The Barcarin ferry
The Barcarin ferry shuttles across the Rhône between Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône and Salin-de-Giraud.
Barcarin ferry
Salin-de-GiraudRhônePort-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône
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- Open 365 days a year
- Runs from 4:20 am to 2:00 am
- Crossing time: about 10 minutes
- Fare: €7 per car
The ferry is designed for the very particular sailing conditions near the mouth of the Rhône.
Robustly built, it is double-ended (it loads and sails in both directions), has a shallow draught and a propulsion system that turns it through 360° in 28 seconds. Its propulsion units are fully independent, and its power generation is duplicated.
It runs 365 days a year from 4:20 am to 2:00 am: as a rule, one crossing every 15 minutes during the day and every 30 minutes at night.
The service, and therefore the timetable, may be adapted in special circumstances: weather, river levels, shipping in the channel, maintenance…
