Association Française des Amis des Chemins de Fer
A model train wonderland hidden beneath Paris's Gare de l'Est station.

🚂 Model train wonderland hidden beneath Paris's Gare de l'Est station.
🔍 Meticulously preserved miniature trains by Association Française des Amis des Chemins de Fer (AFAC).

Why Go

✨ Explore a hidden world of handcrafted model trains.
🛤️ See over 600 yards of tracks with hundreds of switches and detailed landscapes.
🕰️ Discover three historical railway systems established between 1946 and 1955.
🤝 Join a community fostering railway knowledge and heritage preservation.

Tips

📍 Located in Gare de l'Est, access via an underground street to Alsace parking level -1, behind door #9.

Hours

🕒 Saturdays, 2:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

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