Nantes to Marseille train
Trains from Nantes to Marseille start at €88.34 and take 5h 27m at their fastest.
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The Trains from Nantes to Marseille starts at €88.34 and takes 5h 27m door to door, run by 1 operator over 696 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 5h 27mDoor to door
- 4h 43mMoving
- €88.34 to €158.19From
- 06:48 to 21:32First and last departure
- 12Per day
- 23.0 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 28, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€88.34 to €158.19 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €158.19Mon14
- about €136.19Tue15
- about €141.69Wed16
- about €148.29Thu17
- about €136.19Fri18
- about €144.44Sat19
- about €143.34Sun20
- about €88.34Mon21
- about €88.89Tue22
- about €92.19Wed23
- about €127.39Thu24
- about €114.19Fri25
- about €111.44Sat26
- about €105.39Sun27
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
No bookable itinerary on the day this page prices, so none is shown.
Rail operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 SNCF | €71.84 | 5h 26m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Nantes to Marseille
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €37.0390 days
- €32.6360 days
- €26.5845 days
- €24.9330 days
- €33.1821 days
- €41.9814 days
- €53.537 days
- €57.933 days
- €63.431 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €24.93.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 154 percent. The most expensive point is €63.43, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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.
- €41.98Sun
- €37.03Mon
- €37.58Tue
- €38.68Wed
- €47.48Thu
- €44.18Fri
- €44.73Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Nantes
- Nantes
- Rezé - Pont-Rousseau
- Nantes station
Marseille
- Marseille Saint Charles
- Marseille St-Charles
- Marseille-Blancarde
What the journey actually looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 696 km against 696 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Nantes at 06:48 and the last at 21:32, across 12 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 29m | 1h 19m | 3h 10m | €73.89 | 176.4 kg | 32 |
| Train | 5h 27m | 4h 43m | 44m | €88.34 | 23.0 kg | 12 |
| Coach | 9h 47m | 9h 3m | 44m | €37.03 | 18.8 kg | 24 |
Questions about Nantes 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 Train from Nantes to Marseille take?
The Train from Nantes to Marseille takes 5h 27m door to door, of which 4h 43m is spent moving. The route runs 696 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 Train from Nantes to Marseille cost?
The Train from Nantes to Marseille starts at €88.34 for one passenger, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €89.17. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Nantes to Marseille?
1 operators run the Train from Nantes to Marseille: SNCF. Between them they file around 12 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 Train from Nantes to Marseille use?
The Train from Nantes to Marseille leaves from Nantes 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 Train the best way from Nantes to Marseille?
Traveling from Nantes to Marseille by Flight costs €73.89 and takes 4h 29m door to door, against 5h 27m by Train. 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 Train from Nantes to Marseille?
Fares for the Train from Nantes to Marseille bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €24.93. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 154 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Nantes to Marseille produce?
The Train from Nantes to Marseille produces about 23.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 696 km, which works out at roughly 33 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 Train from Nantes to Marseille?
Operators on the Train from Nantes to Marseille publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 27m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Nantes to Marseille on September 13, 2026: 696 km of route against 696 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €88.34, and 5h 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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