Museum of Railway Technology

Name: Museum of Railway Technology
Address: 225 allée des CyprèsMar Vivo, La Seyne-sur-Mer, 83500, FRANCE

Museum
Sciences and technology
Transport
Private museum

225 allée des Cyprès, Mar Vivo, 83500 La Seyne-sur-Mer

cabine de conduite locomotive à vapeur — ©Yvan Montazel

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Steam and electric traction and signalling equipment.

The equipment on display is representative of the mechanical and electromechanical technologies of the late 19th to mid-20th centuries.

The arrival of the railroads in the Var in 1859 was accelerated by the need to transport men and materials to Toulon for the Franco-Piedmontese war against Austria, and it was the railroads that enabled the Var coast and the whole of the Côte d'Azur to rapidly become a world-renowned holiday resort.

By transforming simple fishing ports into seaside resorts and promoting the spread of local agricultural produce, the railroads became the main driving force behind the department's development. This activity required the creation of all the architecture inherent to railway activity: locomotive depots in Toulon, Carnoules, Les Arcs, La Seyne - marshalling yards in La Seyne and Carnoules, railway workers' housing estates...

Free guided tours by appointment.

Capacity: 3 people