Editing Alsace (section)

====Trains====
[[File:Place de l Homme de Fer.jpg|thumb|right|Place de l'Homme de Fer Tram Station]]

[[TER Alsace]] is the rail network serving Alsace. Its network is articulated around the city of Strasbourg. It is one of the most developed rail networks in France, financially sustained partly by the French railroad [[SNCF]], and partly by the ''région'' Alsace.

Because the Vosges are surmountable only by the [[Col de Saverne]] and the [[Belfort]] Gap, it has been suggested that Alsace needs to open up and get closer to France in terms of its rail links. Developments already under way or planned include:
* the [[LGV Est|TGV Est]] (Paris – Strasbourg) had its first phase brought into service in June 2007, bringing down the Strasbourg-Paris trip from 4 to 2 hours 20 minutes, and further reducing it to 1h 50m after the completion of the second phase in 2016.
* the [[LGV Rhin-Rhône|TGV Rhin-Rhône]] between [[Dijon]] and Mulhouse (opened in 2011)
* a tram-train system in Mulhouse (2011)
* an interconnection with the German [[InterCityExpress]], as far as [[Kehl]] (expected 2016)

However, the abandoned Maurice-Lemaire tunnel towards [[Saint-Dié-des-Vosges]] was rebuilt as a toll road.