Vilanova i la Geltrú/Katalonien: TICCIH RAILWAY SECTION, 2nd MEETING, 18th – 20th June, 2009
The meeting will be dedicated to an evaluation of the international management and conservation of the railway heritage – mobile and fixed.
It will coincide with the opening of the exhibition "40 years of automatic track gauge change system on the Spanish network", and will conclude with a visit to the Estació França in Barcelona (1929), the last of the great iron and glass train sheds in Europe. Members and non-members of both associations are equally welcome. The meeting will be in English.
Travel: by local train from Barcelona Airport, every 30 minutes, 40 km, about one hour: Info
Suggested accommodation: www.hotelcesar.net contact joanaina@hotelcesar.net (mention the meeting and the railway museum for a discount).
Registration: contact@ahicf.comd4 and fumvu01@ffe.es, or by fax to +34 93 815 82 20 (attention: Anna Grande).
(Foto: Abgestellter Waggon auf dem Pyrenäenbahnhof Canfranc, 2008)