Bordeaux to Marseille bus

Buses from Bordeaux to Marseille start at €27.68 and take 7h 23m at their fastest.

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Skyline de Marseille depuis le fort Saint-Jean, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

The Buses from Bordeaux to Marseille starts at €27.68 and takes 7h 23m door to door, run by 2 operators over 506 km, with around 24 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 11, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 7h 23mDoor to door
  • 6h 39mMoving
  • €27.68From
  • 13.7 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€23.83
  1. TER Pays de la Loire TE949218:057h 8m01:13Bordeaux Saint JeanMarseille Saint Charles

Door to door 7h 52mCO2 13.7 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Marseille is not something we sell.

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Booking window

When to book Bordeaux to Marseille

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €28.7890 days
  2. €18.3360 days
  3. €19.4345 days
  4. €22.1830 days
  5. €26.0321 days
  6. €28.2314 days
  7. €32.637 days
  8. €33.733 days
  9. €50.781 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €18.33.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 177 percent. The most expensive point is €50.78, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €32.08Sun
  2. €27.68Mon
  3. €28.23Tue
  4. €29.88Wed
  5. €35.93Thu
  6. €28.23Fri
  7. €34.28Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Bordeaux

Bus
  • Bordeaux Saint Jean
  • Buttinière

Marseille

Bus
  • Marseille Saint Charles
  • Gare Routière Marseille-Saint-Charles
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

How far it really runs
The route covers 506 km against 506 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Bordeaux at 06:02 and the last at 21:28, across 24 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train4h 11m3h 27m44m€63.5916.7 kg24
Flight4h 14m1h 4m3h 10m€56.19128.2 kg48
Coach7h 23m6h 39m44m€27.6813.7 kg24

Questions about Bordeaux to Marseille

The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Coach from Bordeaux to Marseille take?

The Coach from Bordeaux to Marseille takes 7h 23m door to door, of which 6h 39m is spent moving. The route runs 506 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Coach from Bordeaux to Marseille cost?

The Coach from Bordeaux to Marseille starts at €27.68 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €29.61. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Coach from Bordeaux to Marseille?

2 operators run the Coach from Bordeaux to Marseille: BlaBlaCar, TER Pays de la Loire. Between them they file around 24 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Coach from Bordeaux to Marseille use?

The Coach from Bordeaux to Marseille leaves from Bordeaux Saint Jean and arrives at Marseille Saint Charles. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

Is the Coach the best way from Bordeaux to Marseille?

Traveling from Bordeaux to Marseille by Train costs €63.59 and takes 4h 11m door to door, against 7h 23m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Coach from Bordeaux to Marseille?

Fares for the Coach from Bordeaux to Marseille bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €18.33. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 177 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Bordeaux to Marseille produce?

The Coach from Bordeaux to Marseille produces about 13.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 506 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Bordeaux to Marseille?

Operators on the Coach from Bordeaux to Marseille publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 23m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Bordeaux to Marseille on September 11, 2026: 506 km of route against 506 km in a straight line, 24 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €27.68, and 7h 23m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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