MP 59
| MP 59 | |
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Refurbished MP 59 train operating on Line 11 | |
Renovated interior of an MP 59 train | |
| In service | 30 May 1963 – 13 June 2024 |
| Manufacturer | Alsthom, CEM, CIMT, Jeumont-Schneider |
| Replaced | Sprague-Thomson MP 55 |
| Constructed | 1963–1967 |
| Refurbished | 1989–1994 |
| Scrapped | 1999–2024 |
| Number built | 607 cars (101 trainsets) |
| Successor | MP 89, MP 14 |
| Formation |
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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 |
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, Line 4 between 1966 and 2012, and Line 11 between 1995 and 2024. By the time of their retirement in June 2024, the MP 59 trains (along with the Sprague-Thomson) were among the oldest trains still in use on any metro system in the world, at 61 years old.