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9 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Marseille Metro 1 Rame station La Fourragere: Revolutionjoyeuse· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Départ d'un MPM76 de la station La Blancarde: Remontees· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. MPM76 au terminus de La Fourragère (1): Remontees· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. MPM76 au terminus de La Fourragère (2): Remontees· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. MPM76 n°33 RTM Bougainville: Florian Fèvre· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. MPM76 à la station Estrangin - Préfecture: Remontees· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. MPM76 à quai en station de La Blancarde (1): Remontees· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. MPM76 à quai en station de La Blancarde (2): Remontees· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Rame MPM76 à la station Sainte-Marguerite Dromel: Neimedia_· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The MPM-76 (Métro Pneumatique Marseille 1976) is a type of rubber-tyred EMU built by Alstom for the Marseille Metro.
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 50 years ago, in 1976.
- 65.7 m long: about 15 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 472: 9 full city buses (~50 seats each).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1976
- in service from
- 1976
- status
- retired
- number built
- —
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Alstom
- operators
- Régie des transports métropolitains
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- —
- electric system
- DC 750V
- formation
- 4 voitures, (M-N-R-M)
- length
- 65.7 m
- capacity
- 472 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3273138, Wikipedia: MPM 76 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.