The TER of the future is on track MOOVITER LAUNCH 99/11/30

Please stand clear! mooviTER is pulling in to Rennes station, fitted outwith the latest high-tech features. Just like on a TGV...

Welcome on board the first "living" regional train. Not one of mooviTER'scarriages is the same as another - because there are so many different ways to travel.You can have fun in the playzone with games consoles on the wall and a touch-screenchess set; you can swot up or catch up on your business in the individual work zone; oryou can gaze out at the countryside in the discovery zone with its seats that face out ofour wide windows.

A technological masterpiece. Get up-to-the-minute info on the next stop and theconnections available on the ten data screens. If there is any disruption, you will beinformed of the delay and even the reason for it! Other screens display the weatherforecast and information about regional activities and forthcoming cultural events.And now for the first time on a TER train, the Internet is available for free! Even ourregional trains are getting innovative!

When's it going to happen? The first experimental train will be unveiled thisSeptember at Innotrans 2008 in Berlin - the showcase for railway excellence.

The train will be inaugurated in Rennes on 10 October and then set off for a tour of theregions of France. It will go into commercial service in Brittany on 6 December. Thisfull-scale trial will be used to gauge the satisfaction of passengers and of the regionalauthorities that commissioned the design, in order to fine tune the next regional trains ofthe future.

Big moves from the SNCF. SNCF Proximités has made a massive investment in thisexperimental project, with the collaboration of Brittany's regional council. The whole ofthe SNCF got involved in designing this new model - the Rolling Stock EngineeringCentre, the Nevers Technicentre, the Department of Innovation and Research, and manymore besides…Our goal is to reinvent regional train travel, with the obvious aim of helping travellers tochoose the train rather than their car, but also in order to offer new innovative services inline with the expectations of the regional councils that commission rail services and areSNCF Proximités' main clients.This is why we designed mooviTER in modular form, so that the regions can put togethertheir own set-up, tailored to their customers' requirements. With this new 'a la carte' traindesign, we may end up with as many versions as there are regions of France!

Advanced Ideas CURRENT EVENTS AND IDEAS FOR THE FUTURE