Scenic route
Ligne de la Côte Bleue
Marseille → Miramas · France
An everyday TER on a corniche of 23 tunnels and 18 viaducts: calanque after calanque between L’Estaque and Martigues for a few euros.
- Distance
- 69 km
- Fastest time
- 1 h 15 min
- Average speed
- 55 km/h
- Top speed
- 90 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmMarseille Saint-Charles +3
- 10 kmL'Estaque
- 17 kmNiolon
- 22 kmLa Redonne Ensuès
- 26 kmCarry-le-Rouet
- 29 kmSausset-Les-Pins
- 34 kmLa Couronne Carro
- 41 kmMartigues
- 43 kmCroix Sainte
- 46 kmPort-de-Bouc
- 49 kmFos-sur-Mer
- 57 kmRassuen
- 60 kmIstres
- 70 kmMiramas
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for a train that runs this route end to end, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- The 60 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 4199623 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 3 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits 0.2 km from the shape of TER 87971
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Ligne de la Côte Bleue?
The Ligne de la Côte Bleue runs 69 km from Marseille to Miramas.
How long does the Ligne de la Côte Bleue take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 15 min for the 69 km. That is an average of 55 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 90 km/h.
Who runs the Ligne de la Côte Bleue?
SNCF (TER Sud PACA), with B 81500 AGC.
How old is the Ligne de la Côte Bleue?
The line has been in service since 1915. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
How often does the Ligne de la Côte Bleue run?
35 direct trains on a weekday (counted on 2 September 2026).
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