MP 89

what is it?

The MP 89 (French: Métro Pneu appel d'offres de 1989; English: Rubber-tyred metro ordered in 1989) is a rubber tired variant of electric multiple units used on the Paris Metro. Designed by Roger Tallon, two types were built by Alstom for service on Lines 4 and 14, and began service on Line 6. The trains on Line 1 were moved to Line 4 between 2011 and 2013 to replace the older MP 59s, though only 48 trains are used for revenue service.

who runs it

base stats

• speed 80 km/htop speed
• power 2 MWpower output
• seats 722passengers
• built 438made 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 29 years ago, in 1997.
• 🚗2 MW is about 24 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 📏75 m long: about 17 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧍Seats 722: 14 full city buses (~50 seats each).
• 🧓Still in service after 29 years.

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

spec sheet

built

1997

in service from

1997

status

in service

number built

438

kind

carriage / wagon

traction

electric

origin

🇫🇷 France

builders

Alstom

operators

RATP

top speed

80 km/h

power

2 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

formation

Line 4: 6 cars per trainset, Line 6: 5 cars per trainset

length

75 m

capacity

722 passengers

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

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