Visit the SNCF train driving simulator at Chartres station: take the controls!

Name: Visite du simulateur de conduite des trains SNCF en gare de Chartres : prenez les commandes !
Start: 2023-09-16T09:30:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-16T16:30:00+02:00
Location: Gare de Chartres

European Heritage Days 2023

Samedi 16 septembre 2023, 09h30Passé

SNCF

Who has never dreamed of driving a train. Come and experience this experience thanks to the simulators of our driving school in Chartres. A trainer/driver will be there to guide you through this discovery.

Types d'événement

Atelier / Démonstration / Savoir-faire

Thèmes 2023

Patrimoine vivant

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit

Type de public

Tout public

À propos du lieu

Gare de Chartres

8 place Pierre-Sémard 28000 Chartres

Eure-et-Loir
Centre-Val de Loire

The first station in Chartres was created in 1849\. The building was built on a first class railway station model, quite large, with a main building body and two side pavilions. The station was rebuilt five times from 1870.
The current building, dating from 1933, was commissioned by Raoul Dautry the director general of the state railway administration to architect Henri Pacon. The latter destroys part of the buildings while keeping the structure of the original load-bearing walls. It widens the station on the square and elevates the main building, in a finishing Art Deco style.
In the mid-1980s, renovations were carried out inside with the «Star Trekien» mesh ceiling. This operation broke the initial volume wanted by Henri Pacon. For thirty years, the building has hardly undergone any modifications.
In 2018, the new station hall was inaugurated.