to Saint-Just-sur-Loire. Saint-Étienne and Lyon were connected between 1830 and 1833. In 1834 the line was extended in northern direction from Saint-Just to Le Coteau, near Roanne. In 1850 a line from Nevers to Saincaize was built. This section was extended south to Varennes-sur-Allier in 1853, to Saint-Germain-des-Fossés in 1854 and to Lapalisse in 1857. Lapalisse and Le Coteau were connected in 1858. In the north, Moret–Veneux-les-Sablons on the Paris–Marseille railway was connected to Montargis in 1860. Finally in 1861 the section from Montargis to Nevers was opened. Services The Moret–Lyon railway is used by the following passenger services: TGV on the section between Saint-Étienne and Lyon Intercités from Paris to Nevers (on the section between Moret–Veneux-les-Sablons and Nevers), from Bordeaux to Lyon (section between Saint-Germain-des-Fossés and Le Coteau), from Nantes to Lyon (section between Saincaize and Le Coteau) and from Paris to Clermont-Ferrand (on the section between Moret-Veneux-les-Sablons and Saint-Germain-des-Fossés) TER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regional services on the section between Cosne-sur-Loire and Lyon Transilien regional services on the section between Moret–Veneux-les-Sablons and Montargis References Railway lines in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Railway lines in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Railway lines in Centre-Val de Loire Railway lines in Île-de-France Railway lines opened in 1861 1861 establishments in France