{{Infobox public transit | image = Logo TER.svg | alt = Train Express Régional SNCF | imagesize = 180px | website = http://www.sncf.com/en/trains/ter | track_gauge = {{Track gauge|sg|allk=on}} | began_operation = 2002 | image2 = BGC sur Angoulême - Saintes par Cramos.JPG | daily_ridership = 9,700 | ended_operation = 2017 | map_state = | map = | vehicles = | character = | operator = SNCF | stations = 76 | chief_executive = | annual_ridership = | end = | start = | transit_type = | locale = | area served = [[Nouvelle-Aquitaine]],<br /> France | owner = [[SNCF]] | caption = | caption2 = [[SNCF Class B 81500|B 81500]] train in TER Pouitou-Charentes branding near [[Bourg-Charente]]. | lines = 17 }} '''TER Poitou-Charentes''' was the [[regional rail]] network serving the [[Poitou-Charentes]] région in [[France]]. In 2017 it was merged into the new [[TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine]].
== Network == === Rail === {| class="wikitable vatop" ! Line ! Route ! Frequency ! Notes |- | [[Angoulême station|Angoulême]] – [[Bordeaux-Saint-Jean station|Bordeaux]] | [[Angoulême station|Angoulême]] – [[Coutras station|Coutras]] – [[Libourne station|Libourne]] – [[Bordeaux-Saint-Jean station|Bordeaux-Saint-Jean]] (see [[TER Aquitaine]] line 16 for details) | | |- | [[Bressuire]] – [[Saumur station|Saumur]] | [[Bressuire]] – [[Thouars]] – [[Saumur station|Saumur]] (see [[TER Pays de la Loire]] line 14 for details) | | |- | [[Limoges-Bénédictins station|Limoges]] – [[Angoulême station|Angoulême]] | [[Limoges-Bénédictins station|Limoges-Bénédictins]] – [[Chabanais]] – [[Angoulême station|Angoulême]] (see [[TER Limousin]] line 3 for details) | | |- | [[Niort station|Niort]] – [[Royan]] | [[Niort station|Niort]] – [[Saint-Jean-d'Angély]] – [[Saintes station|Saintes]] – [[Royan]] | | |- | [[Poitiers station|Poitiers]] – [[Angoulême station|Angoulême]] | [[Poitiers station|Poitiers]] – [[Ruffec, Charente|Ruffec]] – [[Angoulême station|Angoulême]] | | |- | [[Poitiers station|Poitiers]] – [[Limoges-Bénédictins station|Limoges]] | [[Poitiers station|Poitiers]] – [[Montmorillon]] – [[Limoges-Bénédictins station|Limoges-Bénédictins]] (see [[TER Limousin]] line 2 for details) | | |- | [[La Rochelle station|La Rochelle]] – [[Bordeaux-Saint-Jean station|Bordeaux]] | [[La Rochelle station|La Rochelle]] – [[Rochefort station|Rochefort]] – [[Saintes station|Saintes]] – [[Jonzac]] – [[Montendre]] – [[Bordeaux-Saint-Jean station|Bordeaux]] | | |- | [[La Rochelle station|La Rochelle]] – [[Poitiers station|Poitiers]] | [[La Rochelle station|La Rochelle]] – [[Surgères station|Surgères]] ... [[Niort station|Niort]] ... [[Poitiers station|Poitiers]] | | |- | [[La Rochelle station|La Rochelle]] – [[Rochefort station|Rochefort]] | [[La Rochelle]]-Porte Dauphine – [[La Rochelle station|La Rochelle]] – [[Rochefort station|Rochefort]] | | |- | [[Saintes station|Saintes]] – [[Angoulême station|Angoulême]] | [[Saintes station|Saintes]] – [[Cognac, France|Cognac]] – [[Jarnac]] – [[Angoulême station|Angoulême]] | | |- | [[Tours station|Tours]] – [[Poitiers station|Poitiers]] | [[Tours station|Tours]] – [[Châtellerault]] – [[Poitiers station|Poitiers]] (see [[TER Centre]] line 30 for details) | | |- |colspan=4|† Not all trains call at this station |}
=== Road === * [[Angoulême]] – [[Jonzac]] * [[Poitiers]] – [[Parthenay]] – [[Bressuire]] – [[Cholet]] – [[Nantes]] * [[Thouars]] – [[Loudun]] – [[Chinon]] * [[Poitiers]] – [[Chauvigny]] – [[Le Blanc, Indre|Le Blanc]] – [[Châteauroux]] * [[Niort]] – [[Fontenay-le-Comte]] * [[La Rochelle]] – [[Fontenay-le-Comte]]
== Rolling Stock == [[Image:TER.P-Ch4.JPG|thumb|240px|right|X 73500 et son logo biocarburant]]
===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]] ([[SNCF Class ZGC Z 27500|ZGC Z 27500]])
===Locomotives===
* [[SNCF Class BB 22200]]
===Buses===
* [[Iveco Bus]] * Arway
== Future == === Niort – Fontenay-le-Comte line ===
25% of this line, closed to passenger traffic since 1969, is located in [[Poitou-Charentes]], with the remainder located in [[Pays de la Loire]].
The reopening of the line was included in the ''Contract for Regional and State Projects'' (Contrat de projets État-région) for 2006-2007 and preliminary studies are completed. Work was scheduled to begin once the interregional budget was in place<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.paysdelaloire.fr/fileadmin/PDL/Conseil_regional/Politiques_publiques/Territoires/0704_cper2007-2013.pdf | archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20110224060124/http://www.paysdelaloire.fr/fileadmin/PDL/Conseil_regional/Politiques_publiques/Territoires/0704_cper2007-2013.pdf | url-status=dead | archive-date=24 February 2011 | title=Contrat de projets des Pays de la Loire 2007-2013 | website=Conseil régional des Pays de la Loire (cached by Wikiwix) | accessdate=17 March 2007 | language=French}} ; {{p.|68}}</ref> but as of October 2014, the line has not been reopened and TER's operations between Niort and Fontenay-le-Comte are restricted to bus travel.<ref>{{cite web | title=TER Poitou-Charentes carte du réseau | url=http://cdn.ter.sncf.com/medias/PDF/poitou_charentes/Carte%20du%20r%C3%A9seau%20TER%20Poitou-Charentes_tcm69-21570_tcm69-21569.pdf | website=TER | accessdate=4 October 2014 | language=French}}</ref>
===Thouars – Parthenay – Niort line===
This line has been closed to passenger traffic since 1980 but it is still used to transport empty TER trains every Wednesday. The trains are from the [[Bressuire]] – [[Thouars]] – [[Saumur]] line and they are sent to [[Saintes, Charente-Maritime|Saintes]] for maintenance. These trains are allowed to travel at speeds between 70 and 80 km/h, although higher speeds would be possible on certain sections of the line.<ref>{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.train-thouet-sevre.fr/ Association for the development of Thouet-Sèvre Niortaise rail transport]</ref>
===Expansion of the La Rochelle-Rochefort line ===
With 11 trains a day added between in 2007 and 2008, the expansion of this line is meant to help curb the growing road traffic between the cities of La Rochelle and Rochefort.<ref>{{in lang|fr}} [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)]</ref>
Five additional stops have been opened: * Saint-Laurent Fouras (September 2007) * Angoulins-sur-Mer (September 2007) * La Rochelle Porte Dauphine (late 2008) * Aytré-Plage (September 2008) * Tonnay-Charente (2010)
==See also== *[[SNCF]] *[[Transport express régional]] *[[Réseau Ferré de France]] *[[List of SNCF stations]] *[[List of SNCF stations in Poitou-Charentes]] *[[Poitou-Charentes]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.ter-sncf.com/Regions/poitou_charentes/fr/ TER Poitou-Charentes website] * {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.fnaut-pc.asso.fr/ Association régionale Poitou-Charentes des usagers du TER] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328021053/http://www.fnaut-pc.asso.fr/ |date=2017-03-28 }} – Regional association of passengers of Poitou-Charentes TER trains * {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.rff.fr/biblio_pdf/np_poitou_reseau.pdf Map of the TER Poitou-Charentes network]
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