<p>SNCF specifies that this project will make it possible to \"\u00a0<em>the creation of direct rail services between the west and east of the city without the need to change trains at Gare Saint-Charles<\/em>\u00a0\"and\u00a0<em><strong>time savings of 15 to 20 minutes<\/strong> for more than 20,000 trains passing through Marseille every year<\/em>\" . Passengers will benefit from a host of advantages and new services, including improved train regularity and TER interval timetables, with a train scheduled every 15 minutes from Marseille to the towns of Aubagne, Miramas and Aix-en-Provence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Aix-Marseille Provence metropolitan authority is planning to set up a <strong>Metropolitan Regional Express Service<\/strong> (SERM) with two Marseille-Miramas services, one via Vitrolles A\u00e9roport Marseille Provence and the other via \"la C\u00f4te Bleue\" (Carry-le-Rouet, Martigues, Fos-sur-Mer, Istres...), as well as a Marseille-Aubagne-Aix-en-Provence link, via Gardanne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-creation-d-un-pole-multimodal-de-premier-plan\">Creating a leading multimodal hub<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A regional and national multimodal interchange will be created, including TER and long-distance services (Inoui, Ouigo, Renfe, Trenitalia, etc.), Saint-Charles metro station - lines M1 and M2 will be modernised and automated as part of the project - as well as a new tramway line between the Belle de Mai district and the city centre, a bus station for coaches and metropolitan buses, not forgetting a connection to the city's cycle routes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"359\" data-id=\"187721\" src=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/marseille-st-charles-vue-projet.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-187721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/marseille-st-charles-vue-projet.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/marseille-st-charles-vue-projet-300x154-derived.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">View of the project (c) AREPJeudi.WangAtelier Roberta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" data-id=\"187723\" src=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/marseille-st-charles-vers-gare-historiqu.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-187723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/marseille-st-charles-vers-gare-historiqu.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/marseille-st-charles-vers-gare-historiqu-300x200-derived.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> Towards the historic station (c) AREPJeudi.WangAtelier Roberta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While the new Halles Saint-Charles station will incorporate the previous extension built in 2007, the whole project is designed to take account of current environmental issues through the use of sustainable, low-carbon materials, <strong>vegetation adapted to climate change<\/strong> 4,300 m\u00b2 of outdoor space, rainwater harvesting, the creation of shade areas and the installation of 5,000 m\u00b2 of photovoltaic panels to produce electricity.<strong>green electricity<\/strong>. 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