TER-GV, a portmanteau of

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 ...

(French Regional Train) and

TGV The TGV (french: Train à Grande Vitesse, "high-speed train"; previously french: TurboTrain à Grande Vitesse, label=none) is France's intercity high-speed rail service, operated by SNCF. SNCF worked on a high-speed rail network from 1966 to 19 ...

(high-speed train), are regional TGV linking relatively nearby cities (termini being 100–200 km apart) using the

LGV Nord The Ligne à Grande Vitesse Nord (North High-Speed Line), typically shortened to LGV Nord, is a French -long high-speed rail line, opened in 1993, that connects Paris to the Belgian border and the Channel Tunnel via Lille. With a maximum speed ...

dedicated high-speed line (Paris-Lille-Calais). So far, those trains only operate in the Hauts-de-France region. In 2001, the first three lines were opened: * Lille-Europe– Dunkerque (30 min): The first half of the journey is made on the

until a junction near

Hazebrouck Hazebrouck (, nl, Hazebroek, , vls, Oazebroeke) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France. It was a small market town in Flanders until it became an important railway junction in the 1860s. West Flemish was the usual language until 1 ...

after which the train continues at lower speed on the conventional line to Dunkerque. * Lille-Europe– Calais-Fréthun (30 min) – Calais-Ville (35 min): At the northern end of the

in Calais-Fréthun, the train continues toward the Calais-Ville station. Very few trains run on that line. * Lille-Europe–Calais-Fréthun (30 min) – Boulogne-Ville (55 min) – Étaples-Le Touquet – Gare de Rang-du-Fliers: Until 2010, the line ended in Boulogne. This line now runs until Rang-du-Fliers-Verton. At the northern end of the

in Calais-Fréthun, the train continues on the conventional line at lower speed toward Boulogne,

Étaples Étaples or Étaples-sur-Mer (; vls, Stapel, lang; pcd, Étape) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. It is a fishing and leisure port on the Canche river. History Étaples takes its name from having been a medieval ...

and Rang. Passengers going to Calais-Ville can also use that line, a shuttle service from Calais-Fréthun to Calais-Ville using regular

trains or buses being available within 30 minutes of the departure/arrival of each train. Some of the trains do not go as far as Rang on the line, but rather have their terminus in Boulogne or Étaples. A fourth line, Lille-Europe– Arras, was added in 2007. The success of this line led to subsequent capacity increases.

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