TER Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur TER Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur TER Provence Alpes-Côte-d'Azur (TER PACA) is the regional rail network serving the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in France. This network is operated by SNCF. <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. The network is made up of 17 train lines. All bus lines are operated by private operators under the Regional Council Authority. Unlike other regions in France, the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur separates their trains into two services: This separation is done due to the presence of big metropolises on
Provence Nice and the lower Alps, was detached from Provence and attached to the lands of the Duke of Savoy. The lower Alps were re-attached to France after the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, but Nice did not return to France until 1860, during the reign of Napoleon III. The administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur was created in 1982. It included Provence, plus the territory of the Comtat Venaissin around Avignon, the eastern portion of the Dauphiné, and the former county of Nice. The Rhône river, on the western border of Provence, is one of the major rivers of France, and