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MR-73
🇨🇦 Canada ·built by ALSTOM Transportation Germany· from 1976· metro train model used in Montreal
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7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Lucien-L'Allier 1: Adqproductions· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Angrignon-bound MR-73 arriving at Atwater, Sep 30 2022: D. Benjamin Miller· CC0
- 3. A MR-73 on the blue line: Jonalongnose· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. L'art prend le métro - intérieur spécial d'un MR-73 (2301536392): abdallahh from Montréal, Canada· CC BY 2.0
- 5. MR-73 and MPM-10 in background: JustYou80· CC BY 4.0
- 6. MR-73 Train at Snowdon Station, July 25 2025: Dillan Payne· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. MR-73 train front: JustYou80· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The MR-73 (Matériel roulant conçu en 1973) is the second generation of rubber-tired rolling stock used on the Montreal Metro. Manufactured by Bombardier Transportation, they entered service in November 1976. Since the retirement of the first generation MR-63s, the MR-73 trains are in use on three of Montreal's four Metro lines.
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 50 years ago, in 1976.
- Weighs about as much as 5 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Seats 1,440: 29 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Still in service after 50 years.
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1976
- in service from
- 1976
- status
- in service
- number built
- 423
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- builders
- ALSTOM Transportation Germany
- operators
- Société de transport de Montréal
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 174 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 750 V DC (nominal) from third rail on guide bars at either track side
- formation
- 3 cars per trainset, operating as 6- or 9-car trains
- weight
- 27 t
- capacity
- 1,440 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3273161, Wikipedia: MR-73 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.