Registration Opens for Heritage Days at RATP

From bus rides of the 1930s in a MS-61 driving simulator, the 1961 metro, the RATP offers a rich and fun-filled journey.

The 40th European Heritage Days are taking place this weekend on September 16 and 17, 2023. The RATP offers a comprehensive program on this edition dedicated to living heritage: a journey across the entire network to discover our heritage in a playful way with activities, exclusive experiences, visits…

For over 20 years, the European Heritage Days have been a unique opportunity for the RATP to introduce the public to its activities.

About ten activities in Paris and Île-de-France, including popular classics celebrated every year and new ones!

Activities at or departing from the RATP House:

• Parisian bus rides from the 1930s,
• family workshops at the RATP House,
• a photo call in an old bus,
• a preview demonstration of a driving simulation video game of the MS-61 (suburban metro from 1961. It is the first generation of equipment ordered by the RATP to operate on the RER),
• testing a virtual reality tool used for train driver training,
• a tram driver simulator to try driving in the streets of Washington, Florence, and Paris.

Behind-the-scenes tours of the network:

• guided tours revealing the treasures and secrets of the metro,
• a guided tour of the future L’Haÿ-les-Roses station on line 14,
• a guided tour of the Rosny-Bois-Perrier station, the future terminus of line 11,
• a guided tour of the new maintenance and storage site (SMR) for line 11,
• a visit to the washing machine of the line 2 metro,
• a guided tour of the maintenance and storage site at the Montrouge bus center,
• a guided tour of the maintenance and storage site at the Fontenay aux Roses bus center,
• a tour of the train maintenance workshops on line 7, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris,
• a visit to the control and command center (PCC) of line 9,
• an exhibition of the Saint Germain-en-Laye archives, which houses numerous valuable documents witnessing the history of Île-de-France transportation: maps and tickets from all eras, posters, photos…
• an exclusive visit to the historic reserve of Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, where metros, tramways, RER, and buses from the 1900s are gathered. Under the theme “Heritage is giant,” visitors can delve into transportation history following extraordinary characters, with giant puppets moving around this historic site.

To register

Registration for heritage tours and behind-the-scenes visits at the RATP (bus rides departing from the RATP House do not require registration) will open on Tuesday, September 12, 2023, at 12:00 PM on this page.

Registration for the “Heritage, it’s giant” activity at the RATP Historic Rolling Stock Reserve will open on Wednesday, September 13, at 12:00 PM on this page.

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