TER Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur the coast (Marseille, Toulon and Nice) and a very rural hinterland (French Alps). Toulon doesn't have suburban services, as these are absorbed into Marseille. The suburban trains from Marseille also continue onto Avignon, 100 kilometers away. The rail network as of October 2017: Rail service not part of the TER Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur network: Trains are cancelled and delayed every day. The TER Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur has the worst punctuality record in all of France, with 40% of trains being delayed or cancelled each day. This could be due to high congestion of the tracks near Marseille and Nice. The
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence character, with a transition between the snow regime of the high valleys and the mediterranean rainfall regime in the lower mountains and below. The summer low water levels are severe and violent floods occur when heavy rains fall which is often in autumn. The Durance, Verdon, Bléone and Buëch have had the construction of several dams and the diversion of parts of the river for irrigation and power generation in the 20th century. The climate of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department is a Mediterranean climate degrading by altitude and latitude. In fact, while in the lower valleys and flat lands of Haute-Provence