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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 : 8:45 am - 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)