Moret–Veneux-les-Sablons is a railway station in

Veneux-les-Sablons Veneux-les-Sablons () is a former commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Ile-de-France region in north-central France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the commune Moret-Loing-et-Orvanne.Moret-sur-Loing Moret-sur-Loing (, literally ''Moret on Loing'') is a former commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is situated on the river Loing, close to its confluence with the Seine. Moret–Veneux-l ...

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, France. It is on the

Paris–Marseille railway The railway from Paris to Marseille is an 862-kilometre long railway line, that connects Paris to the southern port city of Marseille, France, via Dijon and Lyon. The railway was opened in several stages between 1847 and 1856, when the final secti ...

, and at the beginning of a

branch line A branch line is a phrase used in railway terminology to denote a secondary railway line which branches off a more important through route, usually a main line. A very short branch line may be called a spur line. Industrial spur An industri ...

Nevers Nevers ( , ; la, Noviodunum, later ''Nevirnum'' and ''Nebirnum'') is the prefecture of the Nièvre Departments of France, department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in central France. It was the principal city of the ...

and

Clermont-Ferrand Clermont-Ferrand (, ; ; oc, label=Auvergnat (dialect), Auvergnat, Clarmont-Ferrand or Clharmou ; la, Augustonemetum) is a city and Communes of France, commune of France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regions of France, region, with a population ...

The station

The station opened in 1858 and is on the Paris–Marseille and

Moret–Lyon railway The railway from Moret-Veneux-les-Sablons to Lyon is a French 492-kilometre long railway line, that connects the Paris region to the city Lyon via Nevers and Saint-Étienne. The railway was opened in several stages between 1828 and 1861. The sectio ...

lines. The station is served by

Intercités Intercités (before September 2009: ''Corail Intercités'') is a brand name used by France’s national railway company, SNCF, to denote non high speed services on the 'classic' network in France. SNCF established the Intercités brand in January ...

(long distance) and

TER Ter or TER may refer to: Places * River Ter, in Essex, England * Ter (river), in Catalonia * Ter (department), a region in France * Torre (river), (Slovene: ''Ter''), a river in Italy * Ter, Ljubno, a settlement in the Municipality of Ljubno ob ...

(local) services operated by

SNCF The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (; abbreviated as SNCF ; French for "National society of French railroads") is France's national state-owned railway company. Founded in 1938, it operates the country's national rail traffi ...

. The station is served by

Transilien Transilien () is the brand name given to the commuter rail network serving Île-de-France, the region surrounding and including the city of Paris. The network consists of eight lines: Transilien Line H, H, Transilien Line J, J, Transilien Line ...

line R (Paris-Gare de Lyon). The first station of Moret opened when the lines to

Dijon Dijon (, , ) (dated) * it, Digione * la, Diviō or * lmo, Digion is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in northeastern France. the commune had a population of 156,920. The earlies ...

and

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...

were constructed, in 1851 and 1856 respectively, the local station, named ''Moret–Saint-Mammès'', was in

Saint-Mammès Saint-Mammès () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France, in the metropolitan area of Paris. It is located south-southeast of the centre of Paris, at the confluence of the Seine and Loi ...

. The ''Moret–Les Sablons'' station was built in 1858 as part of the Bourbonnais-line, which ran to

. The station was designed by the architect , one of many he worked on for the railroad company ''

Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée The Compagnie des chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée ("Railway Company of Paris to Lyon and the Mediterranean"), also known as the Chemins de fer Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée or simply PLM, established in 1857, was one of Fran ...

''. On the Nevers branch there is a small siding, where some trains are stabled.

Train services

The following services call at Moret-Veneux-les-Sablons as of 2022:Ligne R
Transilien, accessed 25 April 2022.Réseau ferroviaire et routier TER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
TER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, accessed 25 April 2022. *local service (TER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) Paris–Montereau–Sens–Laroche-Migennes *local service (Transilien R) Paris–Melun–Montereau *local service (Transilien R) Paris–Melun–Nemours–Montargis

Gallery

File:Gare-de Moret - Veneux-les-Sablons IMG 8386.jpg, The station File:Gare-de Moret - Veneux-les-Sablons IMG 8390.jpg, The station File:Moret-Veneux-les-Sablons2.jpg, The splitting of the two lines, on the left to Lyon, on the right to Nevers

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Transilien Network Map
{{DEFAULTSORT:Moret-Veneux-les-Sablons Railway stations in Seine-et-Marne Railway stations in France opened in 1858

The station

Train services

Gallery

See also

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