Marseille-Saint-Charles  | |||||
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| SNCF railway station | |||||
 Main entrance | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Square Narvik 13232 Marseille Cedex 1 | ||||
| Owned by | SNCF | ||||
| Line(s) | Paris–Marseille railway Marseille–Ventimiglia railway | ||||
| Tracks | 16 | ||||
| Connections | Bus terminal | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | 87751008 | ||||
| IATA code | XRF | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2017 | 16.5 million | ||||
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Marseille-Saint-Charles (French: Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles) is the main railway station and intercity bus station of Marseille, France. It is the southern terminus of the Paris–Marseille railway and the western terminus of the Marseille–Ventimiglia railway.
It opened on 8 January 1848, having been built for the Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée (PLM) on the land of the former Saint Charles Cemetery. The station is perched on top of a small hill and is linked to the city centre by a monumental set of stairs. Since 2001, the TGV has dramatically reduced the travel time between Marseille and Northern France; traffic has increased from 7.1 million annual passengers in 2000 to 16.5 million in 2017. This makes the station the eleventh busiest in France.