MF 67
| MF 67 | |
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Interior of MF 67 train | |
| In service | 1968–present |
| Manufacturer | Brissonneau and Lotz and CIMT |
| Replaced | Sprague-Thomson |
| Constructed | 1967–1976 |
| Refurbished | 1995–2006 |
| Scrapped | 2009– |
| Number built | 1,482 cars |
| Number in service | 658 cars |
| Number scrapped | 824 cars |
| Successor | MF 01, MF 19 |
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| Operators | RATP |
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| Lines served | |
| Specifications | |
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| Width | 2,400 mm (7 ft 10 in) |
| Doors | 4 per side, per car |
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| Traction system | Resistor control |
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| Power output | |
| Acceleration | 0.7 m/s2 (2.3 ft/s2) |
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| Electric system(s) | Third rail, 750 V DC |
| Current collector(s) | Contact shoe |
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| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
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 Métro. The first MF 67 trains entered service on Line 3 in June 1968, and became one of the biggest orders for the Métro, 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 Métro lines, were the main factors for the size of the order.
At its peak, during the late-1980s and the early-1990s, the MF 67 operated on eight of the (then) fifteen Métro lines (Lines 2, 3 and 3bis, 5, 7bis, 9, 10 and 12): the MF 67 also operated on Lines 7, 8 and 13 (including the old Line 14), all before the introduction of the MF 77 in 1978.
Between 2004 and 2007, the Line 3 sets have been deeply refurbished, adding new lighting, a forced ventilation system, a new black front, rearranged seating, automated announcements, stop indicator lights and door warning lights above the doors. A more moderate refurbishment were done on the trains on lines 3 bis and 9, adding a new black front similar to the ones on line 3 and replacing the old bench seats with single seats. However, sets 129 and 130 from line 12 were transferred to line 3 in 2012 and weren’t renovated, as the renovation of the cars had ended in 2007. Thus, they’re the only non-renovated MF67 sets to run on line 3.
Many of the MF 67 trains have been removed from service: throughout 1994, the MF 88 displaced the MF 67 from Line 7bis, and from 2008 to 2016, the MF 01 replaced the MF 67 on Lines 2, 5, and 9. The younger MF 67 trains from line 9 were transferred to lines 10 and 12, partially replacing older MF 67 trains on those lines. The MF 67 remains in service on Lines 3, 3bis, 10 and 12, where the Île-de-France Mobilités intends to replace the remaining MF 67 trains with the MF 19.
As of 2025, they are the oldest trains running in the Métro and their replacement is scheduled between 2025-2034, starting on lines 10 in 2025, 3bis in 2027, 12 in 2028 and 3 in 2031. Line 3 in particular was the first line to receive the MF67 and will be the last line to retire them, being served by the MF 67 continuously for around 65 years, rivalring the longevity of the Sprague Thomson trains that ran on Line 2 and 5 for approximately 70 years.