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 o ...

Nouvelle-Aquitaine is the

regional rail Regional rail, also known as local trains and stopping trains, are passenger rail services that operate between towns and cities. These trains operate with more stops over shorter distances than inter-city rail, but fewer stops and faster serv ...

network serving the region of

Nouvelle-Aquitaine Nouvelle-Aquitaine (; oc, Nòva Aquitània or ; eu, Akitania Berria; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Novéle-Aguiéne'') is the largest administrative region in France, spanning the west and southwest of the mainland. The region was created by ...

, southwestern

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. It is operated by the French national railway company

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. It was formed in 2017 from the previous TER networks

TER Aquitaine TER Aquitaine was the regional rail network serving the Aquitaine ''région'', France. In 2017 it was merged into the new TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Network Rail Road * Agen – Villeneuve-sur-Lot * Ossès – Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry ...

TER Limousin TER Limousin was the regional rail network serving Limousin (région), Limousin région, France. In 2017, it was merged into the new TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Network By train By bus * Limoges – Uzerche – Tulle * Limoges – Aubusson, Creu ...

and TER Poitou-Charentes, after the respective regions were merged.

History

The merger of the three administrative regions of

Aquitaine Aquitaine ( , , ; oc, Aquitània ; eu, Akitania; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Aguiéne''), archaic Guyenne or Guienne ( oc, Guiana), is a historical region of southwestern France and a former administrative region of the country. Since 1 Janu ...

Limousin Limousin (; oc, Lemosin ) is a former administrative region of southwest-central France. On 1 January 2016, it became part of the new administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It comprised three departments: Corrèze, Creuse, and Haute-Vienn ...

and

Poitou-Charentes Poitou-Charentes (; oc, Peitau-Charantas; Poitevin-Saintongese: ) is a former administrative region on the southwest coast of France. It is part of the new region Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It comprises four departments: Charente, Charente-Maritime, D ...

took place on 16 January 2015, according to the changes to the law on the delimitation of regions. However, TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine, which brought together the former TER Aquitaine, TER Limousin and TER Poitou-Charentes networks, started in 2017. In September 2018, the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region opposed the SNCF policy of running trains without a conductor as the former wanted conductors to be present on trains to avoid fraud and sell tickets.

Network

3,600 kilometres of rail lines cover the

region (including 249 kilometres of the

LGV Sud Europe Atlantique The LGV Sud Europe Atlantique (LGV SEA), also known as the LGV Sud-Ouest or LGV L'Océane, is a high-speed railway line between Tours and Bordeaux, in France. It is used by TGV trains operated by SNCF. It is an extension of the LGV Atlantique. ...

which connects the

LGV Atlantique The LGV Atlantique (French: ''Ligne à Grande Vitesse''; English: Atlantic high-speed line) is a high-speed rail line running from Paris (Gare Montparnasse) to Western France. It opened in 1989–1990 and comprises two stations: Massy TGV statio ...

to Bordeaux). There are 308 stations and stopping points. The region is criss-crossed by TGV, Intercités, TER lines. The towns served by TER trains are summarized in the table below. On several lines, trains are complemented by buses. As these services are taken up by the table in the next section, the table does not take them into account. The rail and bus network as of January 2021:

History

Network

Rail

Bus

See also

References

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