Trains • France
TER
TER (Transport Express Régional) is SNCF's brand of regional trains operated on behalf of French regions. The network runs 5,700 trains a day carrying 800,000 passengers to thousands of stations all over France.
TER, fine-grained coverage of the territory
The TER system was created by SNCF in 1984 to give a clear contractual framework to regions wishing to develop their rail services. Since the 2002 law, regional councils have set service policies (timetables, fares, rolling-stock provision), with SNCF Voyageurs operating the trains on their behalf. Each region has a regional brand: TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine, TER Occitanie liO, TER Grand Est Fluo, etc.
Network and speeds
TER serves more than 3,000 stations and stops, from city centres to country halts. Commercial speeds range from 100 km/h on secondary lines to 200 km/h on modernised routes (for example on Bordeaux-Hendaye or Nancy-Strasbourg). TER trains run on recent rolling stock: Régiolis and double-deck Régio 2N from Alstom, hybrid Régiolis and, above all, new Coradia iLint hydrogen trainsets being deployed in regions without overhead lines.
TER fares and season tickets
TER fares are set by the region and are far more stable than TGV fares: no end-of-week price hikes. Each region offers discount cards (Illico, Fluo, Pass Occitanie Jeunes, Zou! in PACA, etc.), unlimited youth passes, resident and remote-worker season tickets. The national Avantage card does not apply to TER, but Pass Rail holders can use TER and Intercités unlimited across France.
Travel guides
TER
- Bordeaux
- Lille
- Strasbourg
- Clermont-Ferrand
- Lyon
- Marseille
- Rennes
- Nantes
- Nice
- Toulouse
- Dijon
- Reims
- Poitiers
- Amiens
- Caen
