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,

Île-de-France The Île-de-France (; ; ) is the most populous of the eighteen regions of France, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 residents on 1 January 2023. Centered on the capital Paris, it is located in the north-central part of the cou ...

, 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 sect ...

, and at the beginning of a

branch line A branch line is 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. Branch lines may serve one or more industries, or a city or town not located ...

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

and

Clermont-Ferrand Clermont-Ferrand (, , ; or simply ; ) is a city and Communes of France, commune of France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regions of France, region, with a population of 147,284 (2020). Its metropolitan area () had 504,157 inhabitants at the 2018 ...

The station

The station opened in 1858 and is on the Paris–Marseille and Moret–Lyon railway lines. The station is served by

Intercités Intercités (IC), known before September 2009 as ''Corail Intercités'', is a brand name used by France's national railway company, the SNCF, to denote non High-speed rail in France, high-speed services on the classic rail network in France. The ...

(long distance) and TER (local) services operated by

SNCF The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (, , SNCF ) is France's national State-owned enterprise, state-owned railway company. Founded in 1938, it operates the Rail transport in France, country's national rail traffic along with th ...

. The station is served by

Transilien Transilien () is the brand name given to the commuter rail and tram-train network operated by SNCF and serving Île-de-France, the region surrounding and including the city of Paris. The network consists of lines Transilien Line H, H, Transilie ...

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

Dijon Dijon (, ; ; in Burgundian language (Oïl), Burgundian: ''Digion'') is a city in and the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Côte-d'Or Departments of France, department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in eas ...

and

Marseille Marseille (; ; see #Name, below) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region. Situated in the ...

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 L ...

. 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''. 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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