There are 12 ways to get from Brighton to Marseille by train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, train, car, car train, plane, ferry, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from Brighton to London St Pancras Intl
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris NordEil
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Marseille St CharlesTgv
8h 35m€120–551Fly London Gatwick Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)LGW - LYS
- Take the train from Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv to Marseille St Charles
6h 36m€59–277Bus, train
- Take the bus from Pool Valley Coach Station to Stratford City Bus Station
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille EuropeEil
- Take the bus from Lille - Europe Train Station to Marseille - Saint-Charles Bus Station
19h 46m€81–460Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Brighton to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Marseille
12h 11mFly London Gatwick Airport to Marseille Provence Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Marseille Provence Airport (MRS)LGW - MRS
5h 16m€63–195Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Port of Newhaven to Dieppe
- Take the train from Dieppe to Rouen Rive DroiteK11 / ...
- Take the train from Rouen Rive Droite to Marseille St CharlesTgv
15h 8m€146–341Ferry, bus
- Take the ferry from Port of Newhaven to Dieppe
- Take the bus from Dieppe to Paris
- Take the bus from Paris to Marseille, Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles
23h 14m€119–272Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Brighton to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Marseille
13h 40m€207–307Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Marseille Provence Airport
- Take the train from Brighton to Farringdon
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Marseille Provence Airport (MRS)LHR - MRS
6h 51m€126–348Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Marseille Provence Airport
- Take the train from Brighton to London Bridge
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Marseille Provence Airport (MRS)STN - MRS
7h 4m€76–266Fly London Gatwick Airport to Fréjorgues Airport, train
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Fréjorgues Airport (MPL)LGW - MPL
- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Marseille St Charles
8h 2m€76–259Fly London Gatwick Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport, train
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE)LGW - NCE
- Take the train from Antibes to Marseille St Charles
8h 34m€72–212
Brighton to Marseille by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Brighton to Marseille is to fly which costs €60 - €200 and takes 5h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Brighton to Marseille is to fly which takes 5h 16m and costs €60 - €200.
No, there is no direct train from Brighton to Marseille. However, there are services departing from Brighton and arriving at Marseille St Charles via London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord and Paris Gare De Lyon. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 35m.
The distance between Brighton and Marseille is 1287 km.
The best way to get from Brighton to Marseille without a car is to train which takes 8h 35m and costs €120 - €550.
It takes approximately 8h 35m to get from Brighton to Marseille, including transfers.
Brighton to Marseille train services, operated by Thameslink, depart from Brighton station.
The best way to get from Brighton to Marseille is to train which takes 8h 35m and costs €120 - €550. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €60 - €200 and takes 5h 16m.
Marseille is 1h ahead of Brighton. It is currently 7:25 AM in Brighton and 8:25 AM in Marseille.
Brighton to Marseille train services, operated by Thameslink, arrive at London St Pancras Intl station.
What companies run services between Brighton, England and Marseille, France?
You can take a train from Brighton to Marseille St Charles via London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, and Paris Gare De Lyon in around 8h 35m. Alternatively, easyJet flies from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) twice daily.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Marseille Provence Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Marseille Provence Airport via Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–110
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Fréjorgues Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–140
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–140
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–140
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Marseille Provence Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–170
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Marseille Provence Airport via Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–170
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Marseille Provence Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Fréjorgues Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–82
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–270
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Marseille Provence Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Marseille Provence Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Marseille Provence Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €21–130
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Brighton to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–40
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Brighton to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €19–70
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Brighton to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–40
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–330
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–330
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Rouen Rive Droite to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Antibes to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–40
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27–130
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–180
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Dieppe to Rouen Rive Droite
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €50–75
- Rail 1st Class
- €80–120
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–40
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €40–65
- 1st Class
- €85–140
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +33 2 22 55 00 10
- nomad-car@laregionnormandie.fr
- Website
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Dieppe to Rouen Rive Droite
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Rouen Rive Droite to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Brighton to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–21
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Pool Valley Coach Station to Stratford City Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dieppe to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris to Marseille, Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €29–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lille - Europe Train Station to Marseille - Saint-Charles Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- travel.sales@dfds.com
- Website
- dfds.com
Ferry from Port of Newhaven to Dieppe
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €75–190
- On Foot
- €35–45
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