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Il y a plus de 4 ans maintenant sous un superbe ciel marseillais, la BB7277 Béton, reconnaissable avec sa fameuse plaque noire côté Poste 1, était immortalisée une vingtaine de minutes avant de s'élancer en direction de Bordeaux Saint Jean, en étant titulaire de l'intercité N°4758, qui est le 2e intercité de la journée au départ de Marseille pour le Sud Ouest.
Intercité N°4758 Marseille Saint Charles > Bordeaux Saint Jean.
3 avril 2021, 9:07 à la Gare Saint Charles.
Gare de Marseille Saint-Charles 31/08/2024 08h48
The side entrance of the main station of Marseille.
Gare de Marseille Saint-Charles
Marseille – Saint-Charles is the main railway station and intercity bus station of Marseille. It is the southern terminus of the Paris–Marseille railway. It opened on 8 January 1848, having been built for the PLM on the land of the 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, when the TGV reduced dramatically the travel time between Marseille and northern France, traffic increased (7.1 million annual passengers in 2000 to 15 million in 2007) and the station is currently the 11th busiest in France.
The station was once a key stage on the sea voyage to Africa, the Middle-East and the Far East, before the popularisation of flying. To the rear of the station along Boulevard Voltaire was the goods yard which was used up until the end of the 1990s by the SNCF's road freight operations, Sernam. The station, originally isolated from the city, was equipped with a grand staircase, envisioned by Eugène Senès in 1911 and opened in 1926. It is bordered by statues inspired by all the distant locations to which people sailed from Marseille's port.
Saint-Charles has 14 terminal platforms and four tracks which run through, all equipped with 1500 V DC overhead wire. Tracks run in various directions, towards Ventimiglia, the north, Briançon, and the harbour station of La Joliette.
At the end of the 1990s a redevelopment project began with the opening of the Marseille underground and bus interchange as well as the arrival of the TGV Méditerranée. Since 2001 new underground parking lots and a tunnel have allowed the station to be renewed. A new hall, the Halle Honnorat, was created housing shops and services. The displacement of the regional coach station on the other side of the station allowed a new pedestrian square to be created, between the station and the Aix-Marseille University site of Saint-Charles. New pedestrian spaces with cafe terraces have also been created atop the grand stairs. Its filthy railyard is covered in litter and discarded equipment.
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La motrice impaire de la rame TGV POS 4409 de SNCF Voyageurs en gare de Marseille Saint-Charles le 17 juillet 2023
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This point-and-shoot photo is of one of two statues at the base of the steps leading to the Gare St Charles in Marseille.
Both statues are the work of the French sculpter Louis Botinelly (1883 - 1962) and were the result of a competition organized in Marseille in 1911. However, due to the disruption of the first world war, the statues themselves were not put in place until 1925.
The statue in this photograph was created to celebrate France's colonies in Africa, the other (not visible here) celebrated French colonies in Asia.
Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles
Marseille
France
24-10-2011
Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles
SNCF 22352
Marseille
France
24-10-2011
Une UM de rames Inoui (le TGV Réseau tricourant 4520 et le TGV POS 4409) en gare de Marseille Saint-Charles le 17 juillet 2023
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Gare de Marseille Saint-Charles 29/07/2023 15h21
Gare de Marseille Saint-Charles has a beautiful staircase with some very nice walls.
A photo especially taken and uploaded for the
Wednesday Walls Group.
Gare de Marseille Saint-Charles
Marseille – Saint-Charles is the main railway station and intercity bus station of Marseille. It is the southern terminus of the Paris–Marseille railway. It opened on 8 January 1848, having been built for the PLM on the land of the 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, when the TGV reduced dramatically the travel time between Marseille and northern France, traffic increased (7.1 million annual passengers in 2000 to 15 million in 2007) and the station is currently the 11th busiest in France.
The station was once a key stage on the sea voyage to Africa, the Middle-East and the Far East, before the popularisation of flying. To the rear of the station along Boulevard Voltaire was the goods yard which was used up until the end of the 1990s by the SNCF's road freight operations, Sernam. The station, originally isolated from the city, was equipped with a grand staircase, envisioned by Eugène Senès in 1911 and opened in 1926. It is bordered by statues inspired by all the distant locations to which people sailed from Marseille's port.
Saint-Charles has 14 terminal platforms and four tracks which run through, all equipped with 1500 V DC overhead wire. Tracks run in various directions, towards Ventimiglia, the north, Briançon, and the harbour station of La Joliette.
At the end of the 1990s a redevelopment project began with the opening of the Marseille underground and bus interchange as well as the arrival of the TGV Méditerranée. Since 2001 new underground parking lots and a tunnel have allowed the station to be renewed. A new hall, the Halle Honnorat, was created housing shops and services. The displacement of the regional coach station on the other side of the station allowed a new pedestrian square to be created, between the station and the Aix-Marseille University site of Saint-Charles. New pedestrian spaces with cafe terraces have also been created atop the grand stairs. Its filthy railyard is covered in litter and discarded equipment.
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Une UM de rames Régiolis (la B 84615-B84616 en tête) aux couleurs de la Région Sud Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur à quai sur la voie 3 de la gare de Marseille Saint-Charles le 23 septembre 2023.
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The classic, and for many people the first, view of Marseille, as seen from Marseille's main train station, the Gare Saint-Charles. What distingues this from the view you get from most other city centre train station is being able to see "la Bonne Mère" (Basilique Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde), probably the the city's most well-known symbol, in the background.
Un TGV Réseau tricourant (rame 4524 SNCF) en gare de Marseille Saint-Charles (Bouches-du-Rhône) le 12 juin 2023.
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Lors d'une très belle matinée d'été 2022 sans nuages dans la Cité Phocéenne, la belle BB22361R qui est une ancienne pensionnaire de la Bourgogne Franche-Comté, était immortalisée sur la voie D de la Gare Saint Charles avec ses Bipanto en étant prête au départ, afin d'assurer le TER Rapide N°17479 vers la Côte d'Azur, plus précisément pour Nice Ville, son terminus.
TER R160 N°17479 : Marseille Saint Charles (9:57) -> Nice Ville (12:37).
4 Juillet 2022, 9:47 en Gare de Marseille Saint Charles (13).
La locomotive BB 22404 SNCF en livrée En voyage entrant en gare de Marseille Saint-Charles le 2 octobre 2022.
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Awaiting departure time, Marseille, Gare St. Charles.
2003 July 22 (the date on the photo is not correct).
The "fog" effect, above the train information sign, is not an artifact. The passenger area, beneath the trainshed, has a simple evaporative cooling system. This sprays a fine mist overhead, which cools the air as it evaporates. This keeps the air at ground level a few degrees cooler than the ambient "outdoor" temperature.
2003 July 22 (the date on the photo is not correct).
En tout début d'année 2022, je me suis rendu à la gare Saint Charles pour prendre le train pour la capitale varoise, en attendant qu'il se mette en place, j'en ai profité pour voir si un des premiers TER pour Lyon était en place avec une vaillante BB22200 En Voyage en tête, ce qui n'est pas tout le temps le cas selon les orientations des rames corails mais quand celle est bonne, autant en profiter !
Bingo, cette fois-ci c'était la bonne malgré le froid, c'était l'occasion de faire une photo de nuit : Voici donc la belle BB22361R Ex-BFC, prenant la pose devant mon objectif sous la nuit noire sur la voie K alors que son conducteur, faisait ses dernières vérifications afin d'assurer tout en sécurité, le premier TER de la journée pour Lyon Part Dieu, qui n'est autre que le TER N°17700 avec une rame digne des grands trains.
5 janvier 2022, 6:30 à la Gare Saint Charles (Marseille, 13).
Une rame Ouigo (la TGV Dasye 795 SNCF) en gare de Marseille Saint-Charles le 19 septembre 2022.
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Marseille-Saint-Charles Central Railway station. Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles. On the top-left the Notre-Dame de la Garde church.
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Centraal station, Marseille. Linksboven de basiliek van Notre-Dame de la Garde.
Marseille-Saint-Charles station. Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles.
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Centraal station, Marseille.
Metro escalators Central Railway Station or Gare de Marseille Saint-Charles.
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Roltrap naar de metro bij het Centraal station Marseille..