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Railway heritage, viaducts and station classifications of France

74 elements of the railway heritage are classified as historical monuments. Of course, we are talking about rolling stock: locomotives, cars, wagons, horsepower, enhanced by enthusiasts; but above all railway infrastructure, real works of art, such as viaducts, rotundas, railway stations...

We thought it was essential to introduce them by region and department.

Railway heritage, viaducts and station classifications of France

Sélection de 8 elements of the railway heritage, viaducts and classified stations sur 74 en France

The rotunda

71400 Autun

The Autun Rotunda, a 19th century railway monument located in Saône-et-Loire, is a former PLM rotunda transformed into a training centre, classified as a historical monument in 2020.
Montabon Railway Rotonde
Rail Rotonde
72500 Montval-sur-Loir

Montabon's railway rotunda, built at the end of the 19th century in Montval-sur-Loir (Pays de la Loire), is a former state-style railway depot, classified as a historical monument in 2010, which witnessed the golden age of the railways in Sarthe.
Chambéry Railway Rotonde
Rail Rotonde
73000 Chambéry

The Chambéry railway rotunda, built in the early 20th century in Savoie, is one of the largest in France with 108 m in diameter. Classified as a historic monument, it symbolizes the golden age of the railway in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
Longueville Railway Rotonde
Rail Rotonde
77650 Longueville

The Longueville railway rotunda, built at the beginning of the 20th century in this seine-and-marnaise commune, is a former depot of locomotives classified as a historical monument, now transformed into a living railway museum by AJECTA.
Glassware of the Denin railway station or glassware

76340 Nesle-Normandeuse

The "Glasserie de la Gare", known as the "Glasserie Denin", is a former glass factory from the 4th quarter of the 19th century in Nesle-Normandeuse, Normandy. Built of brick, it illustrates the glass industry in the Bresle Valley.
Rouen-Rive-Right Station
Station classified as MH
76000 Rouen

Rouen-Rive-Right Station, Art Nouveau building of 1928, is the main railway station in Normandy, located in the city centre on the right bank of the Seine, in Rouen (Seine-Maritime).
Le Bourget Terminal

93150 Dugny

The Bourget terminal, a masterpiece of Art Deco built in 1937 in Dugny (Île-de-France), is a former iconic air terminal with the Museum of Air and Space, the first aeronautical museum in France, since 1973.
Former SNCF station of the Grande Belt

93000 Bobigny

Bobigny's former SNCF station, built in 1929, is a landmark of World War II in Île-de-France. A unique and preserved deportation station, it bears witness to convoys to Auschwitz from the Drancy camp between 1943 and 1944.