Saint-Charles Station main staircase.

Le Grand Escalier and the boulevard d'Athènes in Marseille, seen from Saint-Charles Station

Saint Charles is the main railway station of Marseille. It is a terminus and 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. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (768x1024, 246 KB) Le Grand Escalier and the boulevard dAthènes in Marseille, France, seen from the gare Saint-Charles. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (768x1024, 246 KB) Le Grand Escalier and the boulevard dAthènes in Marseille, France, seen from the gare Saint-Charles. ... Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street station in 1865. ...   City flag Coat of arms Motto: By her great deeds, Marseille shines in the world Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Région Provence-Alpes-Côte dAzur Département Bouches-du-Rhône (13) Subdivisions 16 arrondissements (in 8 secteurs) Intercommunality Urban Community of Marseille... January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Compagnie des chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée (usually known more simply as the PLM) was a French railway company. ...

The station was once a stage on the voyage to Africa and the Middle-East before the popularisation of flying. Passengers now arrive from Paris, the North of France and the United Kingdom. For other uses, see Africa (disambiguation). ... The traditional Middle East and the G8s Greater Middle East. ... An Air France Boeing 777, a modern passenger jet. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Région ÃŽle-de-France Département Paris (75) Subdivisions 20 arrondissements Mayor Bertrand Delanoë  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics Land...

The station building was built in a U shape around a rooftop canopy. It was opened in 1848 on top of a plateau. Both wings house the arrivals and departures. To the rear of the station, along Boulevard Voltaire was the station's goods yard which was used up until the end of the 1990s by the SNCF's road freight operations, Sernam. The station firstly isolated from the town was equipped by a great staircase, was thought of in 1911 and opened un 1926. It is bordered by African and Middle-East inspired statues. An SNCF multiple unit. ...

A first extension was opened after World War II. The buildings on the northside had been destroyed and were rebuilt and housed the administration offices of the SNCF. A new between level was opened to enhance the flow of passengers. Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead...

At the end of the 1990s and redevelopement project began with the opening of the underground and bus interchange as well as the arrival of the TGV. For the group of heart conditions referred to as TGV, see transposition of the great vessels. ...

A new passenger concourse was opened below the administration offices to link the station with the transport interchange. This is due to open at the end of 2006.

Station layout

Saint-Charles has dead end 14 platforms and 4 tracks leaving it, all equipped with 1500 DC overhead wire. Near the entrance to the station, track splits into two lines; towards Vintimille and the North as well as a single track line to Briançon. A single track branchline links Saint-Charles to the harbour station of La Joliette. Direct current (DC or continuous current) is the continuous flow of electricity through a conductor such as a wire from high to low potential. ... An electric multiple unit pulling into Tile Hill station; Coventry, England. ... Briançon is a town and commune in the French départment of Hautes-Alpes (Provence-Alpes-Côte dAzur), of which it is the sous-préfecture. ... A harbor (or harbour) or haven is a place where ships may shelter from the weather or are stored. ...

Destinations

• Lyon-Paris (3 hours)
• Bretagne
• Lille-Bruxelles
• Bourgogne
• Lorraine
• Bordeaux/Toulouse
• Nice

Many other regional trains serve the station.   City flag City coat of arms Motto: (Arpitan: Forward, forward, Lyon the best) Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Région Rhône-Alpes Département Rhône (69) Subdivisions 9 arrondissements Intercommunality Urban Community of Lyon Mayor Gérard Collomb  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics Land... Location Administration Capital Rennes Regional President Jean-Yves Le Drian (PS) (since 2004) Départements Côtes-dArmor Ille-et-Vilaine Morbihan Finistère Arrondissements 15 Cantons 201 Communes 1,268 Statistics Land area1 27,209 km² Population (Ranked 7th)  - January 1, 2005 est. ... Lille-Europe is a modern through station in Lille, France. ... Bruxelles-Midi The South station (French: Gare du Midi, Dutch: Zuidstation) in Brussels, Belgium is a metro, premetro and railway station. ... Location Administration Capital Dijon Regional President François Patriat (PS) (since 2004) Départements Yonne Côte-dOr Nièvre Saône-et-Loire Arrondissements 15 Cantons 174 Communes 2,045 Statistics Land area1 31,582 km² Population (Ranked 16th)  - January 1, 2005 est. ... Location Administration Capital Metz Regional President Jean-Pierre Masseret (PS) (since 2004) Départements Meurthe-et-Moselle Meuse Moselle Vosges Arrondissements 19 Cantons 157 Communes 2,337 Statistics Land area1 23,547 km² Population (Ranked 11th)  - January 1, 2005 est. ... New city flag (traditional tri-crescent) City coat of arms Motto: The fleur-de-lis alone rules over the moon, the waves, the castle, and the lion Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Région Aquitaine Département Gironde (33) Intercommunality Urban Community of Bordeaux Mayor...   New city flag (Occitan cross) Traditional coat of arms Motto: (Occitan: For Toulouse, always more) Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Région Midi-Pyrénées Département Haute-Garonne (31) Intercommunality Community of Agglomeration of Greater Toulouse Mayor Jean-Luc Moudenc  (UMP) (since 2004) City... City flag City coat of arms Motto: [1] (Latin: Nice the city) Coordinates : , Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) Administration Département Alpes-Maritimes (06) Région Provence-Alpes-Côte dAzur Mayor Jacques Peyrat (UMP) (since 1995) Intercommunality Community of Agglomeration Nice Côte dAzur City (commune) Characteristics... A Bombardier AGC train belonging to TER, in Hazebrouck station. ...

Important people

• Paulin Talabot: started the Marseille-Avignon line.
• Sénès: Architect of the stairway.