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{{Short description|Regional rail network in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France}}
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| lines = 16
| stations = 145
| ridership = 64,300
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'''TER Provence Alpes-Côte-d'Azur''', branded as '''TER Zou!''', is the [[regional rail]] network serving the [[Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur]] [[Regions of France|region]] in France. This network is operated by [[SNCF]], although services between Nice and Marseille will instead be operated by a subsidiary of [[Transdev]] from June 2025, after winning a [[Request for proposal|competitive tender]] held by the region in 2021.<ref>{{Cite news|title= Marseille-Nice becomes first French TER line to leave SNCF control|url= https://www.connexionfrance.com/news/marseille-nice-becomes-first-french-ter-line-to-leave-sncf-control/393049 |date=2021-10-29|work=The Connexion}}</ref><br />
The public transport authority, the Regional Council, runs 800 trains a day, especially near [[Avignon]], [[Marseille]], [[Toulon]] and [[Nice]]. 100,000 users take regional trains each day.
==Network ==
[[File:Gare de Carpentras - quai.JPG|thumb|left|A SNCF TER Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur train in [[Carpentras]]]]
The network is made up of 17 train lines. All bus lines are operated by private operators under the Regional Council Authority.
Unlike most other regions in France, the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur separates their trains into two services:
* ''TER'' : suburban or local services, with only 2nd class wagons. These trains are operated with multiple units.
* ''Intervilles'' : regional InterCity trains (not to be confused with InterCités trains, a nationwide service), with 1st and 2nd class, except between Marseille, Gap and Briançon.
This separation is done due to the presence of big metropolises on the coast (Marseille, Toulon and Nice) and a very rural hinterland (French Alps). Toulon does not have suburban services, as these are absorbed into Marseille. The suburban trains from Marseille also continue onto Avignon, {{convert|100|km}} away.
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=== Rail ===
[[File:TER PACA, carte du réseau.svg|thumb|Network map]]
The rail network as of May 2022:<ref name=fiches>[https://m.ter.sncf.com/sud-provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/se-deplacer/fiches-horaires Rechercher une fiche horaire], TER Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, accessed 16 May 2022.</ref><ref>[https://mmt.vsct.fr/sites/default/files/swt/CPAC/2021-10/carte-reseau-TER-2020_tcm65-18531_tcm65-248750.pdf La carte du réseau TER SUD], TER Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, accessed 16 May 2022.</ref>
{| class="wikitable vatop"
! Line
! Route
! Frequency
! Notes
|-
| 1
| [[Marseille-Saint-Charles station|Marseille]] ... [[Aubagne station|Aubagne]] ... [[Toulon station|Toulon]] ... [[Hyères station|Hyères]]
| In rush hour, 1 train each 20 minutes between Marseille and Aubagne; 1 train each 15 minutes between Marseille, Aubagne and Toulon.
| 5h – 24h
|-
| 2
| [[Toulon station|Toulon]] ... [[Carnoules]] ... [[Les Arcs–Draguignan station|Les Arcs-Draguignan]]
| 1 train each 2 hours
| 6h – 22h
|-
| 3
| [[Les Arcs–Draguignan station|Les Arcs-Draguignan]] ... [[Saint-Raphaël-Valescure station|Saint-Raphaël-Valescure]] ... [[Cannes station|Cannes]] ... [[Nice-Ville station|Nice]]
| 1 train each hour, every 30 minutes during rush hour
| 5h – 21h
|-
| 4
| [[Mandelieu-la-Napoule]] – [[Cannes-la-Bocca station|Cannes-la-Bocca]] – [[Cannes station|Cannes]] – [[Golfe-Juan-Vallauris station|Golfe-Juan-Vallauris]] – [[Juan-les-Pins station|Juan-les-Pins]] – [[Antibes station|Antibes]] – [[Biot, Alpes-Maritimes|Biot]]† – [[Villeneuve-Loubet|Villeneuve-Loubet-plage]]† – [[Cagnes-sur-Mer station|Cagnes-sur-Mer]] – [[Cagnes-sur-Mer|Cros-de-Cagnes]]† – [[Saint-Laurent-du-Var]] – [[Nice-Saint-Augustin station|Nice-Saint-Augustin]] – [[Nice-Ville station|Nice-Ville]] – [[Nice-Riquier station|Nice-Riquier]] – [[Villefranche-sur-Mer]] – [[Beaulieu-sur-Mer]] – [[Èze|Èze-sur-Mer]]† – [[Cap-d'Ail]]† – [[Monaco-Monte-Carlo station|Monaco-Monte-Carlo]] – [[Roquebrune-Cap-Martin|Cap-Martin-Roquebrune]]† – [[Roquebrune-Cap-Martin|Carnolès]] – [[Menton]] – [[Menton-Garavan station|Menton-Garavan]] – [[Ventimiglia railway station|Ventimiglia]]<br />
branch line: [[Grasse station|Grasse]] – [[Mouans-Sartoux]] – [[Ranguin station|Ranguin]] – [[Cannes|La Frayère]] – [[Le Bosquet station|Le Bosquet]] – [[Cannes station|Cannes]]
| 1 train each hour, every 30 minutes during rush hour
| 6h – 24h
|-
| 5
| [[Tende]] ... [[Breil-sur-Roya]] ... [[Nice-Ville station|Nice]]
| 5 trains a day
|
|-
| 6
| [[Marseille-Saint-Charles station|Marseille]] – [[Toulon station|Toulon]] – [[Carnoules]]† – [[Les Arcs–Draguignan station|Les Arcs-Draguignan]] – [[Fréjus station|Fréjus]]† – [[Saint-Raphaël-Valescure station|Saint-Raphaël-Valescure]] – [[Cannes station|Cannes]] – [[Antibes station|Antibes]] – [[Nice-Saint-Augustin station|Nice-Saint-Augustin]] – [[Nice-Ville station|Nice]]
| Intervilles InterCity train, 1 train each 2 hours
| 4h – 23h
|-
| 7bis
| [[Miramas station|Miramas]] ... [[Martigues station|Martigues]] ... [[Marseille-Saint-Charles station|Marseille]]
| 1 train each hour, every 30 minutes during rush hour
| 6h – 21h
|-
| 8 (7)
| [[Avignon-Centre station|Avignon]] – [[Arles station|Arles]] ... [[Miramas station|Miramas]] ... [[Marseille Provence Airport|Vitrolles Aéroport]] ... [[Marseille-Saint-Charles station|Marseille]]
| 1 train each hour, every 30 minutes during rush hour
| 5h – 21h
|-
| 9
| [[Avignon TGV station|Avignon TGV]]† – [[Avignon-Centre station|Avignon]] ... [[Cavaillon]] ... [[Miramas station|Miramas]] – [[Marseille Provence Airport|Vitrolles Aéroport]] – [[Marseille-Saint-Charles station|Marseille]]
| 1 train each hour, every 30 minutes during rush hour
| 5h – 20h
|-
| 9bis
| [[Carpentras station|Carpentras]] ... [[Avignon-Centre station|Avignon-Centre]] – [[Avignon TGV station|Avignon TGV]]
| 2 trains each hour
| 6h – 23h
|-
| 10
| [[Lyon-Part-Dieu station|Lyon-Part-Dieu]] ... [[Valence-Ville station|Valence]] ... [[Orange, Vaucluse|Orange]] ... [[Avignon-Centre station|Avignon]] – [[Arles station|Arles]] – [[Miramas station|Miramas]] – [[Marseille-Saint-Charles station|Marseille]]
| Intervilles InterCity train, 1 train each 2 hours
| 4h – 23h
|-
| 11
| [[Narbonne station|Narbonne]] ... [[Montpellier-Saint-Roch station|Montpellier]] ... [[Nîmes station|Nîmes]] ... [[Arles station|Arles]] ... [[Marseille-Saint-Charles station|Marseille-Saint-Charles]] (see [[TER Occitanie]] line 6 for details)
| 1 train each 3 hours, every 2 hours during rush hour
| 5h – 20h
|-
| 12
| [[Pertuis]] ... [[Aix-en-Provence station|Aix-en-Provence]] ... [[Marseille-Saint-Charles station|Marseille-Saint-Charles]]
| 1 train each 20 minutes during rush hour between Marseille and Aix-en-Provence
| 5h – 24h
|-
| 13
| [[Briançon station|Briançon]] ... [[Gap station|Gap]] ... [[Veynes|Veynes-Dévoluy]] ... [[Aix-en-Provence station|Aix-en-Provence]] ... [[Marseille-Saint-Charles station|Marseille-Saint-Charles]]
| Intervilles InterCity train, 4 trains a day
| 4h – 23h
|-
| 14
| [[Briançon station|Briançon]] ... [[Gap station|Gap]] ... [[Veynes|Veynes-Dévoluy]] ... [[Die, Drôme|Die]] ... [[Valence-Ville station|Valence]] ... [[Romans-sur-Isère|Romans-Bourg-de-Péage]] (see [[TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes]] line 64 for details)
| 1 train each 3 hours
| 4h – 22h
|-
| 15
| [[Gap station|Gap]] ... [[Veynes|Veynes-Dévoluy]] ... [[Grenoble station|Grenoble]] (see [[TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes]] line 63 for details)
| 1 train each 4 hours
| 5h – 23h
|-
|colspan=4|† Not all trains call at this station
|}
Rail service not part of the TER Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur network:
* [[Nice CP station|Nice CP]] – [[Digne-les-Bains]], operated by the [[Chemins de Fer de Provence]]
== Future ==
With the building of the new [[LGV Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur]] line between Marseille and Monaco expected by 2030, regional traffic may grow. This will be achieved through the introduction of a new high speed train calling every hour at Marseille Provence Airport, the construction of a new underground train station in downtown Marseille, a new high speed stop in Marseille's Eastern Districts, and the enlargement of Toulon, Nice Côte d'Azur Airport and Nice Ville train stations.
== Rolling stock ==
===Multiple units===
* [[SNCF Class Z 23500]]
* [[SNCF Class Z 26500]]
* [[SNCF Class B 81500]] ''Also called BGC B 81500''
* [[SNCF Class X 76500]] ''Also called XGC Z 76500''
===Locomotives===
* [[SNCF Class BB 22200]]
* [[SNCF Class BB 25500]]
* [[SNCF Class BB 67400]]
== See also ==
*[[Transport express régional]]
*[[Réseau Ferré de France]]
*[[List of SNCF stations in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://m.ter.sncf.com/sud-provence-alpes-cote-d-azur}}
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