Driving booth visit

Name: Driving booth visit
Start: 2023-09-16T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-16T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Gare SNCF

Put yourself in the driver’s seat, talk to him about his job and leave with your souvenir photo. You will also be able to visit the new Régio2N train. This event will be a great opportunity to...

Saturday 16 September 2023, 09:00, 13:30Passed

Conditions

upon registration. Depending on available places

Registration

Oriane NICOLE

Put yourself in the driver’s cab, talk to him about his job and leave with your souvenir photo. You can also visit the new Régio2N train. This animation is of heritage interest, fun and educational. It is an opportunity to become a train driver for a while and to discuss the particularities of the trade. You can take the opportunity on Saturday to participate in other events taking place in Orléans station: exhibition artists, philatelists and railway modellers, escape station for the young public, children’s workshop.

About the location

Gare SNCF

Avenue de Paris 6 rue Saint-Yves 45000 Orléans

Loiret
Centre-Val de Loire

When the railway arrived in 1843, Orléans had only a simple pier. Destroyed in 1902, the building was replaced by a real station, which itself was badly damaged during the Second World War. The old station disappeared in 1965 in favour of a station designed by the architect J.-B. Hourlier. A building welcoming the buffet gives Rue Saint-Yves. The hall opens Place Albert-I. At the same time, a first phase of construction is undertaken on the open spaces. In the 1980s, the construction of the Place d'Arc shopping centre, bus station and car parks completed the urbanization of the area. The façade of the station was then hidden by the new complex. In 2003, work began on the construction of the new station. Designed by architect J.-M. Duthilleul, the passenger hall, inaugurated in January 2008, is surmounted by a wave-shaped glass roof. Its facade opens onto Avenue de Paris. Reception offices, a waiting room and a more modern display are available to travellers.