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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Métro B (Lyon, 2025, 2): Corentin Eustacchi· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Alstom MPL16: MathiasTCL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Deux MPL 16 à HLS: Lyon-St-Clair· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Livraison d'une rame Alstom MPL16: Neimad YT· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Lyon 7e - Station de métro Jean-Jaurès - Nouvelle rame MPL 16: Romainbehar· CC0
- 6. Lyon 7e - Station de métro Place Jean-Jaurès - Quai direction Charpennes et rame MPL 16: Romainbehar· CC0
- 7. MPL 16 arrivée à HLS: Lyon-St-Clair· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. MPL 16 Ligne B - Brotteaux: Florian Fèvre· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. MPL 16 TCL - Place Guichard: Florian Fèvre· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. MPL 16: Mraquariophile· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The MPL16 is an automated rubber-tyred metro train designed by Alstom for the Lyon Metro.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 4 years ago, in 2022.
- 32 m long: about 7 cars parked nose to tail.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2022
- in service from
- 2022
- status
- in service
- number built
- 72
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- ABB Group, Alstom
- operators
- Transports en commun lyonnais
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-car set: B'B' + B'B'
- formation
- 2-4 cars per trainset
- length
- 32 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q39072191, Wikipedia: MPL 16 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.