{{Short description|Paris Metro train}} {{more citations needed|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox EMU | 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, {{Interlanguage link|Compagnie industrielle de matériel de transport|fr|lt=CIMT}}, Jeumont-Schneider | replaced = Sprague-Thomson<Br>MP 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 | {{R-I|paris|m}}{{nnbsp}}{{R-I|paris|m|1}} (until 2000) | {{R-I|paris|m}}{{nnbsp}}{{R-I|paris|m|4}} (until 2012) | {{R-I|paris|m}}{{nnbsp}}{{R-I|paris|m|11}} (until 2024) }} | trainlength = {{Unbulleted list | 4-car set: {{cvt|60|m|ftin}} | 6-car set: {{cvt|90|m|ftin}} }} | carlength = {{cvt|15|m|ftin}} | width = {{cvt|2.45|m|ftin}} | doors = 4 pairs per side, per car | maxspeed = {{cvt|70|km/h|0}} | traction = Resistor control | traction motors = Alsthom Type MP3 | poweroutput = {{cvt|1760|kW|lk=on}} | acceleration = {{cvt|3.5|km/h/s}} | deceleration = {{cvt|4.5|km/h/s}} | electricsystem = {{750 V DC|conductor=guide bar}} | collectionmethod = Contact shoes, side running on the vertical face of the guide bars | bogies = ANF Type MP59 | brakes = Disc, rheostatic | gauge = {{Track gauge|sg|allk=on}}, with running pads for the rubber-tyred wheels outside of the steel rails }}
The '''MP 59''' ({{langx|fr|'''M'''étro '''P'''neu appel d'offres de 19'''59'''}}; {{langx|en|Rubber-tyred metro ordered in 1959}}) was a rubber-tyred variant of electric multiple units used in service on the Paris Metro 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.symbioz.net/index.php?id=101|title=SYMBIOZ – M4 : Prolongement, arrivée du MP89 et réforme MP59}}</ref>
== 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.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Alstom to supply 19 additional metros to Île-de-France Mobilités for line 11 of the Ile-de-France metro, operated by RATP|url=https://www.alstom.com/press-releases-news/2021/7/alstom-supply-19-additional-metros-ile-de-france-mobilites-line-11-ile|access-date=2021-07-09|website=Alstom|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2021-07-09|title=Alstom to build 19 more rubber-tyred metro trains for Paris|url=https://www.railjournal.com/fleet/alstom-to-build-19-more-rubber-tyred-metro-trains-for-paris/|access-date=2021-07-09|website=International Railway Journal|language=en}}</ref> The last MP 59 trains were scheduled to run on 23 May 2024,<ref>{{Cite web|date=23 May 2024|access-date=23 May 2024|title=« Dans les années 1960, il était modernissime » : dernier voyage pour le plus vieux métro parisien|language=fr|publisher=Le Parisien|url=https://www.leparisien.fr/info-paris-ile-de-france-oise/transports/dans-les-annees-1960-il-etait-modernissime-dernier-voyage-pour-le-plus-vieux-metro-parisien-23-05-2024-65KDPLOWBRDCPD54FGE62QL5PY.php}}</ref> but a few trains were still in service as of June 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOBycIXT8Ds|title=Ligne 11 : MP59 le 08/06/2024|website=YouTube|date=June 8, 2024|accessdate=June 8, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://x.com/Thomas04041982/status/1796146746340307283|title=Video of Thomas75013|date=May 30, 2024|accessdate=May 30, 2024}}</ref> The last MP 59 trains ran on Line 11 on June 12, 2024, before the line extension to {{stn|Rosny–Bois-Perrier}} when six new stations opened on June 13, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnews.fr/france/2024-06-13/paris-le-prolongement-de-la-ligne-11-du-metro-officiellement-presente-1512371|title=Paris : Le prolongement de la ligne 11 du métro officiellement présenté|language=French|website=CNews|date=June 13, 2024|accessdate=June 13, 2024}}</ref> {{clear}}
==Gallery== <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. </gallery>
== Technical specifications == *Train length: {{Convert|90.390|m|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}} *Overall width: {{Convert|2.400|m|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}} *Height of a train car above the running surface: {{Convert|3.485|m|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}} *Floor height above the running surface: {{Convert|1.180|m|in|2|abbr=on}} *Weight in running order: {{Convert|126.4|t}} *Maximum capacity (at four travelers / m<sup>2</sup>): 700 passengers including 144 seats *Folding seats available off-peak: 146 *Maximum speed: {{Convert|70|km/h|abbr=on}} *Maximum power: {{Convert|1760|kW|abbr=on}} *Average acceleration of {{Convert|1.3|m/s2|abbr=on}} from {{Convert|0|to|30|km/h|abbr=on}} (four travelers / m<sup>2</sup>); *Maximum braking normal steady state: {{Convert|2|m/s2|abbr=on}}
== 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 == <references />
*''The information in this article is based on that in its French equivalent''
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