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{{Short description|Paris Metro train}}
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{{Infobox EMU
| background = #8FD5BB
| name = MP&nbsp;59
| image = MP 59 n°6080 Place des Fêtes.jpg
| caption = Refurbished MP&nbsp;59 train operating on [[Paris Métro Line 11|Line 11]]
| interiorimage = Interieur MP59.jpg
| interiorcaption = Renovated interior of an MP&nbsp;59 train
| service = 30 May 1963 – 13 June 2024
| manufacturer = [[Alsthom]], [[Compagnie Électro-Mécanique|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 (Paris Métro)|MP 14]]
| formation = {{Unbulleted list
   | 4 cars
   | 6 cars
   }}
| operator = [[RATP Group|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 shoe]]s, side running on the vertical face of the guide bars
| bogies = ANF Type MP59
| brakes = [[Disc brake|Disc]], [[Dynamic braking|rheostatic]]
| gauge = {{Track gauge|sg|allk=on}}, with [[running pad]]s for the rubber-tyred wheels outside of the steel rails
}}

The '''MP&nbsp;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 metro|rubber-tyred]] variant of [[electric multiple unit]]s used on the [[Paris Métro]] system in service from 1963 to 2024. Manufactured by a consortium between [[:fr: Compagnie industrielle de matériel de transport|CIMT-Lorraine]] (body), [[Jeumont-Schneider]] (control circuits), [[Alstom|Alsthom]] and [[Compagnie Électro-Mécanique|CEM]] (motors), they were first introduced in 1963 when the busiest routes of [[Paris Métro Line 1|Lines 1]] and [[Paris Métro Line 4|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&nbsp;59 trains on Line 4 were replaced by the MP 89 CC (just like their Line 1 counterparts were). The first MP&nbsp;89CC train (#01) arrived on Line 4 in April 2011 and went into service on May 23, 2011. The first MP&nbsp;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&nbsp;59 trains on Line 11 with 39 [[MP 14 (Paris Métro)|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>
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==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:JHM-1964-0105 - Paris, métro ligne 1, Bastille.jpg|MP 59 at [[Bastille station (Paris Métro)|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 station|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 seat]]s 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 ==
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*''The information in this article is based on that in its [[:fr:MP 59|French equivalent]]''

== External links ==
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