Meher Baba's Life & Travels
MEHER BABA'S
P.L.M. LINE
PARIS - LYON - MARSEILLES ( FRANCE )
aka PARIS - LYON - MEDITERRANEE LINE
The rail distance between Paris - Lyon and Marseilles was 862 kms or 536 miles.
Meher Baba first travelled on this route when he visited the West for the first time in 1931 when the ship he travelled from Bombay, India the S.S. Rajputana, docked at Marseilles in the early hours of Friday, September 11th.
After a short stay in Marseilles, they took the train to Paris and then to Boulogne.
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Later that afternoon at 1:30, Baba, Chanji, Rustom, Ali, Meredith and Herbert departed by train from Marseilles for London. Seated in the train, while looking at Herbert, Baba remarked that Herbert's features resembled Vajifdar's. Herbert had worked hard and sincerely in taking care of the group's travel arrangements and comforts. For Baba and the mandali, Herbert had arranged for vegetarian food and in this way was paying close attention to every special request of Baba's.
On September 12th, they arrived in Paris where they were met by an American woman named Enid Corfe who worked for the Texaco Oil Company in Europe and was a friend of Meredith and Margaret Starr. They continued their journey via Boulogne and Folkestone, and reached Victoria Station in London at 4:15 that afternoon. Mahatma Gandhi was also on the same train till Folkestone, but traveled secretly to London by car.
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Lord Meher Volume 4, Page 1405
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The ferry boat that took Meher Baba's group from Boulogne to Folkestone was called the BIARRITZ
TRAIN MAPS ROUTES - MARSEILLES TO PARIS
Maps show the full rail route from Marseilles to Paris, via Lyon and Dijon.
THE SEQUENCE OF THE FOLLOWING IMAGE FOLLOWS THE ROUTE TAKEN FROM LONDON TO PARIS.
MARSEILLES
AVIGNON
VALENCE
LYON
BOURG
MACON
AUTUN
NEVERS
MELUN
PARIS - GARE DE LYON
They continued their journey via Boulogne and Folkestone, and reached Victoria Station in London at 4:15 that afternoon. Mahatma Gandhi was also on the same train till Folkestone, but traveled secretly to London by car.
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Lord Meher Volume 4, Page 1405
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The ferry boat that took Meher Baba's group from Boulogne to Folkestone was called the BIARRITZ
