| Website: | http://www.sncf.com/en/trains/ter |
| Began Operation: | 2002 |
| Daily Ridership: | 9,700 |
| Ended Operation: | 2017 |
| Operator: | SNCF |
| Stations: | 76 |
| Area Served: | Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France |
| Owner: | SNCF |
| 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.
| Line | Route | Frequency | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angoulême – Bordeaux | Angoulême – Coutras – Libourne – Bordeaux-Saint-Jean (see TER Aquitaine line 16 for details) | |||
| Bressuire – Saumur | Bressuire – Thouars – Saumur (see TER Pays de la Loire line 14 for details) | |||
| Limoges – Angoulême | Limoges-Bénédictins – Chabanais – Angoulême (see TER Limousin line 3 for details) | |||
| Niort – Royan | Niort – Saint-Jean-d'Angély – Saintes – Royan | |||
| Poitiers – Angoulême | Poitiers – Ruffec – Angoulême | |||
| Poitiers – Limoges | Poitiers – Montmorillon – Limoges-Bénédictins (see TER Limousin line 2 for details) | |||
| La Rochelle – Bordeaux | La Rochelle – Rochefort – Saintes – Jonzac – Montendre – Bordeaux | |||
| La Rochelle – Poitiers | La Rochelle – Surgères ... Niort ... Poitiers | |||
| La Rochelle – Rochefort | La Rochelle-Porte Dauphine – La Rochelle – Rochefort | |||
| Saintes – Angoulême | Saintes – Cognac – Jarnac – Angoulême | |||
| Tours – Poitiers | Tours – Châtellerault – Poitiers (see TER Centre line 30 for details) | |||
| † Not all trains call at this station | ||||
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[1] 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.[2]
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 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.[3]
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.[4]
Five additional stops have been opened: