Marseille Saint Charles
Technical Information
General layout
The station
has 9 input/output tracks, 18 platform tracks and 3 depots, with the following
layout:
|
North I/O tracks Miramas direction G, F Circ, M2, M1, E Circ |
North East depot |
East I/O tracks Vintimille direction V1 bis, V2 bis, V1, V2 |
|
North West depot |
Interconnection area |
South East depot |
|
Left platforms NM LK JI HG |
Central platforms (covered) FE DC BA |
Right platforms 3 5 7 9 |
I/O tracks
Track identification
|
Miramas direction |
|
Vintimille
direction |
|||||||
|
G |
F Circ |
M2 |
M1 |
E Circ |
|
V1 bis |
V2 bis |
V1 |
V2 |
Track usage
All tracks
can be used both ways by any type of train. You can, for instance, exit the
station with a TER (local commuter) on the M1 main input track, signals will prevent any other train to use this track
to enter the station.
However,
the usage of tracks in a normal situation is as follows:
|
Track |
Standard usage |
|
G |
Entry/Exit
of the North West depot |
|
F
Circulation |
Secondary
exit track (most of the time for Miramas TER or freight) |
|
M2 |
Main exit
track to Miramas |
|
M1 |
Main
entry track from Miramas |
|
E
Circulation |
Entry/Exit
track for Aix-en-Provence, by classic route |
|
V1 bis, V2 bis, V1, V2 |
Entry/Exit
track for Toulon, Nice, Vintimille, also Blancarde station and depot access |
Platforms
|
Track |
Standard usage |
|
N-K |
TER
to/from Miramas |
|
J-G |
Any
traffic |
|
F-A |
Any
traffic (covered) |
|
3, 5, 7,
9 |
TER
to/from Vintimille, TER to/from Aix-en-Provence using E Circulation track |
Interconnection area
The
interconnection area allows to create links between all other station areas.
There are
many possible combinations, but here is some important information to remember:
1. All platform tracks A-N, 3, 5, 7, 9
can be connected to at least one Miramas I/O track and one Vintimille I/O
track. Thus, it's possible to go from any platform to any destination and,
reciprocally, come to any platform from any direction.
2. Tracks 3, 5, 7, 9 can be connected
with I/O tracks F circ to V2.
3. Tracks A, B can be connected with all I/O tracks G to V2.
4. Tracks C, D, E can be connected with
I/O tracks G to V2bis.
5. Tracks F, G, H can be connected with
I/O tracks F circ to V2bis.
6. Track I can be connected with I/O
tracks F circ to V1bis and has a privileged access to F circ.
7. Tracks J, K, L, M, N can be
connected with I/O tracks G to V1bis and have a privileged access to F circ.
Reference
chart :
|
Platform track |
Miramas I/O |
Vintimille I/O |
|
N M L K J
(1) |
G Fc (2)
M2 M1 Ec |
V1bis |
|
I |
Fc (2)
M2 M1 Ec |
V1bis |
|
H G F |
Fc M2 M1
Ec |
V1bis V2bis |
|
E D C |
G Fc M2
M1 Ec |
V1bis V2bis |
|
B A |
G Fc M2
M1 Ec |
V1bis V2bis V1
V2 |
|
3 5 7 9 |
Fc M2 M1 Ec |
V1bis V2bis V1
V2 |
(1) Tracks
J to N offer access to the Joliette Seaport (K to N for input/output, J for
input only).
(2) Privileged
access to F circ.
Last but
not least, the station has two very important cross links:
The first one
goes from track A to the North West depot and allows:
1. To drive a train from tracks A-E to
the depot (or the other way).
2. For the departure, to switch between
all tracks from A to E.
3. For the arrival, to switch between
all tracks from E to A.
The second
one goes from track F circ to the South East depot and allows:
1. To drive a train from tracks F circ,
M2, M1, E circ to the depot (or the other way).
2. For the departure, to switch between
all tracks from E circ to F circ.
3. For the arrival, to switch between all
tracks from F circ to E circ.
Last modified 06/18/2004