MF 67

what is it?

The MF 67 (French: Métro Fer appel d'offres de 1967; English: Steel-wheeled metro ordered in 1967) is a fleet of steel-wheel electric multiple unit trains for the Paris Metro. The first MF 67 trains entered service on Line 3 in July 1968, and became one of the biggest orders for the Metro, with 1,482 cars constructed. The need to replace the Sprague-Thomson fleet, as well as increasing costs associated with the later-cancelled plan to introduce rubber-tyred trains on all Metro lines, were the main factors for the size of the order.

who runs it

base stats

• speed 80 km/htop speed
• power 1.3 MWpower output
• built 1,482made 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 58 years ago, in 1968.
• 🚗1.3 MW is about 15 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 📏45 m long: about 10 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧓Still in service after 58 years.

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

spec sheet

built

1968

in service from

1968

status

in service

number built

1,482

kind

carriage / wagon

traction

electric

origin

🇫🇷 France

builders

Brissonneau et Lotz

operators

RATP

top speed

80 km/h

power

1.3 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

formation

3 cars (Line 3bis), 5 cars (Lines 3, 10 and 12)

length

45 m

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