MP 59

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 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The first MP 59 train to be retired from service was #049, which was withdrawn in April 2011.

It was originally speculated that some trains would be moved to Line 11 as a supplement, but such plans never came to fruition.