TER Champagne-Ardenne
The TER Champagne-Ardenne is network operator for the four departments in the former region Champagne-Ardenne . These are Ardennes (08), Aube (10), Marne (51) and Haute-Marne (52). The TER is an amalgamation of the regional administration and the SNCF. They provide the transport services in passenger transport by rail and in buses, decide on the tariff structure and are responsible for the frequency and capacity measurement.
As in the other regions, the work of the "TER Champagne-Ardenne" began in January 2002. A total of 240 million euros were made available for the modernization of the railway infrastructure for the period from 2000 to 2010. At the beginning, the average age of the fleet was 32 years. By 2010, the following should be in use:
- 8 “Autorails” X 73500 , which have been in use around Reims and in the Haute-Marne department at speeds of up to 140 km / h since 2002 . They offer 82 seats
- 23 modernized Corail car sets with a top performance of up to 160 km / h, in use on the Reims – Dijon line . It has seats for 300 passengers and is powered by a CC72100 diesel locomotive.
- 28 “Corail” cars with a focus on Marne Valley ( Paris - Château-Thierry / Dormans / Epernay / Châlons-en-Champagne / Vitry-le-François / Saint-Dizier / Bar-le-Duc ) also with a top speed of 160 km / h with 600 seats and pulled by electric locomotives of the type BB15000.
- 23 “ Autorail à grande capacité ” (AGC) from Bombardier Transportation with diesel drive ( X 76500 ), 13 AGC ( Z 27500 ) electrically operated and 8 AGC with dual drive ( B 82500 ) which will be put into service between autumn 2006 and spring 2010; Top performance also 160 km / h. 36 of these new trains offer 174 seats, eight 210.
23 CORAIL trains that are in use on the Dijon – Reims axis and two Z 11.500 (Z2) trains that are used on the two lines Reims – Nancy and Charleville-Mézières – Longwy have been / are being modernized . The maintenance of all wagons takes place in the depernay depot.
The Champagne-Ardenne region has 79 train stations and stops. On a total area of 25,600 km², 324 km² are supplied per train stop. This is one of the worst area supplies in France (for comparison: in Alsace there is a train station or stop over 68 km²). The Paris - Basel axis , which is served by line 4 within Champagne-Ardenne , has been electrified.