MF 67

MF 67
MF 67 train at Opéra on Line 3
Interior of MF 67 train
In service1967–present
ManufacturerBrissonneau and Lotz and CIMT [fr]
ReplacedSprague-Thomson
Constructed1967–1978
Refurbished1995–1998
Scrapped2009–
Number built1,482 cars
Number in service363 cars
Number scrapped1,119 cars
SuccessorMF 01, MF 19
Formation
  • 3 cars (Line 3bis)
  • 5 cars (Lines 3, 10 & 12)
OperatorsRATP
Depots
  • St Fargeau (Lines 3 & 3bis)
  • Auteuil (Line 10)
  • Vaugirard (Line 12)
Lines servedParis MétroParis Métro Line 3Paris Métro Line 3bisParis Métro Line 10Paris Métro Line 12
Specifications
Train length
  • 3-car set: 45 m (147 ft 8 in)
  • 5-car set: 75 m (246 ft 1 in)
Car length
  • Motor car: 15,145 mm (49 ft 8.3 in)
  • Trailer car: 14,390 mm (47 ft 3 in)
Width2,400 mm (7 ft 10 in)
Doors4 per side, per car
Maximum speed
  • Design: 80 km/h (50 mph)
  • Service: 70 km/h (43 mph)
Traction systemResistor control
Traction motors
  • MF1 (MF67 A1,B1/C1/D)
  • MF2 (MF67 A2/B2/C2/E)
  • MF4 (MF67F)[1]
Power output
  • Twin-motor bogies: 1,272 kW (1,706 hp)
  • Single-motor bogies: 1,080 kW (1,448 hp)
Acceleration0.7 m/s2 (2.3 ft/s2)
Deceleration
  • Emergency: 1.0 m/s2 (3.3 ft/s2)
  • Service: 1.15 m/s2 (3.8 ft/s2)
Electric system(s)Third rail750 V DC
Current collector(s)Contact shoe
Bogies
  • ANF (Mf67 A2-C2 -E)
  • Düwag UNIMOT(Mf67 A1-C1)
  • CL121 (Mf67D)
  • MTE (Mf67F)[2]
Braking system(s)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
MF 67 on Line 2, at Stalingrad station.
Renovated interior (Line 3)
Sound of the arrival of a MF 67 outdoors (L12)
Sound of a noisy MF 67 ride (L12) )
Sound of static converter (L12) )

The MF 67 (French: Métro Fer appel d'offres de 1967; English: Steel-wheeled metro ordered in 1967) is a fleet of steel-wheel electric multiple unit trains for the Paris Métro. The first MF 67 trains entered service on Line 3 in June 1968,[3] and became one of the biggest orders for the Métro, with 1,482 cars has been constructed. The need to replace the Sprague-Thomson fleet, as well as increasing costs associated with the later-cancelled plan to introduce rubber-tyred trains on all Métro lines, were the main factors for the size of the order.

At its peak, during the late-1980s and the early-1990s, the MF 67 operated on eight of the (then) fifteen Métro lines (Lines 2, 3 and 3bis, 5, 7bis, 9, 10 and 12): the MF 67 also operated on Lines 7, 8 and 13 (including the old Line 14), all before the introduction of the MF 77 in 1978.

Many of the MF 67 trains have been removed from service: throughout 1994, the MF 88 displaced the MF 67 from Line 7bis, and from 2008 to 2016, the MF 01 replaced the MF 67 on Lines 2, 5, and 9. The MF 67 remains in service on Lines 3, 3bis, 10 and 12, where the Île-de-France Mobilités intends to replace the remaining MF 67 trains with the MF 19.

  1. ^ https://www.karodaxo.fr/
  2. ^ https://www.karodaxo.fr/
  3. ^ "Le MF67 ligne par ligne: Lignes 3 et 3 Bis". Karodaxo. Archived from the original on 3 June 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.