Cheapest€14.48
- Région Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur RP446806:343h 45m10:19Lyon PerracheMarseille Saint Charles
Door to door 4h 29mCO2 7.5 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Lyon to Marseille bus
Buses from Lyon to Marseille start at €16.68 and take 4h 27m at their fastest.
The Buses from Lyon to Marseille starts at €16.68 and takes 4h 27m door to door, run by 3 operators over 276 km, with around 18 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 4h 27mDoor to door
- 3h 43mMoving
- €16.68From
- 7.5 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 BlaBlaCar | €14.48 | 4h 24m |
 Région Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur | €14.48 | 4h 24m |
| TER Pays de la Loire | €15.03 | 4h 23m |
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Marseille is not something we sell.
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When to book Lyon to Marseille
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €15.0390 days
- €11.7360 days
- €13.9345 days
- €15.0330 days
- €17.2321 days
- €18.8814 days
- €21.087 days
- €22.733 days
- €28.231 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.73.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 141 percent. The most expensive point is €28.23, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €18.88Sun
- €17.23Mon
- €16.68Tue
- €17.78Wed
- €18.88Thu
- €19.98Fri
- €19.98Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Lyon
Bus
- Lyon Perrache
- Gare routière internationale Lyon Gerland
Marseille
Bus
- Marseille Saint Charles
- Gare Routière Marseille-Saint-Charles
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 276 km against 276 km in a straight line, a detour of 0 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Lyon at 06:02 and the last at 20:07, across 18 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 40m | 1h 56m | 44m | €36.64 | 9.1 kg | 18 |
| Flight | 3h 56m | 46m | 3h 10m | €34.36 | 69.9 kg | 8 |
| Coach | 4h 27m | 3h 43m | 44m | €16.68 | 7.5 kg | 18 |
Questions about Lyon 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 Lyon to Marseille take?
The Coach from Lyon to Marseille takes 4h 27m door to door, of which 3h 43m is spent moving. The route runs 276 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 Lyon to Marseille cost?
The Coach from Lyon to Marseille starts at €16.68 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €17.78. 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 Lyon to Marseille?
3 operators run the Coach from Lyon to Marseille: BlaBlaCar, Région Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur, TER Pays de la Loire. Between them they file around 18 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 Lyon to Marseille use?
The Coach from Lyon to Marseille leaves from Lyon Perrache 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 Lyon to Marseille?
Traveling from Lyon to Marseille by Train costs €36.64 and takes 2h 40m door to door, against 4h 27m 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 Lyon to Marseille?
Fares for the Coach from Lyon to Marseille bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.73. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 141 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Lyon to Marseille produce?
The Coach from Lyon to Marseille produces about 7.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 276 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 Lyon to Marseille?
Operators on the Coach from Lyon to Marseille publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 27m 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.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Lyon to Marseille on September 10, 2026: 276 km of route against 276 km in a straight line, 18 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €16.68, and 4h 27m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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