TER Franche-Comté was the regional rail network serving the Franche-Comté région, France. In 2017 it was merged into the new TER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Since the convention signed in 2002 for a duration of 5 years, between Jean-François Humbert, then president of the Regional council of Franche-Comté and Noël Belin, then regional director of the SNCF, the regional council of Franche-Comté is the organising authority of regional transports. A new agreement, signed on 21 December 2006, by Raymond Forni, president of the Conseil Régional de Franche-Comté and Josiane Beaud, regional directeur of the SNCF, en présence d'Anne-Marie Idrac, présidente of the SNCF, from 2007 to 2012.

TER railway connections

Line Route Frequency Notes 1 Dijon ... Dole ... Besançon-Viotte 2 Besançon-Viotte ... Montbéliard ... Belfort 3 Besançon-Viotte ... Mouchard ... Lons-le-Saunier ... Bourg-en-Bresse 4 Dole ... Mouchard ... Frasne ... Pontarlier 5 Besançon-Viotte/Dole ... Mouchard ... Champagnole ... Morez ... Saint-Claude 8 Vesoul – Lure ... Belfort 9 Nancy ... Épinal ... Lure ... Belfort (see TER Lorraine line 5 for details) 10 Besançon-Viotte ... Valdahon ... Morteau ... La Chaux-de-Fonds (Switzerland) † Not all trains call at this station

The two lines Dijon–Dole–Besançon and Besançon–Montbéliard–Belfort essentially form one line, called the Saône–Doubs line. It constitutes the backbone of trips in Franche-Comté with 60% of the passengers and 60% of the Gross profit. It's along this route that the line bypasses highwayss, canals and other railways. The Revermont line: Besançon–Lons-le-Saunier–Bourg-en-Bresse. Second line by its importance, is, for a large part, a single track (between Saint-Amour and Mouchard). Besançon–Morteau–La Chaux-de-Fonds : this line has been certified by French normes in 2005. The trains on this line are usually done with SNCF Class X 73500 and SNCF Class X 2800, though occasionally they are upgraded to SNCF Class XR 6200. Belfort–Épinal Dijon–Pontarlier Dole–Saint-Claude: this line is called the ligne des hirondelles (line of swallows) Montbéliard–Belfort–Vesoul Morez–Bourg-en-Bresse–Lyon

Rolling stock

Multiple units SNCF Class Z 9500 SNCF Class Z 9600 SNCF Class X 2800+ trailers SNCF Class XR 6000 SNCF Class X 4750 SNCF Class X 73500 SNCF Class X 76500 (also called: XGC X 76500) SNCF Class Z 27500 (also called: ZGC Z 27500)

Locomotives SNCF Class BB 22200 SNCF Class BB 25500

See also SNCF Transport express régional Réseau Ferré de France List of SNCF stations in Franche-Comté

External links TER Franche-Comté website Map of the Network