TER Alsace

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Regional lines of the TER in Alsace

The TER Alsace is a transportation company that the former French region of Alsace , the logistics of public transport (LPT) provides.

The company Transport express régional TER Alsace operates its lines in Alsace on one of the comparatively smallest local authorities in France. This area corresponds to the boundaries of the two departments Bas-Rhin (67) and Haut-Rhin (68).

A total of 121 stations are served by train in Alsace. With a land area of ​​8,280 km², an area of ​​68 km² per train station is covered. This is a very high density. This network is supplemented by some bus routes operated by the TER.

TER Alsace was the first region in which a TER was set up in 1997, initially on a trial basis, and finally from 2002 onwards, due to the Haenel Commission based in Alsace (head: Hubert Haenel ). In this short period of time, the number of passengers transported has increased by 70%. In addition to optimizing the connections between various modes of transport and improving the situation of train stations and stops, the operators (Alsace region) are particularly concerned with increasing the acceptance of their services. According to the Alsace region, this also includes the introduction of the Alsa + Job and Campus tickets, two subscription tickets that are specially tailored to working and studying commuters.

Rolling stock

TER Alsace's SNCF X 76500 at Wissembourg station

Until 2009, 35 million euros a year, i.e. a total of 300 million euros since its introduction in 2002, should be spent on renewing the rolling stock. These costs for the modernization and new purchases are borne by the Alsace region, but the vehicles remain the property of the SNCF or are transferred to the SNCF in the case of new purchases. The existing rolling stock should be completely replaced or modernized by 2011.

So far, the following have been put into service:

Existing rolling stock, which was modernized between 2008 and 2010, includes:

  • 13 TER-200 push-pull trains , consisting of:
    • BB 26000 (electric locomotive)
    • six modernized Corail cars (one first class car (type A10tu) and five second class cars (type B11tu); one or two second class cars can be added)
    • a control car (converted from a half baggage car (type B5Dux) by Alstom, in use since 2008)
    536 seats (regular composition), top speed 200 km / h
  • 4 Z 11500 (Z2) from Francorail-ANF
    electric railcar with control car ZR 111500
  • 24 "Rames réversibles régionales" (RRR), ( regional push -pull trains )

Also ordered are:

  • 14 Bombardier AGC family railcars
    • 1 X 76500 (XGC / AGC), delivered in 2009
      diesel-electric railcar (four-part)
    • 6 Z 27500 (ZGC / AGC), delivery 2009
      electric railcar (four-part)
    • 7 B 82500 (BGC / AGC), delivery 2010
      (diesel) electric railcar ( bimode )
  • 14 SBB -RABe 522 ( FLIRT ) from Stadler Rail (from 2010)
    electric multiple unit (four-part) for cross-border traffic on the S1 line ( Mulhouse - Basel SBB - Frick / Laufenburg ) of the Basel S-Bahn ; TER Alsace is responsible for the approval process and operation of the SBB trains on the French side

A new color scheme is intended to make it easier to identify with the mode of transport: The colors green stand for the forest and vineyards, yellow for agriculture, rose for the sandstone of the Vosges , brown for the Alsatian soil.

Web links

Commons : Train stations in the Bas-Rhin  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Commons : Train stations in the Haut-Rhin  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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  1. ↑ Tourisme Alsace: By train through Alsace (de)
  2. ^ Région Alsace: Transport
  3. ↑ Complete Senate Report of May 21, 2003 (PDF, 83 pages, 1.2 MB)
  4. ↑ Stadler Rail: Reference list FLIRT (PDF) ( Memento from March 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Mathias Rellstab: SBB are expanding and reorganizing their Flirt fleet . In: Swiss Railway Review . No. 10/2008, Minirex AG, Lucerne 2008, ISSN  1022-7113 , pp. 522-523.