RATP series MP 59
| Métro Paris MP 59 |
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 MP 59 on metro line 11 at Place des Fêtes
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| Numbering: | Train sets:
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| Number: | Train sets:
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| Manufacturer: | CIMT, CEM, Alstom, Jeumont |
| Year of construction (s): | Dare:
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| Retirement: | from 1997 |
| Axis formula : | Bo'Bo |
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Length over buffers: | 90.39 m (6-car train) 61.52 m (4-car train) |
| Height: | 3.485 m |
| Width: | 2,400 m |
| Service mass: | 126.4 t (6-car train) 84.3 t (4-car train) |
| Top speed: | 70 km / h |
| Continuous output : | 1760 kW (6-car train) 1320 kW (4-car train) |
| Acceleration: | 1.3 m / s² |
| Braking delay: | 2 m / s² |
| Power system : | 750 V = |
| Power transmission: | lateral power rail |
| Number of traction motors: | 16 (6-car train) 12 (4-car train) |
| Seats: | 144 fixed + 146 foldable (6-car train) 96 fixed + 108 foldable (4-car train) |
| Standing room: | 410 (6-car train) 263 (4-car train) |
| Particularities: | 4 doors per side of the car |
 
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The MP 59 is a rubber-tyred metro train operated by the Paris Métro , which was delivered in 1963 and 1964 for use on Line 1 and from 1967 for Line 4 . MP means “Matériel sur pneus” ( rubber-tyred rolling stock), the number 59 stands for the year 1959. The MP 59 forms after the MP 55 Métro's second large-scale production of rubber tires. Today the last sets are in use on line 11 , the majority of which was type MP after delivery 89 and MP 05 and the associated replacement on lines 1 and 4 will be retired. The remaining MP-59 trains are around 50 years old and are currently the oldest trains in regular service in the Metro network.
Concept and equipment
The success of the test operation with rubber-tyred MP 55 on line 11, which enabled a capacity increase of 5.5%, brought about plans at RATP to convert the entire metro network to operation with rubber tires in the medium term. A comparative study in the late 1950s came to the conclusion that the subway on tires is more economical than conventional operation, despite the costs of retrofitting .
As the busiest line in the Paris subway network, line 1 was initially earmarked for the upgrade. In the course of this, a new generation of rolling stock should also be introduced. The new vehicle type was to form trains of six cars each, consisting of two railcars 2. Class (M) at the ends of the train, two railcars 2. Class (N) and one intermediate car of the 1st (A) and one intermediate car of the 1st and 2nd Class (AB) should exist. The order provided for the regular service was: M - N - A - AB - N - M.
The Compagnie industrial de matériel de transport (CIMT) was responsible for the manufacture of the car bodies and the final assembly , Alsthom and the Compagnie Électro-Mécanique (CEM) supplied the traction motors , while the electrical equipment was produced by Jeumont-Schneider .
Compared to the MP 55 series, the MP 59 has more powerful drive motors, each of which has around 100 kW delivers. The previous series had 67 kW. The motors are arranged in the driven car on all four axles, on the outside of each bogie .
A novelty for the driving staff was the undivided windscreen, which for the first time offered a better view of the front compared to the previous series. Each car has four double sliding doors running in door pockets on each side for a quick passenger change. The cars with a driver's cab have a single-leaf sliding door for the driver on each side of the car. The seating in the passenger compartment was aligned transversely to the direction of travel and arranged in groups of four, which were supplemented by folding seats in the door areas .
Installation
A total of 607 cars were built, which can be divided into four different series: The MP 59 A were delivered in 1963 and 1964, followed by the Series B, also delivered in 1964 . The vehicles of the type MP 59 C followed in 1966 and 1967, the D series in 1972 and 1973.
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Railcar (with driver's cab) |
Recovery vehicle (without driver's cab) |
Coaches of the 1st and 2nd class |
1st class carriage |
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| MP 59 A | M.3037 - M.3128 (92) | N.4019 - N.4110 (92) | AB.5518 - AB.5563 (46) | A.6001 - A.6046 (46) | 276 |
| MP 59 B | M.3129 - M.3158 (30) | N.4111 - N.4140 (30) | AB.5564 - AB.5576 (13) | A.6047 - A.6059 (13) | 86 |
| MP 59 C | M.3159 - M.3224 (66) | N.4141 - N.4206 (66) | AB.5577 - AB.5607 (31) | A.6060 - A.6090 (31) | 194 |
| MP 59 D | M.3225 - M.3240 (16) | N.4207 - N.4222 (16) | AB.5608 - AB.5616 (09) | A.6091 - A.6100 (10) | 51 |
| total | 204 | 204 | 99 | 100 | 607 |
The numbers of the individual cars are located on the side at the bottom of the car body in the area of the bogies. The code letter presented is used to make it easier to differentiate between the individual wagon types.
The 99 train sets formed according to the scheme M - N - A - AB - N - M from six cars each were given an additional identifier between 6002 and 6100, with the number of each train set following the identifier of the 1st class car assigned to it . While the trains were not originally labeled with this number, the last three digits of the train number were later attached to the front of the railcars to facilitate operations. Today the remaining MP 59 labeled with the full identifier.
The formation of the initially 99 train sets left 13 single cars redundant, including six railcars with a driver's cab (M.3073, M.3137, M.3191, M.3192, M.3231, M.3232), six railcars without a driver's cab (N. 4069, N.4077, N.4173, N.4174, N.4213, N.4214) and a middle car first class (A.6001). They initially served as a reserve and for operational purposes, later two more passenger trains were formed.
When delivered, the 2nd class cars had a two-tone light blue color scheme with yellow decorative stripes. The 1. Class was painted cream-colored with blue trim, as was the corresponding compartment of the mixed-class car.
On May 30, 1963, the first MP 59 was put into operation on Line 1 ( Château de Vincennes - Pont de Neuilly ). The other vehicles in the series followed until December 1964. Since not all platforms for the planned 6-car train service had been extended to 90 meters at the beginning, trains consisting of only 5 cars were formed by September 1963.
From October 1966 to July 1967 the first MPs went on line 4 ( Porte de Clignancourt - Porte d'Orléans ) 59 in operation.
Years of use
In the 1970s, four of the six surplus railcars and service cars as well as the additional 1st class car could be used with three intermediate cars from the MP series 79 can also be used as the 100th and 101st train formation on Line 4. These two trains were formed as follows, with the non-generational cars being underlined :
- Train 6001 from the carriages M.3231 - N.4213 - A.6001 - B.7004 - N.4214 - M.3232
- Train 7002 from the carriages M.3191 - N.4173 - B.7002 - B.7047 - N.4174 - M.3192
The remaining four motor vehicles continued to serve as reserve vehicles until the fleet was refurbished. The collection car N.4077 was then scrapped in 1977, followed by N.4069 in 1982. Motorcar M.3073 was retired in 1986. The remaining M.3137 railcar was assigned to the Fontenay depot and served as a shunting vehicle for the workshops there.
From October 1980 onwards, the AB cars were gradually converted into pure 2nd class cars. For this purpose, the partition between the compartments in the interior was removed and the AB marking in front of the car number was replaced by a B.
From the end of 1989, the 52 MP 59 trains on Line 1 went through an extensive overhaul. The interior has been redesigned, the walls have been changed from yellow to white, the luggage racks have been removed and the leather passenger seats have been replaced with models with a tear-resistant surface. The front section of the end car was painted a glossy black, similar to the MF that was already being refurbished at that time 67 and MP 73. In addition, the vehicles were given a new exterior design in white and navy blue, which, however, only lasted for a short time as it turned out to be too susceptible to vandalism and graffiti . Instead, the trains were painted in the new jade green and white color scheme of the RATP, which was introduced at that time.
Seven train sets were revised in the RATP workshops in Fontenay, 22 units went to Cannes to La Bocca Industries and 23 units were revised at ACC in Clermont-Ferrand . The first retreaded vehicles arrived on 7. March 1990 back to regular service. The program was completed in September 1992. Of the 52 modernized units, 49 switched to line 2 as 6-car trains, while the three trains 6059, 6071 and 6082 were shortened by two cars and assigned to line 11 as 4-car trains.
The vehicles originally used on Line 4 were initially not modernized, as these units were to be replaced by the trains that would become vacant on Line 1. In view of the necessary modernization of the rolling stock on line 11, however, 21 trains on line 4 were also refurbished in 1994/1995, although only the four cars of each train unit that were later used on line 11 were taken into account were intended. After the work was completed, the cars continued to run with their unmodernized cars on line 4 until the MP was commissioned 89 CC on line 1 the MP deployed there 59 for Line 4 became free.
A total of 28 units of the original line 4 fleet were not revised; these vehicles were scrapped when the trains were moved from line 1 between 1997 and 2000.
Test vehicle
The train set 6096, consisting of the cars M.3235, M.3236, N.4217, N.4218, AB.5613 and A.6096 of the last delivery, was equipped for test purposes with a Kesar system for the recovery of electricity , a A novelty in Paris, later in the power electronics of the MF 77 and MP 89 was used. Because of this deviation, the set was also called MP 59 DK designated. The train was used on Line 4 until 1979 and then ran on Line 1 until 1985.
Zug 6004 was equipped with screens for passenger information for testing purposes in 1986 as part of the Télévision dans le métro (TUBE) program . In the course of the test phase, the association also received the label Métro-Vidéo and red, green and blue stripes. The main area of application was Line 1. After the end of the test phase, the screens were removed again in 1988. The last traces of the test operation disappeared during the reconditioning of the MP-59 fleet in 1991.
Retirement
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After the first wagons of the new type MP 89 entered passenger traffic on Line 1 from 1997, the MP 59s were withdrawn from there. Some of the vehicles found a new area of use on line 11, where the MP series, which was the oldest rubber-tyred subway at the time, was used 55 could be replaced, the rest was turned off.
By December 21, 2012, the MP 59 of line 4 were also retired and replaced by vehicles of the type MP 89 CC, which after the automation of line 1 and equipping with MP 05 became superfluous there. Units 6044 and 6047 retired prematurely, the latter was irreparably damaged in a fire at Simplon station .
The remaining 48 trains on the line, beginning with train 6049 and ending with 6021, were decommissioned between April 2011 and December 2012 and then completely scrapped, with spare parts being secured for the remaining units. In the course of their vehicle life these MP 59 covered at least 3 million kilometers.
By 2013, all MP 59 series A and D were taken out of service. Some MP 59 B and C continue to run in the new composition as 4-car trains on line 11, with only one service car and one non-powered intermediate car (M - N - A - M) between the two railcars. The train numbers given on the front have been supplemented by a preceding 6 for the remaining units. There are currently 24 train sets still in operation, which should be in use until around 2025. From 2023 the successive phasing out in favor of five-car trains of the new MP series 14 provided.
Vehicle fleet development
Over the years, especially after the first units were taken out of service, individual vehicles in the train sets were repeatedly exchanged, for example to replace damaged or fault-prone wagons. In the given summary, the current or last wagon sequence of the respective association is listed:
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Other locations
Related underground vehicles with rubber tires were and are also used in other underground systems:
- Metro Montreal MR-63 series
- MP 68 series of the Mexico City subway
- Metro Santiago class NS-74
Web links
literature
- Jean Robert: Notre Métro. Paris 1983, OCLC 637304795 .
- Henri Zuber: Le Patrimoine de la RATP. Flohic éditions, Charenton-le-Pont 1996, ISBN 2-84234-007-8 .
- Gaston Jacobs: Le Métro de Paris: un siècle de matériel roulant. La Vie du Rail, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-902808-97-6 .
- Jean Tricoire: Un siècle de métro en 14 lignes. De Bienvenüe à Météor. La Vie du Rail, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-915034-32-X .
- Bernard Sirand-Pugnet: De la Grand-mère à Météor, 45 ans d'évolution de la technologie des voies au métro de Paris. 1997.
Individual evidence
- ^ Clive Lamming: Métro insolite . Editions Parigramme, Paris 2009, ISBN 978-2-84096-190-1 , pp. 86 .
- ↑ a b Final report of the technical investigation into the incident involving two metro trains in the Simplon station (line 4 of the RATP) from August 6, 2005 by the Bureau d'enquêtes sur les Accidents de Transport Terrestre (accessed April 1, 2018, in French)
- ↑ a b c d Le MP 59 on www.transportparis.com (accessed April 1, 2018, in French)
- ↑ a b c d Réseau ferré urbain - Le Parc MP 59 on www.metro-pole.net (archived version of April 23, 2014, French)
- ^ Jean Tricoire: Un siècle de métro en 14 lignes. De Bienvenüe à Météor . La Vie du Rail, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-915034-32-X , p. 99 .
- ↑ Rolling stock of the Paris Metro - MP 59 on www.symbioz.net (accessed April 1, 2018, French)
- ↑ Information about the extension of the route and the generation change on Line 4 at www.symbioz.net (accessed April 1, 2018, in French)
- ↑ Alstom delivers 20 additional metros to Île-de-France Mobilités and the RATP at www.alstom.com (accessed April 1, 2018, English)
