MF 88

what is it?

The MF 88 (French: Métro Fer appel d'offres de 1988; English: Steel-wheeled metro ordered in 1988) is a steel-wheel variant of electric multiple units used on the Paris Metro. The RATP contracted a consortium of manufacturers, with Ateliers du Nord de la France in charge of the project. They were built following successful tests of a prototype train set called the "BOA", derived from the MF 77, which tested new features such as open gangway connections between the cars to improve passenger distribution, and special bogies to reduce friction caused by the many sharp curves found in the Metro network.

who runs it

base stats

• speed 80 km/htop speed
• power 840 kWpower output
• seats 425passengers
• built 27made in total

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 36 years ago, in 1990.
• 🚗840 kW is about 10 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 📏45.4 m long: about 10 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧍Seats 425: 9 full city buses (~50 seats each).
• 🧓Still in service after 33 years.

carriage / wagon: Unpowered passenger coaches or freight wagons, pulled by a locomotive.

spec sheet

built

1990–1992

in service from

1993

status

in service

number built

27

kind

carriage / wagon

traction

electric

origin

🇫🇷 France

builders

Alstom, Renault, Alstom Crespin, Faiveley Transport

operators

RATP

top speed

80 km/h

power

840 kW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

(1A)A′+1′1′+A′(A1)

formation

3 cars per trainset

length

45.4 m

capacity

425 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.