Nice to Marseille train

Trains from Nice to Marseille start at €22.89 and take 1h 56m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Nice to Marseille starts at €22.89 and takes 1h 56m door to door, run by 1 operator over 159 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 1h 56mDoor to door
  • 1h 12mMoving
  • €22.89From
  • 5.2 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.

Fastest€25.64
  1. SNCF SN923517:011h 12m18:13Nice VilleMarseille Saint Charles

Door to door 1h 56mCO2 5.2 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

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
SNCF€19.041h 53m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
  • SNCF

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Booking window

When to book Nice to Marseille

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

  1. €10.0890 days
  2. €10.0760 days
  3. €10.0745 days
  4. €10.0730 days
  5. €11.1821 days
  6. €13.3814 days
  7. €16.137 days
  8. €17.233 days
  9. €22.731 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 126 percent. The most expensive point is €22.73, 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. €12.28Sun
  2. €11.73Mon
  3. €11.18Tue
  4. €11.73Wed
  5. €13.38Thu
  6. €12.83Fri
  7. €12.83Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Nice

Rail
  • Nice Ville
  • Nice-Riquier
  • Nice CP Station

Marseille

Rail
  • Marseille Saint Charles
  • Marseille St-Charles
  • Marseille-Blancarde
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 159 km against 159 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 Nice at 06:48 and the last at 17:01, across 3 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Trains 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
Train1h 56m1h 12m44m€22.895.2 kg3
Coach2h 54m2h 10m44m€11.184.3 kg15
Flight3h 48m38m3h 10m€31.4140.1 kg4
Ferry6h 20m4h 50m1h 30m€12.4418.3 kg6

Questions about Nice 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 Nice to Marseille take?

The Train from Nice to Marseille takes 1h 56m door to door, of which 1h 12m is spent moving. The route runs 159 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 Nice to Marseille cost?

The Train from Nice to Marseille starts at €22.89 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €23.44. 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 Nice to Marseille?

1 operators run the Train from Nice to Marseille: SNCF. Between them they file around 3 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 Nice to Marseille use?

The Train from Nice to Marseille leaves from Nice Ville 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 Nice to Marseille?

Traveling from Nice to Marseille by Coach costs €11.18 and takes 2h 54m door to door, against 1h 56m 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 Nice to Marseille?

Fares for the Train from Nice to Marseille bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 126 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Nice to Marseille produce?

The Train from Nice to Marseille produces about 5.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 159 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 Nice to Marseille?

Operators on the Train from Nice to Marseille publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 56m 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 Nice to Marseille on September 10, 2026: 159 km of route against 159 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €22.89, and 1h 56m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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