• Allow about 2.5 hours, the museum's own estimate for a visit. The restaurant and shop stay open all day.
• Outdoor rides April to October: the Mini-Express d'Alsace runs on the outdoor track, and on weekends and holidays kids can drive a draisine with a railway professional.
• Free activity booklets at reception, one for ages 4 to 6 and a family trail from 7, in French only.

Cité du Train holds the biggest collection of railway equipment in continental Europe: more than a hundred locomotives, coaches and wagons covering over 150 years of French rail history. The Show Circuit sets 27 of them in sound-and-light scenes.

Kids can watch steam locomotive 232 U 1 turn its driving wheels every 30 minutes, ride a small electric train between the big ones, and set a model railway diorama running.