TER Nord-Pas-de-Calais

TER Nord-Pas-de-Calais

Overview
Website	http://www.sncf.com/en/trains/ter
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
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TER Nord-Pas-de-Calais was the regional rail network serving Nord-Pas-de-Calais région, France. In 2017 it was merged into the new TER Hauts-de-France.

Network[]

• Lille – Calais – Boulogne-sur-Mer (TER grande vitesse)
• Lille – Dunkerque (TER grande vitesse)
• Lille – Arras (TER grande vitesse)

Rolling stock[]

Multiple units[]

• SNCF Class Z 23500
• SNCF Class Z 92050
• SNCF Class X 4500
• SNCF Class X 73500
• also called XGC X 76500
• SNCF Class Z 26500

Locomotives[]

• SNCF Class BB 16500
• SNCF Class BB 66400
• SNCF Class BB 67400

Schemes[]

TER grande vitesse[]

With the objective of connecting all the towns on the Northwest coast to Lille in less than an hour, the Nord-Pas de Calais région has put in place TERGV. Certain trains, with the agreement of the SNCF, use the LGV Nord from Lille-Europe to reach their destination instead of conventional lines. This enables them to connect Lille to Calais, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Dunkirk and Arras in less than an hour.

TER-MER[]

Three or four weekends per year the Nord-Pas-de-Calais regional council offers a promotion called opération TER-MER. The promotion offers return tickets to a chosen beach for €1; passengers travel to a local station from where shuttle buses guarantee an on-connection to the beach. This promotion was used by 50,000 people in 2005^{[citation needed]}.

Electrification Completed[]

The railway is electrified from Calais-Ville via Gravelines to Dunkerque.

Future projects[]

The region envisages to:

• double and electrify the line between Calais and Dunkirk
• build two new lines between Arras and Cambrai and between Douai and Orchies
• reopen the line between Béthune and Bruay-la-Buissière
• increase frequency of service between Lille and Lens
• create a new high speed regional service between Fourmies, Maubeuge and Lille, to reduce travel time from an hour and thirty minutes to forty-five minutes.

External links[]

• (in French) TER Nord-Pas-de-Calais website