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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Métro C (Lyon, 2025): Corentin Eustacchi· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Alsthom MCL80 n°201 TCL Cuire: Florian Fèvre· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Alsthom MCL80 n°203 TCL Croix Paquet: Florian Fèvre· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Alsthom MCL80 n°205 TCL Cuire: Florian Fèvre· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Alsthom MCL80 n°210 TCL Croix Paquet: Florian Fèvre· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Alstom, SLM MCL80 n°209-210 au terminus Cuire.: MathiasTCL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. MCL 80 - Croix Paquet - Lyon - 2012 (2): English : This photo has been taken by Matthieu Riegler ( User:Kyro ) and released under the licenses stated below. You are free to use it for any purpose as long as you credit me as author, Wikimedia· CC BY 3.0
- 8. MCL 80 - Croix-Paquet - Lyon - 2012: English : This photo has been taken by Matthieu Riegler ( User:Kyro ) and released under the licenses stated below. You are free to use it for any purpose as long as you credit me as author, Wikimedia· CC BY 3.0
- 9. MCL80 205-206: Tibidibtibo· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. MCL80 n°207-208 TCL Cuire: Florian Fèvre· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The MCL 80 (Métro Crémaillère Lyon 1980) is the Electric Multiple Unit type used on the Lyon Metro's Line C. All five trains were built by Alstom (then Alsthom) and Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works (SLM) and were delivered and entered service in 1984. This train model is the only model of the Lyon Metro using steel wheels, rather than rubber tyres.
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 42 years ago, in 1984.
- 868 kW is about 10 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 36.7 m long: about 8 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 100: 2 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Still in service after 42 years.
carriage / wagon: Unpowered passenger coaches or freight wagons, pulled by a locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1984
- in service from
- 1984
- status
- in service
- number built
- 10
- kind
- carriage / wagon
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Alstom, Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works
- operators
- Transports en commun lyonnais
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 868 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- overhead catenary
- wheel arrangement
- (A1)(A1)+(1A)(1A)
- length
- 36.7 m
- capacity
- 100 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2344911, Wikipedia: MCL 80 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.