TER Nord-Pas-de-Calais
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| Website | http://www.sncf.com/en/trains/ter | ||
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| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge | ||
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TER Nord-Pas-de-Calais the regional rail network serving Nord-Pas-de-Calais région, France.
branch line: Somain - Lourches
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 Gare de Lille-Europe to reach their destination instead of conventional lines. This enables them to connect Lille to Calais, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Dunkerque and Arras in less than an hour.
Three or four weekends per year the Nord-Pas-de-Calais regional council offers a promotion called opération TER-MER. The promotion offers return tickets to a chosen beach for €1; passengers travel to a local station from where shuttle buses guarantee an on-connection to the beach. This promotion was used by 50,000 people in 2005.
The railway is electrified from Gare de Calais-Ville via Gravelines to Gare de Dunkerque.
The région envisages to:
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