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SNCF TER

TGV TGV LGV Sud-Est TGV LGV Atlantique TGV LGV Rhône-Alpes TGV LGV Nord TGV LGV Méditerranée TGV LGV Est TGV LGV Interconnexion Est

TER   Alsace   Nord-Pas de Calais   Haute Normandie   Picardie   Champagne Ardenne   Lorraine   Basse Normandie   Bretagne   Centre   Bourgogne   Franche Comté   Pays de la Loire   Poitou-Charentes   Limousin   Auvergne   Rhône Alpes   Aquitaine   Midi Pyrénées   Languedoc Roussillon   Provence Alpes-Côte-d'Azur   Corse

SNCF Île-de-France/Transilien   Est   Nord   Saint-Lazare   Montparnasse   Paris-Lyon

RER   line A   line D   line B   line E   line C

Réseau Express de l'Aire urbaine Lyonnaise (REAL)

TER Poitou-Charentes the regional rail network serving the Poitou-Charentes région, France.

Contents 1 Network 1.1 Rail 1.2 Road 2 Rolling stock 2.1 Multiple units 2.2 Locomotives 2.3 Buses 3 Future 3.1 Niort-Fontenay le Comte line 3.2 Ligne de Thouars- Parthenay - Niort 3.3 Expansion of the La Rochelle-Rochefort line 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Network

[edit] Rail

• Poitiers - Angoulême - Bordeaux
• Angoulême - Limoges
• Angoulême - Jarnac - Cognac - Saintes - Royan
• Angoulême - Jarnac -Cognac - Saintes - Rochefort - La Rochelle
• Bressuire - Thouars - Saumur
• Nantes - La Rochelle - Saintes - Bordeaux
• Poitiers - Châtellerault - Tours
• Poitiers - Montmorillon - Bellac - Limoges
• Poitiers - Niort - Surgères - La Rochelle
• Bordeaux - Saintes - Saint-Jean-d'Angély - Niort

[edit] Road

• Angoulême - Jonzac
• Poitiers - Parthenay - Bressuire - Cholet - Nantes
• Thouars - Loudun - Chinon
• Poitiers - Chauvigny - Le Blanc - Châteauroux
• Niort - Fontenay-le-Comte
• La Rochelle - Fontenay-le-Comte

[edit] Rolling stock

[edit] Multiple units

• SNCF Class Z 7300
• SNCF Class Z 21500
• SNCF Class X 2100
• SNCF Class X 2200
• SNCF Class X 72500
• SNCF Class X 73500
• SNCF Class Z 27500 (ZGC Z 27500)

[edit] Locomotives

• SNCF Class BB 22200

[edit] Buses

Irisbus Arway

[edit] Future

[edit] Niort-Fontenay le Comte line

This line, closed to passenger traffic since 1969, has 25% of it route in Poitou-Charentes, the rest being situated in the Pays de la Loire.

The reopening has been included in the Contract for Regional and State Projects (Contrat de projets État-région) for 2006-2007 and preliminary studies are finished. Once the interregional budget is in place, work will be able to begin.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Ligne de Thouars- Parthenay - Niort

This line has been closed to passenger traffic since 1980.

However, it is still working and every Wednesday empty TER trains can be seen on it, originating from the Bressuire - Thouars - Saumur line and going to Saintes for maintenance. These trains are allowed to run between 70 and 80 km/h, although certain sections of the line could easily support higher speeds.^[1]

[edit] Expansion of the La Rochelle-Rochefort line

With 11 trains a day being put in place between September 2007 and 2008, the expansion of this line is meant to help curb the intensifying road traffic between the cities of La Rochelle and Rochefort.^[2]

Five additional stops have been proposed:

• Saint-Laurent de la Prée (starting September 2007)
• Angoulins (starting September 2007)
• La Rochelle - Porte Dauphine
• Aytré-Plage
• Tonnay-Charente

[edit] See also

• SNCF
• Transport express régional
• Réseau Ferré de France
• List of SNCF stations
• List of SNCF stations in Poitou-Charentes
• Poitou-Charentes

[edit] References

1. ^ (French) Association for the development of Thouet-Sèvre Niortaise rail trainsport
2. ^ (French) Cadencement La Rochelle - Rochefort (Dossier présenté par la région Poitou-Charente)

[edit] External links

• (French) TER Poitou-Charentes website
• (French) Association régionale Poitou-Charentes des usagers du TER - Regional association of passengers of Poitou-Charentes TER trains
• (French) Map of the TER Poitou-Charentes network