SNCF Heritage Days 2024: the program of visits and events in Paris

The Journées du Patrimoine (Heritage Days ) are just one more opportunity to take advantage of a wide range of cultural offers. It's a major event that takes place every year in September. The concept? A program of visits, events and workshops for young and old, often free of charge, to showcase the finest treasures of our heritage.

In Paris and the Île-de-France region, museums, monuments, castles, embassies, institutions and ministries all play their part to the delight of enthusiasts and the curious. This year, this highlight of theParisian cultural calendar awaits you on the weekend of September 21 and 22, 2024, for its 41st edition.

If you're passionate about theworld of railways, now's your chance to conquer the world of transport! Among the must-sees are the RATP (Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens) and the SNCF( Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer français). The latter unveils its program in Paris for this latest edition of the Journées du Patrimoine. We take a look at the visits and events planned in the capital over this exceptional weekend!

The program of the Journées du Patrimoine 2024 in Paris at the SNCF :

Supervision center

• SNCF RESEAU : Visit of a Supervision Center
  September 21 and 22
  

  In small groups, come and discover the Supervision Center, in charge of incident call management and remote monitoring.
  A veritable control tower for network status, the Supervision Center operates 24/7 throughout the Île-de-France production zone. The Île-de-France supervision center also contributes to the deployment of remote monitoring on the network.

  
  
  

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Traffic management operations center

• SNCF RESEAU: Visit to a Traffic Management Operations Center and a Transilien Operations Center
  September 20 - 22
  

  In small groups, come and discover the Centre Opérationnel de Gestion des Circulations. Here you'll meet the dispatchers, who have a global vision of a vast territory to ensure that train traffic is managed in the best possible conditions, while respecting priority rules. They are the focal point for communications, and the source of information for a wide range of contacts.
  At the Centre Opérationnel Transilien, come and understand passenger information!

  
  
  

Henri Lang Center

• SNCF RESEAU Visit to the signal box and control room on the Paris-Lyon high-speed line
  September 21 and 22
  

  Discover the signal box and control center of the TGV South-East line before its definitive transfer to Lyon in November 2024. Visits will take place in 30-minute slots, with a presentation and free discussion if you have any questions (reservation required https://affluences.com/ from Friday August 30 12:00 noon).