Established 1976 Visitors 5000 Phone +33 1 34 73 04 40 | Type Railway museum President Olivier Janneau | |
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Location Butry-sur-Oise, Val-d'Oise Collection size 10 steam engines
5 Diesel locotractors
27 passenger cars Address Parc naturel régional du Vexin français, Place de la Gare, 95430 Butry-sur-Oise, France Similar Chemin de Fer de la Baie de S, Gare de Valmondois, Musée Camille Pissarro, Musée Tavet, Chemin de fer du Vivarais Profiles | ||
Le mus e des tramways vapeur et des chemins de fer secondaires fran ais
The Musée des tramways à vapeur et des chemins de fer secondaires français (Museum of French steam tramways and secondary railways — MTVS) is located alongside Valmondois railway station, in the small town of Butry-sur-Oise in the departement of Val-d'Oise, 30 kilometres (19 mi) north of Paris.
The museum houses a collection of railway vehicles from the former French departmental railways, preserved, restored and rebuilt by the members of an association. During the season, short trips can be made on some of the exhibits, along a metre gauge (1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)) line, one kilometre (0.62 miles) in length, nicknamed the "Impressionists' railway".
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Mus e des tramways vapeur et des chemins de fer secondaires fran ais
History
Established in 1976 on the site of the former railway line from Valmondois to the town of Marines, the 'Association of the Transportation Museum of the Sausseron Valley' patiently assembled an important collection of railway vehicles from the old regional French networks. The collection has become the most important in France on the theme of secondary railways using the one metre gauge.
In 1999, the association changed its name to the Musée des Tramways à Vapeur et des chemins de fer Secondaires français.
In October 2006, the association celebrated its thirtieth anniversary.
It was once planned for the museum to be moved further northwest, to the Vexin region, where it would have had larger storage space and a longer railway line to use for its train journeys, but the project was abandoned in March 2009.
During the winter of 2007-08, the terminus of the small passenger line became inaccessible when large rocks fell onto the track. Journeys were restricted to the Rue de Parmain.
Since 2013 a project is under way to transfer the museum to Crèvecœur-le-Grand.
Collection
It operates :
Thirty vehicles of the collection are Monuments Historiques and 2 are inscribed in the supplementary inventory of the Monuments historiques.
Timetable
The museum is open from the beginning of May to the first weekend in October from 14:30 to 18:00 on Sundays.
A yearly festival is organized during the first weekend of October.
Address
Musée des Tramways à Vapeur et des chemins de fer Secondaires français
Mairie de Butry
95430 Butry-sur-Oise