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TER trains in France often have special discounts valid only for travel within a single region. For example, I mentioned such discounts for the Rhône-Alpes region in this answer.

Are there any TER discounts which can be used even for cross region travel? To take a concrete example, what about a Lyon → Marseille train, which goes from Rhône-Alpes to Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (PACA)? There are separate discounts both in Rhône-Alpes and in PACA, but what about travel from one to the other?

I am asking here because I found even the regional discounts difficult to discover, and they turned out to be usable only when buying tickets from the ticket office (not from the ticket machine, and not from voyages-sncf.com).

I am looking for discounts specifically for TER (not TGV or other high-speed trains), and only for those which do not require the payment of a one-time fee (e.g. purchase of a card) and which have no age restrictions.

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No, there is no general discount on TER which would apply on multiple regions.

That said, about your Lyon-Marseille example, Illico discounts offered by Rhône-Alpes region explicitely mention that they are valid on that TER under some conditions. See e.g., Illico Annuel:

Conditions parcours interrégionaux :

  • Vers Bourgogne, Franche-Comté et Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
  • Abonnements vendus en Rhône-Alpes et sur support papier (pas sur carte OùRA!)
  • Billets avantages (réductions autres trajets) possibles uniquement sur les trajets en Rhône-Alpes

which translates as:

Conditions for interregional routes:

  • To Burgundy, Franche-Comte and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
  • Only for paper-based subscriptions sold in Rhône-Alpes (not on the OùRA railcard!)
  • "Billets avantages" ([discount on trips not included in the subscription]) possible only on routes in Rhône-Alpes
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