TER Nord-Pas-de-Calais explained

Website:

http://www.sncf.com/en/trains/ter

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

Line	Route	Frequency	Notes
1	Lille-Flandres ... Roubaix – Tourcoing ... Kortrijk ... Antwerp / Oostende
2	Amiens ... Arras ... Douai ... Lille-Flandres (see TER Picardie line 1 for details)
3	Lille-Flandres ... Ascq† ... Tournai ... Charleroi-South ... Liège-Guillemins
4	Lille-Flandres ... Ascq ... Orchies
5	Lille-Flandres ... Comines (France)
6	Dunkerque – Bergues – Hazebrouck ... Béthune ... Lens ... Arras
7	Calais-Ville – Saint-Omer – Hazebrouck ... Béthune ... Lens ... Arras
8	Dunkerque ... Hazebrouck ... Armentières ... Lille-Flandres
9	Calais-Ville ... Dunkerque
11	Amiens ... Abbeville ... Étaples-Le Touquet ... Boulogne-Ville ... Calais-Ville (see TER Picardie line 24 for details)
12	Boulogne-Ville ... Calais-Ville ... Hazebrouck ... Armentières ... Lille-Flandres
13	Lille-Flandres ... Libercourt ... Lens
14	Boulogne-Ville ... Étaples-Le Touquet ... Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise ... Arras
15	Boulogne-Ville ... Étaples-Le Touquet ... Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise ... Béthune ... Don-Sainghin ... Lille-Flandres
16	Lille-Flandres ... Orchies ... Valenciennes ... Aulnoye-Aymeries ... Maubeuge ... Jeumont
17	Lille-Flandres ... Valenciennes ... Aulnoye-Aymeries† ... Avesnes-sur-Helpe ... Hirson ... Charleville-Mézières
18	Busigny ... Aulnoye-Aymeries
19	Lille-Flandres ... Somain ... Valenciennes branch line: Somain – Lourches
20	Lille-Flandres – Valenciennes ... Lourches ... Cambrai
21	Lens ... Douai ... Valenciennes
22
23	Lens ... Don-Sainghin ... Lille-Flandres
24	Jeumont – Erquelinnes ... Thuin ... Charleroi-South
† Not all trains call at this station

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 24500
SNCF Class Z 92050
SNCF Class X 4500
SNCF Class X 73500
SNCF Class X 76500 also called XGC X 76500
SNCF Class Z 26500

Locomotives

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.

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

TER Nord-Pas-de-Calais website