High-speed train1h 40
LyonLyon Part-DieuMarseilleMarseille Saint-Charles
direct, fastest service, roughly hourly
TGV inOui
typically runs 06:28–20:40
Route
Lyon to Marseille
3 ways to get from Lyon to Marseille
LyonLyon Part-DieuMarseilleMarseille Saint-Charles
- Fastest
- 1h 40 by high-speed train
- From
- from €15.48 by bus
- Distance
- 313.5 km by road
- Operators
- TGV inOui · FlixBus
- Frequency
- ~9 bus a day
- High-speed train 1h 40
- Bus 3h 05
- Transfer ~3h 26 est. drive
LyonMarseille
- High-speed train1h 40Lyon Part-DieuMarseille Saint-Charles
- Bus3h 05Gerland bus station (or Bellecour on night departures)Marseille Saint-Charles bus station or Saint-Antoine exchange hub
- Transfer~3h 26 est.any addressany address
Which one to take
- You want the shortest journey
- High-speed train
- 1h 40 to Marseille Saint-Charles
- You are counting the cost
- Bus
- from €15.48
- You land outside the hours the timetable covers
- Transfer
- after the last high-speed train at 20:40 — door to door, no interchange
Journey times, operators and connections for the routes we cover. You book with the operator; we show you who runs it and how long it takes.
Options by mode
Journey times and carriers on this route.
Bus3h 05
LyonGerland bus station (or Bellecour on night departures)MarseilleMarseille Saint-Charles bus station or Saint-Antoine exchange hub
direct coach, budget alternative to the TGV
FlixBus · ~9/day
from €15.48
Transfer~3h 26 est. drive
Lyonany addressMarseilleany address
door to door
Private road transfer — availability and price depend on the provider; this is not an offer
Before you land
The parts people get wrong. Each one links to where we checked it.
Hours
TGV inOui runs this route roughly hourly, with the first train leaving Lyon Part-Dieu at 06:28 and the last at 20:40.
sncf-connect.com · checked 2026-09-09
Hours
9 departures run daily between 02:15 and 23:50, with a minimum journey time of 3h05 — not far off the roughly 2h36 average TGV time across the day, at a fraction of the fare.
flixbus.com · checked 2026-09-09
Easy to get wrong
The fastest services take 1h40, but the average across the day is closer to 2h36 — a heavily stopping working can take close to an hour longer than the express.
sncf-connect.com · checked 2026-09-09
Where to go
Since 12 January 2026 Gerland has been FlixBus's primary Lyon stop rather than the more central Bellecour, which is now used only for night departures — a change that predates this dataset's earlier Lyon entries.
flixbus.com · checked 2026-09-09