Quality/Quantity - As cautious travelers, we always stop by the train station on our first day in…read morethe city to buy our tickets for the next leg of our trip. This is an especially good suggestion for people that do not speak the language. After asking and stopping by 3 full service ticket booths, we finally found ours, Inoui! We were also willing to pay more for reserved seats. So while all the other ticket counters had lines out the door, we were the only customers here and received FULL service. Easy to buy our tickets, ask and get educated about their train system, etc. See you all in Nice, France. :) Ambiance - It is a major public train station, so come early if you are not experienced. Crazy busy as expected. Pay to use toilets - 1 Euro. Several floors. There are actually good views of the city from some parts of the station. Service - Overall good. The best service was our train station, Inoui. Price - 45 Euros per person to Nice. $53 USD. Owner Comment - Thanks for having affordable and smooth transportation with Inoui to Nice.

We have to come here to catch our train but this train station is nothing like I have seen before…read more UPDATE - workers on strike Everywhere you look there is garbage spilling over, surrounded by trash. It is very unhealthy and unsanitary. Quite disgusting.

This train station in Aix-en-Provence is where we arrived from Paris during our stay in…read moreAix-en-Provence. Having the need to use the restroom (they call it a "Toilet") upon arriving, I sought them out and it turned out the only available were on the other side of the tracks. I took the stairs over there only to learn that I needed to pay 1 Euro to use it and I didn't have any coins with me - frustrating! They really need to end this practice, especially in facilities like this with so many tourists from other countries where you don't pay to use the restroom. Otherwise, it's just a train station - nothing more to stay about the place.

WARNING: the "Aix" TGV station is not situated in Aix-en-Provence. In fact, it's literally in the…read moremiddle of nowhere. To get there, you have to walk for three hours through the blistering countryside: past the city limits, past the airport, down a busy highway, and into the desolate no man's land where the station is located. The station is so far from the city that it is closer to Vitrolles or the outer limits of Marseille than it is to Aix. There is a bus; but it's a racket: €6 for a route upon which they have a monopoly. A taxi will cost you €50. Worst of all, you have to pay to use the toilets. I wish the urban planner who designed this station a long and miserable life.

This station is on the small side making it very manageable. It is a bit vintage but well…read moremaintained. The access from the road is limited but adequate. My experience was that it was not crowded and therefore low stress. The convenience in my case was the fact that this was an efficient stop on my southbound train ride to grab a taxi to the Marseille Airport.

From the owner: La gare ferrovière Modernisée, la gare d'Aix en Provence offre un espace d'attente et un espace…read moreclientèle séparés. La sécurité sur les quais est assurée par des agents cheminaux spéciaux. La gare ne se trouve qu'à quelques encablures du cours Mirabeau et de la gare routière.