TER Alsace was the regional rail network serving the région of

Alsace Alsace (, ; ; Low Alemannic German/ gsw-FR, Elsàss ; german: Elsass ; la, Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland. In 2020, it had ...

, eastern France. In 2016 it was merged into the new

TER Grand Est TER Grand Est or TER Fluo is the regional rail network serving the region of Grand Est, northeastern France. It is operated by the French national railway company SNCF. It was formed in 2016 from the previous TER networks TER Alsace, TER Lorrai ...

Network

Rail

Road

* Cernay – Sewen * Colmar –

Turckheim Turckheim (; Alsatian: Tercka; ) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It lies west of Colmar, on the eastern slopes of the Vosges mountains. History Archeological finds indicate the area was alrea ...

– Munster – Metzeral * Colmar – Volgelsheim * Haguenau –

Niederbronn Niederbronn-les-Bains () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is positioned between Bitche and Wissembourg, close to the current frontier with Germany. Niederbronn-les-Bains is part of the Northern V ...

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Bitche Bitche ( , ; German and Lorraine Franconian: ) is a commune in the Moselle department, administrative region of Grand Est, northeastern France. It is the Pays de Bitche's capital city and the seat of the Canton of Bitche and the communauté ...

* Haguenau – Obermodern-Zutzendorf –

Saverne Saverne (french: Saverne, ; Alsatian: ; german: Zabern ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is situated on the Rhine-Marne canal at the foot of a pass over the Vosges Mountains, and 45 km (2 ...

* Ingwiller – Wimmenau –

Lichtenberg Lichtenberg () is the eleventh borough of Berlin, Germany. In Berlin's 2001 administrative reform it absorbed the former borough of Hohenschönhausen. Overview The district contains the Tierpark Berlin in Friedrichsfelde, the larger of Berlin ...

* Mommenheim – Obermodern-Zutzendorf *

Sarrebourg Sarrebourg (; also , ; Lorraine Franconian: ; older la, Pons Saravi) is a commune of northeastern France. In 1895 a Mithraeum was discovered at Sarrebourg at the mouth of the pass leading from the Vosges Mountains. Geography Sarrebourg is ...

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Réding Réding (; ) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Geography Réding is located in the south of the Moselle department, near Sarrebourg. The commune is crossed by the RN4 and close to the A4 highway. ...

Sarre-Union Sarre-Union () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It consists of two older towns that were unified on 16 June 1794. On the east bank of the river Sarre is the town of Bouquenom () and on the west bank ...

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Frohmuhl Frohmuhl (; ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The commune lies within the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park. Geography A typical valley village set in the pink Lorraine Plateau sandstone, Frohm ...

– Obermodern-Zutzendorf –

Sélestat Sélestat (; Alsatian: ''Schlettstàdt''; German: ''Schlettstadt'') is a commune in the Grand Est region of France. An administrative division (sous-préfecture) of the Bas-Rhin department, the town lies on the Ill river, from the Rhine and th ...

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Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines (; ; Alsatian: ''Màrkìrisch'') is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France. Geography Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines is located in the massif of the Vosges Mountains, where it occupie ...

– Saint-Dié * Obermodern-Zutzendorf – Bouxwiller

Rolling stock

Multiple units

* SNCF Class Z 11500 * SNCF Class Z 27500 *

SNCF Class X 73500 The X73500 is a Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) train type operated by the SNCF in France. They were built from 1999 to 2004 by Alsthom DDF. General Information The trains are single railcars. The units were ordered joint with Deutsche Bahn, with the ...

* SNCF Class X 73900 (generally used on lines to Germany) * SNCF Class X 76500 *

SNCF Class B 82500 The B 82500 (often referred to as BGC or BiBi) is a class of dual-mode, multi-system, diesel and overhead electrification (1.5 kV DC, 25 kV AC) powered multiple unit built by Bombardier for SNCF. It is one variant of the Autorail à Grande C ...

Locomotives

* SNCF Class BB 25500 * SNCF Class BB 26000 * SNCF Class BB 67400

Future

The TER Alsace continues its development. Some old lines will be opened again, and new trains have been ordered ( Alstom Régiolis) and will be delivered in 2013–2014. At the same time, the region is currently putting in place ''Alséo'', a magnetic card allowing access not only to the urban transport networks of Strasbourg, Colmar and

Mulhouse Mulhouse (; Alsatian: or , ; ; meaning '' mill house'') is a city of the Haut-Rhin department, in the Grand Est region, eastern France, close to the Swiss and German borders. It is the largest city in Haut-Rhin and second largest in Alsace a ...

, but also the TER network.

Tram-train

The Thur valley tram-train, between

and Thann, began operation in December 2010 with Siemens Avanto rolling stock. A tram-train between Strasbourg,

Molsheim Molsheim () is a commune and a subprefecture in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

and

Barr Barr may refer to: Places * Barr (placename element), element of place names meaning 'wooded hill', 'natural barrier' * Barr, Ayrshire, a village in Scotland * Barr Building (Washington, DC), listed on the US National Register of Historic Places ...

has also been proposed but won't be realized before 2018

References

External links

Official Site (SNCF)

Official Site (Région)

TER Ter or TER may refer to: Places * River Ter, in Essex, England * Ter (river), in Catalonia * Ter (department), a region in France * Torre (river), (Slovene: ''Ter''), a river in Italy * Ter, Ljubno, a settlement in the Municipality of Ljubno ob ...

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