Marseille Metro Tickets: Singles, Passes and Payment

By The Travel Fieldbook October 1, 2026 October 7, 2026

The gates at Périer station, on Marseille’s metro network. (Tiia Monto · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Edited)

In Marseille, choose your ticket by the journeys you will make, not the vehicles you will board. RTM singles allow connections, while visitor passes run from their first validation rather than resetting at midnight. For a short stay around the Vieux-Port, occasional bank-card travel may be all you need, but repeated trips call for a closer look at the passes and their ticket-support charges.

What your ticket covers

Contactless services: RTM metro, buses, trams, Ferry-Boat; lecar A1, A2 and 50
Ways to travel: Contactless bank card or device; single tickets; rechargeable tickets and passes
Airport shuttle: Separate fare; combined shuttle + urban tickets available

The Marseille Metro is RTM’s urban rail network, used alongside the city’s buses and trams. Walking suits nearby central visits, but a ticket becomes useful for longer trips or travel with luggage. Marseille metro lines and directions helps you choose the line, destination and station for your journey.

An RTM metro train at Rond-Point du Prado in Marseille. — An RTM metro train at Rond-Point du Prado, Marseille.
*AntoineJulien · CC BY 4.0 · Edited*

For the onward journey described in Marseille Provence Airport and arrival, use an airport-shuttle ticket rather than an ordinary urban ticket. Some metropolitan passes include airport shuttles.

Single fares and visitor passes

Product	Fare	Validity / connections	Services	Ticket-support charge
Bank-card journey	—	60 minutes	RTM network	—
Solo	€1.70	59-minute connections; one metro entry	RTM bus, metro, tram	€0.10 per non-rechargeable ticket
Onboard Solo	€2.00	Solo rules	RTM bus, metro, tram	—
Pass 24h	€6.70	24 hours from first validation	RTM + wider services below	€0.10 for new leTicket
Pass 72h	€14	72 hours from first validation	RTM + wider services below	€0.10 for new leTicket
Carte 10 voyages	—	10 journeys	—	—
Carte Groupe 4 personnes	€4.90	One journey; 59-minute connections	—	—

A Solo connection validated before the 60th minute can continue to the end of the line. With bank-card travel, tap again on each connection: a validation after the transfer window starts another charge. Changing to LeCar or Ulysse means a separate payment at that network’s fare.

Both visitor passes provide unlimited travel, so you can make extra journeys without buying another single. Their rolling windows do not reset at midnight.

Pass 24h covers RTM services in Marseille, Allauch, Plan-de-Cuques and Septèmes-les-Vallons, plus Bus de la Marcouline, Bus de la Côte Bleue, Bus des Cigales and the La Ciotat network. It also includes regional trains (TER) between Marseille stations and Septèmes-les-Vallons, and levélo bike hire at €1.

Pass 72h covers Marseille and the surrounding area including Allauch, Plan-de-Cuques and Septèmes-les-Vallons. It includes RTM buses, metro, trams and Ferry-Boat, plus Bus de la Côte Bleue, Bus de la Marcouline, Bus de l’Étang, Bus des Cigales and Ciotabus. Pass 72h excludes TER and the Lanavette maritime boat service.

Carte 10 voyages, the ten-journey ticket, is available to everyone on a rechargeable TRANSTICK ticket. Carte Groupe 4 personnes, the four-person group ticket, is validated once at each access for the whole party.

At Canebière–Garibaldi, the tram stop on the Canebière near Réformés and Belsunce, you can use a Solo ticket or visitor pass for the tram as well as the metro. You do not need a separate ticket just because you change mode.

A tram on the Canebière in Marseille. — A Marseille tramway at Canebière–Garibaldi, near Réformés and Belsunce.
*IngolfBLN · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Edited*

Choosing singles or a pass

Occasional travel: use a contactless bank card or device if you prefer not to buy a separate ticket.
Separate Solo purchases: each non-rechargeable ticket costs €1.80 including its support. Count journeys, not vehicles connected within the transfer rules.
Pass 24h: with a new leTicket, €6.80 costs less than four Solo purchases at €7.20. With an existing support, €6.70 also first saves at four journeys within the pass window.
Pass 72h: with a new leTicket, €14.10 costs less than eight Solo purchases at €14.40. With an existing support, €14 also first saves at eight journeys within the pass window.
Four travelling together: Carte Groupe 4 personnes costs €4.90 against €7.20 for four separate non-rechargeable Solo purchases, a €2.30 saving.

These pass thresholds are savings, not equal-cost points: neither pass exactly matches a whole number of those Solo purchases. One contactless card or device can carry up to five travellers, but tap once per person. Keep that party together on connections.

Buying and validating

You can pay for the metro, buses and trams by tapping a contactless bank card, phone or smartwatch. On the metro, use a dedicated bank-card entry gate. On a bus or tram, use the dedicated validator. The tap both pays and validates, so you do not need to buy a ticket first.

Wait for “bank card validated” and the visual and audible confirmation before continuing.
Use the same card or device again at every boarding, including connections.
Validate your visitor pass at every boarding, including each change of transport or vehicle.
Bring exact change to buy an onboard Solo from the bus driver.

Don’t

Switch between a physical card and its phone or watch equivalent: they are separate travel identifiers, even on the same bank account.
Treat a connection as permission to skip validation.
Confuse a driver’s ticket sale with bank-card payment at the bus validator.

Both visitor passes are sold at metro, tram and rapid-bus station ticket machines, RTM customer-service points and authorised sellers. For staffed help, use Bourse at 6 rue des Fabres or the RTM Saint-Charles sales desk. Saint-Charles lets you buy your urban pass in person before entering the metro, useful when continuing from the main railway station.

Name: RTM Saint-Charles sales desk
Location: Marseille Maps
Hours: 06:50–19:40
Essential fact: The RTM urban-transport ticket sales desk at Saint-Charles station in Marseille.

The Saint-Charles metro station in Marseille. — Saint-Charles metro station, Marseille.
*Clicsouris · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Edited*

Sources & fact-checking

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