11-03-2025
Paris to Marseille from €27: Trenitalia opens summer train ticket sale
Trenitalia, the Italian rail company, opened ticket sales on Tuesday for trips in France during the upcoming summer period, as it seeks to expand its presence on the French rail network.
Notably, Trenitalia will begin operating a high-speed Paris-Marseille line from June 15th, with four daily round trips and stops along the way in Lyon, Avignon (TGV) and Aix-en-Provence.
One way tickets will begin at €27 for standard seats, while business seats will start at €37.
That said, the rail service will have dynamic pricing, as SNCF does with its high-speed TGV services, so ticket costs may change based on train occupancy and availability.
The rail company has already been running a route going from Paris to Lyon (and then to Milan) for the last three years, but it is planning to add an additional round-trip service on this route from June 15th.
Previously, the Lyon to Milan connection had been closed due to a landslide in the Maurienne Valley in the summer of 2023, but this service is expected to resume from April 1st.
You can find ticketing information on the Trenitalia website.
Meanwhile, tickets for France's own SNCF high-speed TGV InOui and Intercités trains will go on sale on Wednesday, March 12th for travel during the peak summer holiday period (between July 5th and August 31st).
These can be purchased on the SNCF website.
Any plans for the future?
Trenitalia is also considering "intensifying its efforts on the south-east axis", Fabrice Toledano, the Sales and Marketing Director for Trenitalia told French daily Le Parisien.
They hope to optimise the running of current trains before considering other connections, but the train company is reportedly considering extending the Paris-Marseille line to Nice, Genoa and Milan.
However, this "will not take place in 2025 (...) We already have a lot of new features, we do not have the ability to extend the service at this stage," Marco Caposciutti, the head of Trenitalia France told Le Parisien.
As for new routes in France, the company is 'studying these projects in the long term'.
