MP 14 (Paris Metro)

what is it?

The MP 14 (French: Métro Pneu appel d'offres de 2014; English: Rubber-tyred metro ordered in 2014) is a rubber-tyred electric multiple unit for the Paris Metro. Manufactured by Alstom as part of the Alstom Metropolis family of units, it is the seventh generation of the rubber-tyred class of trains to be used on the system and is used on Line 4, Line 11 and Line 14. In the future, trains could be ordered for Line 1 and Line 6.

who runs it

base stats

• speed 100 km/htop speed
• power 3.2 MWpower output
• seats 932passengers
• built 109made 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 6 years ago, in 2020.
• 🚗3.2 MW is about 38 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 📏120 m long: about 27 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧍Seats 932: 19 full city buses (~50 seats each).

metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.

spec sheet

built

2020

in service from

2020

status

in service

number built

109

kind

metro

traction

electric

origin

🇫🇷 France

builders

Alstom

operators

RATP

top speed

100 km/h

power

3.2 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

formation

Line 4: 6 cars per trainset, Line 11: 5 cars per trainset, Line 14: 8 cars per trainset

length

120 m

capacity

932 passengers

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