The RATP used the Zébulon, which gained its nickname from the fact that it was stainless steel, primarily for training purposes.

[2] The use of unpainted stainless steel and aluminum saved about 700kg of weight per car.

[1] These reasons eventually led to the train's limited use and lack of further orders.

Although the Zébulon spent most of its time (roughly 30 years) at the RATP training centre, it briefly circulated on Lines 3, 7, and 9.

The RATP scrapped the train in 2011, with the exception of one motor car, M.10004, which is kept at the workshop Choisy.