Transport express régional ( French pronunciation: [tʁɑ̃spɔʁ ɛksprɛs ʁeʒjɔnal] , usually shortened to TER ) is the brand name used by the SNCF , the French national railway company, to denote rail service run by the regional councils of France , specifically their organised transport authorities. The network serves French regions; Île-de-France ( Transilien ) and Corsica ( CFC ) have their own specific transport systems. Every day, over 800,000 passengers are carried on 5,700 TER-branded trains.
4-466: TER Bretagne (stylized as TER BreizhGo since 2018) is the TER regional rail network serving the administrative region of Brittany , in north-west France. The rail and bus network as of April 2022: branch line: Plouaret-Trégor – Plounérin – Plouigneau – Morlaix The bus network BreizhGo consists of 115 routes as of 2022. Transport express r%C3%A9gional TER is part of SNCF Voyageurs ,
8-505: A branch of the SNCF dealing with urban and regional passenger rail, which also includes Transilien , Intercités , Chemins de fer de la Corse (CFC), Keolis , and Effia. SNCF established the TER system in 1984 to provide a framework for the management of regional passenger services. Since the end of the 1990s, it has been closely coordinated with the regional councils, who sign an agreement with SNCF on
12-643: The designated routes, the number of connections, the fares and the service levels. TER services are heavily subsidised by French taxpayers. On average, 72% of the cost is borne by the State and the regional councils, with the travellers paying only about 28% of the cost. This cost tends to increase over time because the regional councils have steadily expanded the number of services. TER trains consist of single or multiple-unit diesel, electric or dual-mode rail cars, as well as some Corail carriages previously used on intercity routes. Seven régions have been experimenting with
16-626: The transfer of administration of the regional rail network since 1997: Alsace , the Centre-Val de Loire , Nord-Pas-de-Calais (the North), Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur , Rhône-Alpes and the Pays de la Loire (Loire Valley), and, since January 1999, Limousin . In 1998, the traffic increased to an average of 4.9% in these seven régions compared with 3.2% in other regions. A few other regions are in turn signing on conventions interimédiaires in order to prepare for
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