TER Poitou-Charentes

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

Network

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

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

Rolling stock

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)

Locomotives

* SNCF Class BB 22200

Buses

Irisbus Arway

Future

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. Fact|date=August 2007

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. [fr icon [http://www.train-thouet-sevre.fr/ Association for the development of Thouet-Sèvre Niortaise rail trainsport] ]

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. [fr icon [http://www.cr-poitou-charentes.fr/upload/dossiers/2006-06-16-ter-larochelle-rochefort44acc898cf9cd.pdf Cadencement La Rochelle - Rochefort (Dossier présenté par la région Poitou-Charente)] ]

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

References

ee also

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

External links

* [http://www.ter-sncf.com/poitou-charentes TER Poitou-Charentes website]
* [http://www.fnaut-pc.asso.fr/ Association régionale Poitou-Charentes des usagers du TER] - Regional association of passengers of Poitou-Charentes TER trains
* [http://www.rff.fr/biblio_pdf/np_poitou_reseau.pdf Map of the TER Poitou-Charentes network]