MP 59
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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 on the Paris Métro system in service 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 and Line 4 between 1966 and 2012.
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In service | 1963–2024 |
Manufacturer | Alstom, CEM, CIMT [fr], Jeumont-Schneider |
Replaced | Sprague-Thomson |
Constructed | 1963–1967 |
Refurbished | 1989–1994 |
Scrapped | 1999–2024 |
Number built | 607 cars (101 trainsets) |
Successor | MP 89, MP 14 |
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Operators | RATP |
Lines served | |
Specifications | |
Train length |
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Car length | 15 m (49 ft 3 in) |
Width | 2.45 m (8 ft 0 in) |
Doors | 4 pairs per side, per car |
Maximum speed | 70 km/h (43 mph) |
Traction system | Resistor control |
Traction motors | Alsthom Type MP3 |
Power output | 1,760 kW (2,360 hp) |
Acceleration | 3.5 km/(h⋅s) (2.2 mph/s) |
Deceleration | 4.5 km/(h⋅s) (2.8 mph/s) |
Electric system(s) | Guide bar, 750 V DC |
Current collector(s) | Contact shoes, side running on the vertical face of the guide bars |
Bogies | ANF Type MP59 |
Braking system(s) | Disc, rheostatic |
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge, with running pads for the rubber-tyred wheels outside of the steel rails |
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