Marseille to Parma

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Marseille to Parma. From €24.38, fastest 7h 11m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Marseille to Parma costs €24.38 at the cheapest and takes 7h 11m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 493 km. Cheapest is by Coach, fastest is by Coach.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 30, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
493 km
Fastest
7h 11m
Average
7h 41m
Services per day
5
Cheapest
€24.38
CO2 per passenger
13.3 kg
Door to door

Every way to make this journey

Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 30, 2026.

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
Coach7h 20m6h 36m44m€30.4313.3 kg1
  • 7h 20mFastest, by Coach
  • €30.43Cheapest, by Coach
  • 13.3 kgLowest CO2, by Coach
  • 493 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 30, 2026

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

Cheapest€24.38
  1. FlixBus FB321506:316h 36m13:07Marseille Saint CharlesParma, Terminal Bus

Door to door 7h 20mCO2 13.3 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Fastest€74.04
  1. SNCF SN995207:302h 40m10:10Marseille Saint CharlesGenova Piazza Principe
  2. SBB SB408911:131h 5m12:18Genova Piazza PrincipeParma railway station

Changes at Genoa, with 63 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 5h 32mCO2 16.3 kgChanges 1Refundable

Today's real departures

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

No live timetable for this trip yet.

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

Prices over the next three weeks

Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.

Cheapest fare by mode and day for Marseille to Parma
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Marseille to ParmaFriSep 11SatSep 12SunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23ThuSep 24
Coach€69.48€51.88€65.08€40.33€41.98€35.93€60.68€44.18€34.28€36.48€32.08€30.43€35.38€34.83
Train€104.29€87.24€73.49€55.89€50.94€53.69€81.19€53.14€56.99€53.69€44.89€48.19€45.99€63.59

Cheapest day: 2026-09-30 · €24.38

The trip ends at Parma railway station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

A hotel room

A room in Parma for the night the bus gets in

Sort by distance from Parma railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Marseille to Parma

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

  1. €30.4390 days
  2. €19.4360 days
  3. €24.3845 days
  4. €23.2830 days
  5. €29.8821 days
  6. €34.8314 days
  7. €60.687 days
  8. €65.083 days
  9. €69.481 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €19.43.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 258 percent. The most expensive point is €69.48, 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.
€69.48€19.431371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

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. €36.48Sun
  2. €32.08Mon
  3. €30.43Tue
  4. €35.38Wed
  5. €34.83Thu
  6. €44.18Fri
  7. €37.03Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €41.98Sep
  2. €32.63Oct
  3. €25.48Nov
  4. €27.13Dec
  5. €28.23Jan
  6. €18.88Feb

The route

MarseilleMarseilleParmaParma
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.

Direct or connecting
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 493 km against 429 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Milan, Turin, Genoa, Nice. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Marseille at 06:31 and the last at 06:31, across 1 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Marseille

Rail
  • Marseille Saint Charles
  • Marseille St-Charles
  • Marseille-Blancarde
Bus
  • Marseille Saint Charles
  • Gare Routière Marseille-Saint-Charles
Air
  • MRS
Ferry
  • Marseille Gare Maritime
  • L'Estaque

Parma

Rail
  • Parma railway station
  • Noceto railway station
  • Colorno railway station
Bus
  • Parma, Terminal Bus
  • Linea 23
Air
  • PMF

Landing at PMF after the trains have stopped is the case this solves. We do not run cars.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

Getting from PMF into Parma?

A price agreed before you fly, a driver at arrivals, and a car big enough for the bags.

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Carriers

Who runs this route

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

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
FlixBus€24.387h 11m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi
  • FlixBus
The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest Coach fare we sell on 2026-09-30, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€19.0078%
Taxes€1.908%
Supplier fees€1.496%
Our service fee€1.998%
Total you pay€24.38100%

Check-in is at three and you will be in Parma well before then. Lockers are not something we run.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to drop the bags in Parma?

Most of the points near Parma railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Marseille to Parma

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 it take to get from Marseille to Parma?

The fastest journey from Marseille to Parma takes 7h 11m door to door, of which 6h 36m is spent moving, on the Coach. Most services take around 7h 41m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Marseille to Parma?

The cheapest fare from Marseille to Parma is €24.38, checked on September 30, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €35.38. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Marseille to Parma?

The cheapest way from Marseille to Parma is by Coach, at €30.43 for one passenger on September 30, 2026. That journey takes 7h 20m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Marseille to Parma?

Fares from Marseille to Parma bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €19.43. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 258 percent, measured on September 30, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Marseille to Parma?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Marseille to Parma, at €30.43. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 30, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Marseille to Parma?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Marseille to Parma, at €18.88 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs service from Marseille to Parma?

1 operators sell services from Marseille to Parma across 1 modes: FlixBus. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Marseille to Parma?

20 percent of the services we sell from Marseille to Parma are direct. The rest connect at Milan, Turin, Genoa, Nice, with about 46 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Marseille to Parma use?

Services from Marseille to Parma by Coach leave from Marseille Saint Charles and arrive at Parma, Terminal Bus. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Marseille to Parma?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Marseille to Parma allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

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, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Marseille to Parma on September 10, 2026: 493 km of route against 429 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €24.38, and 7h 11m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The trip is the easy half to plan. The days in Parma are the half people leave until last.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Parma and across Italy

Day trips that leave Parma in the morning and cover a good part of Italy by evening.

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