Moret-Veneux-les-Sablons: station history
Served by: Transilien R.
Did you know?
A station in Seine-et-Marne opened in 1860 by the PLM, when the site for the branch junction station of the Bourbonnais line was chosen. The station building, perpendicular to the tracks, between the two arms of the Y of the junction, is built of stone from the Vorgeois quarry at Andryes. The original building (1860-1861) was destroyed in 1870, then rebuilt identically in 1881. The station was first called "gare de Moret".
Anecdote
It stood in the territory of Veneux-Nadon, a commune that became Veneux-les-Sablons by decree. In 1906, the town council asked for the name "Moret-les-Sablons". The name Moret-Veneux-les-Sablons appeared in the 1970s. An article describes it as "one of the most characteristic junction stations of the French network". In 1918, a curved connecting track between the two lines was built at the request of the military administration, then kept. In 1929, an underpass was created, financed partly by a municipal loan. In 1908, a request for a canopy over platforms 2 and 4 was refused by the minister.
Around Moret-Veneux-les-Sablons
- Porte de Samois, 300 m away — A square tower of the medieval walls, also called the Porte de Paris, marking the entrance to the old town.
- Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité, 450 m away — A 12th-13th-century church listed as a historic monument, whose 17th-century organ rests on a Renaissance gallery.
- Pont de Moret, 1400 m away — A bridge over the Loing from the late 12th century, listed in 1942 and painted by Sisley.