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5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. MP 59 n°6080 Place des Fêtes: Kevin.B· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. MP 59 (vue de travers) - Culoz, octobre 2018: Anthony Levrot· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. MP 59 (vue latérale) - Culoz, octobre 2018: Anthony Levrot· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. StOuenAMT MP 59 en fosse: Gonioul· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. StOuenAMT MP59 MP89: Gonioul· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The MP 59 (French: Métro Pneu appel d'offres de 1959; English: Rubber-tyred metro ordered in 1959) was a rubber-tyred variant of electric multiple units used in service on the Paris Metro from 1963 to 2024. Manufactured by a consortium between CIMT-Lorraine (body), Jeumont-Schneider (control circuits), Alsthom and CEM (motors), they were first introduced in 1963 when the busiest routes of Lines 1 and 4 were converted to rubber-tyred pneumatic operation. The trains worked on Line 1 between 1963 and 2000, Line 4 between 1966 and 2012, and Line 11 between 1995 and 2024.
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 63 years ago, in 1963.
- 1.8 MW is about 21 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 60 m long: about 13 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 61 years (1963–2024).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1963
- in service from
- 1963
- retired
- 2024
- status
- retired
- number built
- 607
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Alstom, Compagnie Électro-Mécanique, Jeumont-Schneider, Alstom Petite-Forêt
- operators
- RATP
- top speed
- 70 km/h
- power
- 1.8 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- 4 cars, 6 cars
- length
- 60 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q613769, Wikipedia: MP 59 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.