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Marseille-Saint-Charles station - Quiz
  • 1. What is the Occitan name for Marseille-Saint-Charles station?
A) Estacion de Marselha-Santa Carles
B) Gare de Marselha-Santa Carles
C) Estacion de Marseille-Saint-Charles
D) Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles
  • 2. When did Marseille-Saint-Charles station first open?
A) 24 April 1927
B) 8 January 1848
C) 17 July 1923
D) 22 December 1925
  • 3. The station was built on the land of which former site?
A) A military barracks
B) Saint Charles Cemetery
C) The Aix-Marseille University
D) A former port terminal
  • 4. Who envisioned the grand staircase at the station?
A) The PLM railway company
B) Eugène Senès
C) Ilich Ramírez Sánchez
D) Gaston Doumergue
  • 5. When was the grand staircase formally inaugurated?
A) 22 December 1925
B) 24 April 1927
C) 3 July 1911
D) 17 July 1923
  • 6. How many annual passengers did the station serve in 2024?
A) 27 million
B) 17.9 million
C) 7.1 million
D) 14 million
  • 7. What is the current rank of the station in terms of busiest stations in France?
A) 17th
B) 1st
C) 27th
D) 14th
  • 8. Which railway company originally built the station?
A) RATP
B) Eurostar
C) Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée
D) SNCF
  • 9. How many terminal platforms does the station currently have?
A) 4
B) 27
C) 14
D) 18
  • 10. What type of power supply is used for the station's tracks?
A) 1500 V DC overhead wire
B) 25000 V AC overhead wire
C) Third rail system
D) Diesel engine
  • 11. What was the name of the road freight operation located behind the station?
A) Gare-Cargo
B) PLM
C) SNCF Logistics
D) Sernam
  • 12. Who was convicted for the 1983 New Year's Eve bomb attack?
A) An illegal immigrant from Tunisia
B) Gaston Doumergue
C) Ilich Ramírez Sánchez
D) Eugène Senès
  • 13. What is the name of the new hall housing shops and services?
A) Grand Staircase Hall
B) Boulevard Voltaire Hall
C) Halle Honnorat
D) Saint-Charles Hall
  • 14. What year was the €230 million modernisation completed?
A) 2007
B) 1999
C) 2017
D) 2001
  • 15. Where does the southern line from the station terminate?
A) Paris
B) Ventimiglia
C) La Joliette
D) Briançon
  • 16. What happened at the station on 1 October 2017?
A) A fire in the station hall
B) The opening of the metro
C) A major bomb explosion
D) A knife attack
  • 17. The station is the western terminus of which railway?
A) Marseille–Briançon
B) Marseille–Lyon
C) Paris–Marseille
D) Marseille–Ventimiglia
  • 18. Which university site is located near the new pedestrian square?
A) Saint-Charles Technical School
B) University of Paris
C) University of Lyon
D) Aix-Marseille University
  • 19. What is the station linked to by a monumental set of stairs?
A) The goods yard
B) The metro station
C) The port
D) The city centre
  • 20. Which station serves as the northern terminus for the TGV line from Paris-Lyon to Marseille Saint Charles?
A) Charles de Gaulle Airport
B) Lyon Part-Dieu
C) Gare du Nord
D) Paris-Lyon Station
  • 21. Which city is the starting point for the TGV Lyria service to Marseille Saint Charles?
A) Brussels
B) Frankfurt
C) Paris
D) Lausanne
  • 22. The Thalys service to Marseille Saint Charles operates on which specific days?
A) Daily during winter
B) Summer Saturdays
C) Sundays only
D) Every weekday
  • 23. Which international city is served by the TGV/ICE route to Marseille Saint Charles?
A) Geneva-Cornavin
B) Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof
C) Amsterdam Centraal
D) Madrid-Atocha
  • 24. Which city is a stop on the Intercités route from Bordeaux Saint Jean to Marseille Saint Charles?
A) Nice-Ville
B) Lyon Part-Dieu
C) Toulouse-Matabiau
D) Strasbourg
  • 25. Which Spanish station is the starting point for the AVE high-speed service to Marseille Saint Charles?
A) Madrid-Atocha
B) Zaragoza
C) Portbou
D) Barcelona-Sants
  • 26. The TGV service from Nancy to Nice-Ville passes through which station before Marseille Saint Charles?
A) Avignon TGV
B) Bordeaux
C) Paris-Lyon
D) Le Havre
  • 27. Which regional service connects Briançon to Marseille Saint Charles?
A) Briançon - Toulon - Nice
B) Briançon - Lyon - Avignon
C) Briançon - Portbou - Nîmes
D) Briançon - Gap - Sisteron - Aix en Provence Ville
  • 28. Which service connects Portbou (Spain) to Marseille Saint Charles?
A) High-speed services (ICE)
B) High-speed services (Thalys)
C) Regional intercity services
D) High-speed services (TGV)
  • 29. The TGV service originating from Le Havre stops at which station after Rouen-Rive Droite?
A) Avignon TGV
B) Paris-Lyon
C) Versailles-Chantiers
D) Lyon Part-Dieu
  • 30. Which city is the eastern terminus for the regional service from Marseille Saint Charles?
A) Aubagne
B) Toulon
C) Les Arcs-Draguignan
D) Nice-Ville
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