TER Alsace

TER Alsace
Train Express Régional SNCF
TER 200 driving trailer at Strasbourg-Ville station
Overview
OwnerSNCF
Area servedAlsace, France
Transit typeTER
Line number26
Number of stations164
Daily ridership77 000
Websitehttp://www.sncf.com/en/trains/ter
Operation
Began operation1986
Ended operation11 December 2016
Operator(s)SNCF
Technical
System length628 km
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge

TER Alsace was the regional rail network serving the région of Alsace, eastern France. In 2016 it was merged into the new TER Grand Est.

Network

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Rail

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Line Route Frequency Notes
1 StrasbourgSélestatColmarMulhouseSaint-LouisBasel SBB/SNCF (Switzerland) TER 200 high speed service
2 Strasbourg ... Sélestat ... Colmar ... Mulhouse
3 Strasbourg ... Mommenheim ... Saverne ... Sarrebourg
4 Strasbourg ... Haguenau ... Wissembourg
5 Strasbourg ... Haguenau ... Niederbronn
6 (23) Strasbourg ... Obermodern ... Sarreguemines ... Saarbrücken (Germany)
7 Strasbourg ... Molsheim ... Barr ... Sélestat
8 (18) Strasbourg ... Molsheim ... Saales ... Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
9 Strasbourg ... Herrlisheim ... Lauterbourg
10 Lauterbourg ... Wörth am Rhein (Germany)
11 StrasbourgKrimmeri-MeinauKehl (Germany) – AppenweierOffenburg
12 (13, 14) StrasbourgSaverneSarrebourgNancy/Metz (see TER Lorraine lines 21 and 23 for details)
15 Mulhouse ... Saint-Louis ... Basel SBB/SNCF (Switzerland)
16 Mulhouse ... Altkirch ... Belfort
17 Mulhouse ... Cernay ... Thann ... Kruth
19 Colmar ... Turckheim ... Munster ... Metzeral
22 Sarreguemines ... Sarralbe ... Sarre-Union
† Not all trains call at this station

Road

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Rolling stock

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Map of TER Alsace
a Corail carriage wearing the new Fluo Grand Est livery.
26158 drive engine wearing the new black TER livery with the Fluo Grand Est logo.
a TER 200 trainset at Basel SBB station.

Multiple units

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Locomotives

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Future

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The TER Alsace continues its development. Some old lines will be opened again, and new trains have been ordered (Alstom Régiolis) and will be delivered in 2013–2014.

At the same time, the region is currently putting in place Alséo, a magnetic card allowing access not only to the urban transport networks of Strasbourg, Colmar and Mulhouse, but also the TER network.

Tram-train

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The Thur valley tram-train, between Mulhouse and Thann, began operation in December 2010 with Siemens Avanto rolling stock.[1]

A tram-train between Strasbourg, Molsheim and Barr has also been proposed but won't be realized before 2018[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Mulhouse tram-train enters service". Railway Gazette. 2010-12-13. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
  2. ^ "Le projet du tram-train vers le Piémont des Vosges" (in French). 2011-05-28.
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