The organisation behind the rail network was accused of major fraud in 2023 with targeted raids occurring on November 30 to arrest several members of upper management.

In September 2018, the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region opposed the SNCF policy of running trains without a conductor as the former wanted conductors to be present on trains to avoid fraud and sell tickets.

[1] 3,600 kilometres of rail lines cover the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region (including 249 kilometres of the LGV Sud Europe Atlantique which connects the LGV Atlantique to Bordeaux).

The region is criss-crossed by TGV, Intercités, TER lines.

The towns served by TER trains are summarized in the table below.