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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Métro A (Lyon, 2025): Corentin Eustacchi· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. 631 TCL Alstom MPL75 Metro B Gare Oullins Mai 2014: Ibou69100· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Alsthom MPL75 n°607 TCL Bellecour: Florian Fèvre· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Alsthom MPL75 n°626 TCL Perrache: Florian Fèvre· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Alstom MPL75 à la station Masséna.: MathiasTCL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Lyon TCL MPL 75 n°503 MB Gare Part Dieu: Occitandu34· Public domain
- 7. Maquette de la rame MPL 75 1: Société d'Études du Métro de l'Agglomération Lyonnaise (SEMALY)· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Maquette de la rame MPL 75 3: Société d'Études du Métro de l'Agglomération Lyonnaise (SEMALY)· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Maquettes des rames MPL 75 et MPL 85 1: Société d'Études du Métro de l'Agglomération Lyonnaise (SEMALY)· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. Maquettes des rames MPL 75 et MPL 85 3: Société d'Études du Métro de l'Agglomération Lyonnaise (SEMALY)· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The MPL 75 (Métro Pneus Lyon 1975) is a rubber-tyred EMU used on Line A of the Lyon Metro, as well as formerly Line B. The entire fleet was built by Alstom (then Alsthom) and was delivered in two batches in 1978 and 1981.
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 48 years ago, in 1978.
- 54.4 m long: about 12 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 114: 2 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
- 1978
- in service from
- 1978
- status
- in service
- number built
- 32
- kind
- carriage / wagon
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Alstom
- operators
- Transports en commun lyonnais
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 750 V DC guide bars
- length
- 54.4 m
- capacity
- 114 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3061133, Wikipedia: MPL 75 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.