TER Poitou-Charentes

TER Poitou-Charentes
Train Express Régional SNCF
SNCF Class X 73500 train in TER Pouitou-Charentes branding at Cognac station
SNCF Class X 73500 train in TER Pouitou-Charentes branding at Cognac station
Overview
OwnerSNCF
Area servedNouvelle-Aquitaine,
France
Number of lines17
Number of stations76
Daily ridership9,700
Websitehttp://www.sncf.com/en/trains/ter
Operation
Began operation2002
Ended operation2017
Operator(s)SNCF
Technical
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge

TER Poitou-Charentes was the regional rail network serving the Poitou-Charentes région in France. In 2017 it was merged into the new TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Network

Rail

Line Route Frequency Notes
Angoulême – Bordeaux Angoulême – Coutras – Libourne – Bordeaux-Saint-Jean (see TER Aquitaine line 16 for details)
Bressuire – Saumur Bressuire – Thouars – Saumur (see TER Pays de la Loire line 14 for details)
Limoges – Angoulême Limoges-Bénédictins – Chabanais – Angoulême (see TER Limousin line 3 for details)
Niort – Royan Niort – Saint-Jean-d'Angély – Saintes – Royan
Poitiers – Angoulême Poitiers – Ruffec – Angoulême
Poitiers – Limoges Poitiers – Montmorillon – Limoges-Bénédictins (see TER Limousin line 2 for details)
La Rochelle – Bordeaux La Rochelle – Rochefort – Saintes – Jonzac – Montendre – Bordeaux
La Rochelle – Poitiers La Rochelle – Surgères ... Niort ... Poitiers
La Rochelle – Rochefort La Rochelle-Porte Dauphine – La Rochelle – Rochefort
Saintes – Angoulême Saintes – Cognac – Jarnac – Angoulême
Tours – Poitiers Tours – Châtellerault – Poitiers (see TER Centre line 30 for details)
† Not all trains call at this station

Road

Rolling Stock

X 73500 et son logo biocarburant

Multiple units

Locomotives

Buses

Future

Niort – Fontenay-le-Comte line

25% of this line, closed to passenger traffic since 1969, is located in Poitou-Charentes, with the remainder located in Pays de la Loire.

The reopening of the line was included in the Contract for Regional and State Projects (Contrat de projets État-région) for 2006-2007 and preliminary studies are completed. Work was scheduled to begin once the interregional budget was in place[1] but as of October 2014, the line has not been reopened and TER's operations between Niort and Fontenay-le-Comte are restricted to bus travel.[2]

Thouars – Parthenay – Niort line

This line has been closed to passenger traffic since 1980 but it is still used to transport empty TER trains every Wednesday. The trains are from the Bressuire – Thouars – Saumur line and they are sent to Saintes for maintenance. These trains are allowed to travel at speeds between 70 and 80 km/h, although higher speeds would be possible on certain sections of the line.[3]

Expansion of the La Rochelle-Rochefort line

With 11 trains a day added between in 2007 and 2008, the expansion of this line is meant to help curb the growing road traffic between the cities of La Rochelle and Rochefort.[4]

Five additional stops have been opened:

  • Saint-Laurent Fouras (September 2007)
  • Angoulins-sur-Mer (September 2007)
  • La Rochelle Porte Dauphine (late 2008)
  • Aytré-Plage (September 2008)
  • Tonnay-Charente (2010)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Contrat de projets des Pays de la Loire 2007-2013" (PDF). Conseil régional des Pays de la Loire (cached by Wikiwix) (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 February 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2007. ; p. 68
  2. ^ "TER Poitou-Charentes carte du réseau" (PDF). TER (in French). Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  3. ^ (in French) Association for the development of Thouet-Sèvre Niortaise rail transport
  4. ^ (in French) Cadencement La Rochelle – Rochefort (Dossier présenté par la région Poitou-Charente)