MP 59
Paris Metro train
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| background | #8FD5BB |
| name | MP 59 |
| image | MP 59 n°6080 Place des Fêtes.jpg |
| caption | Refurbished MP 59 train operating on Line 11 |
| interiorimage | Interieur MP59.jpg |
| interiorcaption | Renovated interior of an MP 59 train |
| service | 30 May 1963 – 13 June 2024 |
| manufacturer | Alsthom, CEM, , Jeumont-Schneider |
| replaced | Sprague-ThomsonMP 55 |
| yearconstruction | 1963–1967 |
| refurbishment | 1989–1994 |
| yearscrapped | 1999–2024 |
| numberbuilt | 607 cars (101 trainsets) |
| successor | MP 89, MP 14 |
| formation | {{Unbulleted list |
| operator | RATP |
| lines | {{Unbulleted list |
| trainlength | {{Unbulleted list |
| carlength | 15 m |
| width | 2.45 m |
| doors | 4 pairs per side, per car |
| maxspeed | 70 km/h |
| traction | Resistor control |
| traction motors | Alsthom Type MP3 |
| poweroutput | 1760 kW |
| acceleration | 3.5 km/h/s |
| deceleration | 4.5 km/h/s |
| electricsystem | |
| collectionmethod | Contact shoes, side running on the vertical face of the guide bars |
| bogies | ANF Type MP59 |
| brakes | Disc, rheostatic |
| gauge | , with running pads for the rubber-tyred wheels outside of the steel rails |
| :: |
| background = #8FD5BB | name = MP 59 | image = MP 59 n°6080 Place des Fêtes.jpg | caption = Refurbished MP 59 train operating on Line 11 | interiorimage = Interieur MP59.jpg | interiorcaption = Renovated interior of an MP 59 train | service = 30 May 1963 – 13 June 2024 | manufacturer = Alsthom, CEM, , Jeumont-Schneider | replaced = Sprague-ThomsonMP 55 | yearconstruction = 1963–1967 | refurbishment = 1989–1994 | yearscrapped = 1999–2024 | numberbuilt = 607 cars (101 trainsets) | successor = MP 89, MP 14 | formation = {{Unbulleted list | 4 cars | 6 cars | operator = RATP | lines ={{Unbulleted list | (until 2000) | (until 2012) | (until 2024) | trainlength = {{Unbulleted list | 4-car set: 60 m | 6-car set: 90 m | carlength = 15 m | width = 2.45 m | doors = 4 pairs per side, per car | maxspeed = 70 km/h | traction = Resistor control | traction motors = Alsthom Type MP3 | poweroutput = 1760 kW | acceleration = 3.5 km/h/s | deceleration = 4.5 km/h/s | electricsystem = | collectionmethod = Contact shoes, side running on the vertical face of the guide bars | bogies = ANF Type MP59 | brakes = Disc, rheostatic | gauge = , with running pads for the rubber-tyred wheels outside of the steel rails
The MP 59 (; ) 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.
Exit from Line 4
With the arrival of the MP 05 automated stock on Line 1, the remaining 48 MP 59 trains on Line 4 were replaced by the MP 89 CC (just like their Line 1 counterparts were). The first MP 89CC train (#01) arrived on Line 4 in April 2011 and went into service on May 23, 2011. The first MP 59 train to be retired from service was #049, which was withdrawn in April 2011. #021 was withdrawn on December 21, 2012, and was the last train to be retired.
It was originally speculated that some trains would be moved to Line 11 as a supplement, but such plans never came to fruition. All of the trains in service on Line 4 have been scrapped, the spare parts were salvaged for the remaining trains on Line 11.
Exit from Line 11
Île-de-France Mobilités replaced the last MP 59 trains on Line 11 with 39 MP 14 trains: the replacement MP 14 trains for Line 11 are driver-operated and five cars long. The last MP 59 trains were scheduled to run on 23 May 2024, but a few trains were still in service as of June 2024. The last MP 59 trains ran on Line 11 on June 12, 2024, before the line extension to when six new stations opened on June 13, 2024.
Gallery
File:JHM-1964-0105 - Paris, métro ligne 1, Bastille.jpg|MP 59 at Bastille station in 1964 File:JHM-1964-0104 - Paris, métro ligne 1, Bastille.jpg|Blue second-class and cream-coloured first class MP 59 cars in 1964 File:Paris Metro RATP, 1989 (16365034978).jpg|MP 59 trainset 6005 in "Métro-Vidéo" livery in 1989 File:Station Métro - République - Départ MP 59 - (RATP - Ligne 11) - (Paris III, X, XI, FR75) - 12-06-2024.webm|An MP 59 leaving République on June 12, 2024, the last day of their service.
Technical specifications
- Train length: 90.390 m
- Overall width: 2.400 m
- Height of a train car above the running surface: 3.485 m
- Floor height above the running surface: 1.180 m
- Weight in running order: 126.4 t
- Maximum capacity (at four travelers / m2): 700 passengers including 144 seats
- Folding seats available off-peak: 146
- Maximum speed: 70 km/h
- Maximum power: 1760 kW
- Average acceleration of 1.3 m/s2 from 0 to (four travelers / m2);
- Maximum braking normal steady state: 2 m/s2
Other networks
- Montreal Metro had a forked version named MR-63
- Mexico City Metro has a forked version named MP-68
- Santiago Metro has a forked version named NS-74
References
- The information in this article is based on that in its French equivalent
References
- "SYMBIOZ – M4 : Prolongement, arrivée du MP89 et réforme MP59".
- "Alstom to supply 19 additional metros to Île-de-France Mobilités for line 11 of the Ile-de-France metro, operated by RATP".
- (2021-07-09). "Alstom to build 19 more rubber-tyred metro trains for Paris".
- (23 May 2024). "« Dans les années 1960, il était modernissime » : dernier voyage pour le plus vieux métro parisien". [[Le Parisien]].
- (June 8, 2024). "Ligne 11 : MP59 le 08/06/2024".
- (May 30, 2024). "Video of Thomas75013".
- (June 13, 2024). "Paris : Le prolongement de la ligne 11 du métro officiellement présenté".
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