France (Bourgogne Franche Comté) - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services

Obscure services

Raccordement de Laroche-Migennes: Poste 5 (station south side) - Poste 4 (main line)

[fiche Dijon - Laroche - Auxerre (TER directs et omnibus)] (ERA-E 31B1, not shown; ERA-R 71A2 not shown; S+W 50D4) FR25/351

Used by through trains between Auxerre-St Gervais and Dijon Ville, between Laroche-Migennes (station south side, voie K, where the trains reverse) and St Florentin-Vergigny. The east end connection with the former PLM main line at Poste 4 is a grade-separated junction, with separate pair (up) and impair (down) raccordements.

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From Laroche Migennes: 05:57 SSuX, 16:09 SSuX, 18:09 SX

From St Florentin-Vergigny: 07:36 SSuX, 09:39 SO, 22:07 SX

Note that SSuX TER 891352 (St-Florentin-Vergigny dep 09.39) terminates at Laroche-Migennes, so is not required to take the obscure route. It may however continue to do so and the compilers would welcome information on this service.

Raccordement de Perrigny (Dijon): Bifurcation Raccordement Belfort - Perrigny Bifurcation km 318 Chagny lines

[ERT379] (ERA-E 31C2 not shown; ERA-R 71C1; S+W 66C4) FR25/352

A 2013 high level link south of Dijon between the Dole and Beaune lines, forming part of the non-LGV link between LGVs Rhin-Rhône and Sud-Est. It avoids conflicts with the ground level routes through the yards and is used by through TGVs between Besançon Franche-Comté TGV and Lyon if not calling at Dijon Ville.

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D		TGV9580	Frankfurt am Main Hbf - 17:58 Besançon Franche-Comté TGV - Aix-en-Provence
D		TGV9583	Aix-en-Provence - 11:06 Chalon-sur-Saône - Frankfurt am Main Hbf

Note than any TGV services calling at Lons-le-Saunier do not use this route, nor do those between Nancy and Lyon via Marne la Vallée-Chessy.

Meursault (Bifurcation km 363,0) – Santenay-les-Bains (Chagny ex-Poste 4) via Chagny ex-Poste 3bis and Raccordement Nevers

[ERT 373, fiche Dijon-Autun-Etang-Nevers] (ERA-E 31C2; ERA-R 75C5; S+W 78A2-78B2) FR25/353

Used by trains between Dijon and Nevers via the Montchanin branch. Click on the thumbnail for a full size map.

Rully (Chagny (Poste 1)) – Chagny (west side platforms)

[ERT 373, fiche Montchanin-Chalon] (ERA-E 31C2, not shown; ERA-R 75C5 not shown; S+W 78B2, not shown) FR25/354

Used by through trains between Chalon sur Saône and the Montchanin branch, which call at Chagny in the west side platforms 4 or 5 (track A, B or C). Click on the thumbnail for a full size map.

Lines used on an occasional basis for engineering work diversions

Raccordement de Saincaize (Nevers avoiding line): La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois – Saincaize

(ERA-E 31C1; ERA-R 75A5; S+W 76B2) FR25/361

There are no regular services over this west to south curve but it is used for diversions when the line north of Nevers is blocked. Look for trains taking about 20 minutes longer than usual between Paris and Moulins sur Allier and calling at Saincaize instead of Nevers.

It is used on certain weekends in October and November 2025 by the following TER trains:

D1	SO	TER 60842	Tours – 08:44 Bourges – Saincaize
D1	SO	TER 61610	11:43 Bourges – Saincaize
D2 Note	SSuO	TER 16840	Tours – 13:47 Bourges – Saincaize/Lyon-Perrache
D2	SSuO	TER 60840	Tours – 15:57 Bourges – Saincaize
D3	SuO	TER 61373	Orléans – 18:17 Bourges – Saincaize
D3	SuO	TER 3913	Paris Austerlitz – 19:08 Bourges – Saincaize
D1	SO	TER 60860	10:10 Saincaize – Tours
D4	SSuO	TER 16848	Lyon-Perrache – 11:30 Saincaize – Tours
D1	SO	TER 61391	12:50 Saincaize – Bourges
D5	SSuO	TER 16848	15:10 Saincaize – Tours
D1	SO	TER 60857	17:11 Saincaize – Tours
D3	SuO	TER 60859	19:21 Saincaize – Tours
D3	SuO	TER 3924	20:23 Saincaize – Paris Austerlitz

D1: 18, 25 October; 1 November 2025
D2: 18-19, 25-26 October; 1-2 November 2025
D3: 19, 26 October; 2 November 2025
D4: 18-19 October; 1-2 November 2025
D5: 25-26 October 2025

Note Departure time from Bourges varies each day by a few minutes between 13:47 and 13:51. On 25/26 October the train terminates at Saincaize.