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Marseille, France
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Marseille Saint-Charles Railway Station
Marseille, France
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STATUS
Built
YEAR
2008
BUDGET
$10M - 50M
The launch of TGV Méditerranée services to Marseilles Saint-Charles mainline railway station in June 2001 involved renovating
and extending the original station building. The programme doubled train departure and arrival capacity at peak times. It also transformed
the station into a multi-modal transport hub for TGV high-speed trains, TER regional rail services, coaches, taxis, buses, the
metro, and private cars (and their parking facilities) and involved restructuring the entire surrounding neighbourhood.
The first tranche – the partial renovation of the legacy station, which was handed over in 2001 in time for the opening of the new
line – mainly consisted in creating a single SNCF ticketing area at platform level, a lounge for Grand Voyageur frequent travellers,
user access shafts, reorganising platforms and renovating the 400-space car park, with 200 spaces initially delivered.
The second tranche, scheduled for delivery in 2007, involved extending the legacy train shed towards the University with a new
shed, 140 metres long and 40 metres wide. Behind the new building a coach station has been laid out on the same level as the
railway lines and adjacent to them. Thus a single 200-metre walkway perpendicular to the lines provides passenger access not only
to TGV and TER trains, but also to the coach station. This provides the full range of passenger services: SNCF ticketing, waiting and
reception facilities, coach station and RTM city transport (metro and buses) and around 1900 m² of retail provision on either side
of a central mall.
The transparent façades of the new shed amplify the volume of the legacy shed. Aligned with the historic station façade is a
colonnade built in prestressed stone whose separations and materials express unity of place, filter the sunlight and moderate the
sun’s heat. The central portion of the shed’s roof covering, which includes metal eaves, comprises a quarter-glazed skylight which
limits the quantity of sunlight reaching the ground. The entire perpendicular walkway is treated thermically using a fogging system.
Station access facilities have been reorganised. The upper forecourt adjacent to the station façade has been transformed into a
pedestrian precinct, creating continuity between the University and the Boulevard d’Athènes. Beneath the perpendicular walkway
and the exterior forecourt are three levels of underground car parking facilities. The original 400-space car park has been doubled
in size. The amount of passenger drop-off provision for private cars and taxis has also been doubled: one drop-off component is on
the same level as the perpendicular platform, while the second is six metres underground, aligned on the legacy train shed. On this
level, at the point where the metro’s escalators reach the surface, is the taxi rank.
Owner: SNCF- Gares & Connexions: train sheds and services, forecourt, car parking Municipality: tunnel and urban networks;
Bouches du Rhône General Council: coach station and land acquisition.
Prime contractors and works management: SNCF- Gares & Connexions, AREP; Design Office: SETEC, SMM, SIDF; Construction Management: AREP
Delivery: December 2007
and extending the original station building. The programme doubled train departure and arrival capacity at peak times. It also transformed
the station into a multi-modal transport hub for TGV high-speed trains, TER regional rail services, coaches, taxis, buses, the
metro, and private cars (and their parking facilities) and involved restructuring the entire surrounding neighbourhood.
The first tranche – the partial renovation of the legacy station, which was handed over in 2001 in time for the opening of the new
line – mainly consisted in creating a single SNCF ticketing area at platform level, a lounge for Grand Voyageur frequent travellers,
user access shafts, reorganising platforms and renovating the 400-space car park, with 200 spaces initially delivered.
The second tranche, scheduled for delivery in 2007, involved extending the legacy train shed towards the University with a new
shed, 140 metres long and 40 metres wide. Behind the new building a coach station has been laid out on the same level as the
railway lines and adjacent to them. Thus a single 200-metre walkway perpendicular to the lines provides passenger access not only
to TGV and TER trains, but also to the coach station. This provides the full range of passenger services: SNCF ticketing, waiting and
reception facilities, coach station and RTM city transport (metro and buses) and around 1900 m² of retail provision on either side
of a central mall.
The transparent façades of the new shed amplify the volume of the legacy shed. Aligned with the historic station façade is a
colonnade built in prestressed stone whose separations and materials express unity of place, filter the sunlight and moderate the
sun’s heat. The central portion of the shed’s roof covering, which includes metal eaves, comprises a quarter-glazed skylight which
limits the quantity of sunlight reaching the ground. The entire perpendicular walkway is treated thermically using a fogging system.
Station access facilities have been reorganised. The upper forecourt adjacent to the station façade has been transformed into a
pedestrian precinct, creating continuity between the University and the Boulevard d’Athènes. Beneath the perpendicular walkway
and the exterior forecourt are three levels of underground car parking facilities. The original 400-space car park has been doubled
in size. The amount of passenger drop-off provision for private cars and taxis has also been doubled: one drop-off component is on
the same level as the perpendicular platform, while the second is six metres underground, aligned on the legacy train shed. On this
level, at the point where the metro’s escalators reach the surface, is the taxi rank.
Owner: SNCF- Gares & Connexions: train sheds and services, forecourt, car parking Municipality: tunnel and urban networks;
Bouches du Rhône General Council: coach station and land acquisition.
Prime contractors and works management: SNCF- Gares & Connexions, AREP; Design Office: SETEC, SMM, SIDF; Construction Management: AREP
Delivery: December 2007
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