Moret–Veneux-les-Sablons station
Moret–Veneux-les-Sablons is a railway station in Veneux-les-Sablons and Moret-sur-Loing, Île-de-France, France. It is on the Paris–Marseille railway, and at the beginning of a branch line to Nevers and Clermont-Ferrand.
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 Gare de Moret–Veneux-les-Sablons | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Veneux-les-Sablons, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France France | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 48°22′42″N 2°47′58″E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Paris–Marseille railway, Moret–Lyon railway | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 6 (1L,2L,1N,2N,A,B) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 87682278 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1858 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The station
The station opened in 1858 and is on the Paris–Marseille and Moret–Lyon railway lines. The station is served by Intercités (long distance) and TER (local) services operated by SNCF. The station is served by Transilien line R (Paris-Gare de Lyon).
The first station of Moret opened when the lines to Dijon and Marseille were constructed, in 1851 and 1856 respectively, the local station, named Moret–Saint-Mammès, was in Saint-Mammès. The Moret–Les Sablons station was built in 1858 as part of the Bourbonnais-line, which ran to Clermont-Ferrand.
The station was designed by the architect François-Alexis Cendrier, 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 currently call at Moret-Veneux-les-Sablons:
- 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
The station
The station
The splitting of the two lines, on the left to Lyon, on the right to Nevers
See also
External links
Media related to Gare de Moret - Veneux-les-Sablons at Wikimedia Commons- Moret–Veneux-les-Sablons station at Transilien, the official website of SNCF (in French)
- Moret–Veneux-les-Sablons station at "Gares & Connexions", the official website of SNCF (in French)
- Transilien Network Map
- Transilien
- TER Bourgogne Timetables (16) (in French)