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Does the high speed train between Paris and Marseille leave from Gare de Lyon and not Paris Nord? Is Nord for Eurostar and Gare de Lyon for TGV (high speed)?

Yes. Check http://www.voyages-sncf.com/

The stations in Paris aree quite logical. Basically, the Gare du Nord handles northern locations, Gare De Lyon handles southern locations, like Lyon ( Austerlitz also goes south, but that's another story.)

TGV goes from Gare de Lyon to Marseilles Gare st Charles.

www.voyages-sncf.com tells you which Paris station the train leaves.

Eurostar and Thalys use only Paris Nord.
TGV Paris departures use Nord, Est, Montparnasse, and Lyon that I know of. You don't get to choose the station. The destination determines which station the TGV uses.

If you are really looking for how to travel from London to Marseilles by train (I think flying is a better choice,) plug in London and Marseilles into http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query2.exe/en and it will tell you to change from Eurostar to TGV at Lille if you don't want to move from Paris Nord to Paris Lyon. Your other thread mentions you are traveling UK-France-UK.

Hi, If you're coming from north of France, Belgium or England, check if there is no direct train to Marseille...

www.seat61.com France Paris great info on all of this

TGVs always leave from GDLyon to the south...

<<TGVs always leave from GDLyon to the south...>>

NOT!!!!! Ignore this.

Who listens to this fount of misinformation?

TGVs to Bordeaux, for example,leave from the Gare Montparnasse. Regular trains to the southwest leave from the Gare d'Austerlitz.

TGVs to the SOUTHEAST leave from the Gare de Lyon. As Carlux says, it's all very logical.

According to the SNCF site, there is a train that leaves St. Pancras and goes to Marseille, by-passing the Paris stations transfer; it is the Marne-la-Vallée TGV.

In maybe 25 years, there may be some main line tunnels under Paris. Until then, every main line station in Paris is a terminus where the tracks end.

However, for people not in Paris itself, there are TGV routes that go around Paris, stopping at places like CDG airport and Disneyland, before continuing south or north.

Another helpful guide to the wonders of rail travel in France is this blog www.parisbytrain.com
Ben's tours of the major Paris train terminals are illustrated with his own photos.