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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Le MF 77 N° 079 à Châtillon-Montrouge sur la ligne 13: 8508PA· Public domain
- 2. MF77 027G Maison Blanche: Bmazerolles· CC BY 4.0
- 3. MF77 L7 intérieur rénové 2: Billy69150· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. MF 77 - Lecteur de grecque: Greenski· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Porte de Clichy - Ligne 13 - 2025 - MF77: Métroën· CC0
- 6. MF 77 - Roue: Greenski· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. MF77 RATP 31008: Mohamed SY· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Métro de Paris - Ligne 13 - Chatillon Montrouge - Portes palières avec MF 77 à quai: Greenski· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Rame MF77 Station Cadet Métro Paris Ligne 7 - Paris IX (FR75) - 2026-01-24 - 2: Chabe01· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. Rame MF77 Station Chaussée Antin Fayette Métro Paris Ligne 7 - Paris IX (FR75) - 2026-01-24 - 2: Chabe01· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The MF 77 (French: Métro Fer appel d'offres de 1977; English: Steel-wheeled metro ordered in 1977) is a steel-wheeled subway train used on the Paris Metro. First used in 1978, it now runs on Lines 7, 8, and 13. Unlike previous models, the MF 77 was designed for travel into the suburbs of Paris, and as a result has a maximum speed of 100 km/h (62 mph) which - apart for suburban sections in le Kremlin-Bicêtre, Clichy and Saint Denis - wasn't fully utilized.
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.
- 1.6 MW is about 19 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 22 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 77.5 m long: about 17 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 574: 11 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Still in service after 48 years.
carriage / wagon: Unpowered passenger coaches or freight wagons, pulled by a locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1976–1986
- in service from
- 1978
- status
- in service
- number built
- 985
- kind
- carriage / wagon
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Alstom, Creusot-Loire, Alstom Crespin, Jeumont-Schneider
- operators
- RATP
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 1.6 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- 5 cars per trainset
- length
- 77.5 m
- weight
- 131 t
- capacity
- 574 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2757898, Wikipedia: MF 77 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.