Guided tour of the SNCF technicentre of the Normandy lines
Discover the Technicentre des Lignes Normandes, site of Sotteville. This newly created maintenance centre, which is usually inaccessible to the public, is repaired, maintained and cleaned to ensure th
Saturday 21 September 2024, 10:00Passed
Conditions
Duration 1h or 2h depending on the chosen format of visit, 10 pers. max, departures of the visits every hour, reservation from 30 August at 12h, presentation of a valid identity document, opening of the bags, provide flat and closed shoes.
SNCF
Discover the Technicentre des Lignes Normandes, site of Sotteville. In this newly created maintenance center, usually inaccessible to the public, the Norman Lines trains are repaired, maintained and cleaned.
You will visit, accompanied by agents of the site, the very recent maintenance workshops, which replaced the historic buildings that have become unsuitable for new trains and technologies. Guests have access to specific facilities and an OMNEO trainset. You will discover the unknown industrial world of preventive and curative maintenance of railway equipment. Two tours will be offered:
- Short tour: Estimated time: 1 hour. 1 group departure every hour.
- Long visit: Estimated duration: 2 hours. 1 group departure every hour, alternating with short visits.
Provisional route of the short visit: Main Workshop, Shop, Engine machinery.
Provisional route of the long visit: Main Workshop, Shop, Engine machinery, Movement Trades, Cylinder in pit, Tower in pit. Registration is required from Friday, August 30 at 12 noon on Affluences.com
