Do you want to discover the rich heritage of RATP during guided tours on September 18 and 19?
So we will have to act quickly!
The dedicated Web App on which users must imperatively reserve their place opens this Tuesday morning.
And the site could quickly be full because of the number of places available during these Heritage Days, which was restricted in the context of the health crisis.
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Unlike the 2020 edition of heritage days, during which the RATP (like the SNCF) had opted for 100% virtual tours, the most far-sighted visitors will be able to discover the sites in "immersion".
In particular, RATP has included in its program a series of two-hour visits led by lecturers to the heart of the “unusual” heritage of the Régie.
On the menu of the wanderings that will leave the Gare du Nord: a passage through the ghost stations (disused or never commissioned) Haxo and Porte des Lilas or the discovery of a dummy building hiding a ventilation shaft of the underground network.
1930s platform bus ride
Another classic of the RATP Heritage Days, the rides (thirty minutes) in platform buses from the 1930s will also take place every weekend. The RATP “historic reserve” in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges (Val-de-Marne), where the Régie keeps dozens of heritage vehicles, will also be open to the public, by reservation.
At the time of the Greater Paris of transport, RATP also intends to showcase its heritage of tomorrow. Visits to the construction sites of the future maintenance center at Morangis (Essonne) and the future MIN-Porte de Thiais station on the extension of line 14 are notably on the program. Finally, in the entertainment department, travelers will be able to participate in a quiz-style competition, either via Instagram
(see post below),
or directly in the six stations (Gare de Lyon, Opéra, Saint-Germain-des- Prés, Pont-Cardinet, Sèvres-Babylone and Bibliothèque-François-Mitterrand) which are used as support for the quiz.
The available places should be reserved as of Tuesday morning. Visitors who fail to register this week will be entitled to a second chance on Tuesday, September 14, with a second quota of places to be reserved on the dedicated site.
