Station for checking tyres in a tyre production line, the station comprising: - a support adapted to support the tyre set on a sidewall and to rotate the tyre around a rotation axis thereof; - an apparatus and - a movement member , wherein the apparatus comprises: - a support frame ; - a flange for attaching said support frame to said movement member ; - an acquisition system for acquiring digital images of a surface of said tyre mounted on said support frame , said acquisition system comprising: - a linear camera having a first optical axis , an optical plane , a focal plane and an objective line belonging to the focal plane and to the optical plane, and - an illumination system adapted to illuminate at least said objective line , the illumination system comprising a light source adapted to emit incoherent light and an optical lens system having a second optical axis , characterized in that the optical lens system comprises a first converging lens , proximal to the light source, and a second converging lens , arranged on the side opposite the light source with respect to the first lens, wherein the light source , the first lens and the second lens are coaxial with said second optical axis , wherein the first lens has a numerical aperture greater than or equal to 0.5 and wherein an aperture of said second lens is greater than an aperture of said first lens . - a support adapted to support the tyre set on a sidewall and to rotate the tyre around a rotation axis thereof; - an apparatus and - a movement member , wherein the apparatus comprises: - a support frame ; - a flange for attaching said support frame to said movement member ; - an acquisition system for acquiring digital images of a surface of said tyre mounted on said support frame , said acquisition system comprising: - a linear camera having a first optical axis , an optical plane , a focal plane and an objective line belonging to the focal plane and to the optical plane, and - an illumination system adapted to illuminate at least said objective line , the illumination system comprising a light source adapted to emit incoherent light and an optical lens system having a second optical axis , characterized in that the optical lens system comprises a first converging lens , proximal to the light source, and a second converging lens , arranged on the side opposite the light source with respect to the first lens, - a support frame ; - a flange for attaching said support frame to said movement member ; - an acquisition system for acquiring digital images of a surface of said tyre mounted on said support frame , said acquisition system comprising: - a linear camera having a first optical axis , an optical plane , a focal plane and an objective line belonging to the focal plane and to the optical plane, and - an illumination system adapted to illuminate at least said objective line , the illumination system comprising a light source adapted to emit incoherent light and an optical lens system having a second optical axis , characterized in that the optical lens system comprises a first converging lens , proximal to the light source, and a second converging lens , arranged on the side opposite the light source with respect to the first lens, - a linear camera having a first optical axis , an optical plane , a focal plane and an objective line belonging to the focal plane and to the optical plane, and - an illumination system adapted to illuminate at least said objective line , the illumination system comprising a light source adapted to emit incoherent light and an optical lens system having a second optical axis , characterized in that the optical lens system comprises a first converging lens , proximal to the light source, and a second converging lens , arranged on the side opposite the light source with respect to the first lens, <EOS>