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Schedules   horaires > horehrh <
available at the station   gare SNCF >la garh ess enn seh eff<
Reservation SNCF : www.sncf.com
TGV Mediterrannée : www.tgv.com

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Change at Marseille for Avignon / Lyon / Paris / Calais / Geneva /Cannes / Nice / Italy / Geneva / Spain etc.

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Book T.G.V.in advance either at station or at a travel agency for same price.

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Tourist season and rail strikes tend to clash. This is no coincidence. Otherwise, train service is generally reliable and punctual.

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Before you board the train insert your ticket in the automatic “ticket punch” known as le composteur , a vertical orange-coloured column at the entrance to the platform. Failure to composter >kohnposteh< can be expensive. Allow four+ hours by TGV from Marseille to Paris, (compared with three by air, including the trip to and from airports.)

Avoid, if possible, national Holidays, week-ends astride June-July July-August, and August-Sept; also July 14 and August 15 week-ends, when “the whole of France” is on the move.

 voyage par avion   
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Airport / L'Aéroport > <

Reservations, bookings, and ticket confirmation may be made at any authorised travel agency, or at the Air France agency : 2, rue Aude. To avoid waiting, plan to do this early in the day: 8:45am - 9:00 am. Most agencies are open on Saturday mornings until noon.

Travel Agencies    agences de voyage >aszchaahnss duh vwayaszch<
take care of your reservations at no extra cost. (see list below.)

Eurafrique,
11, cours Sextius

tel. 04 42 26 21 26

Wasteels,
5 bis, cours Sextius,

tel: 04 42 26 26 28

American Express,
11, cours Mirabeau

tel: 04 42 26 93 93

Havas
4, ave. des Belges

tel: 04 42 26 74 79

Council Travel,
12 rue Victor Leydet

tel: 04 42 38 58 82

Nouvelles Frontières,
52, cours Sextius

tel: 04 42 26 47 72

O.T.U.,
Cité Universitaire des Gazelles, AV Jules-Ferry

tel: 04 42 27 76 85

www.otu.fr