Sprague-Thomson was the name of the first rolling stock on the Paris Métro made completely of metal. The first cars entered service in 1908 to replace...

new steel, rather than rubber, wheeled trains to replace the aging Sprague-Thomson fleet. Thus, the RATP commissioned a consortium of companies including...

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...

iron-based equipment, the MF 67, in order to quickly replace the old Sprague-Thomson trainsets. However, Line 6 of the metro having an aerial route over...

Frank Julian Sprague (July 25, 1857 – October 25, 1934) was an American inventor who contributed to the development of the electric motor, electric railways...

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...

operation of the trains. At its inception Line 12 operated four-motor Sprague-Thomson trains, equipped with 600 volt pantographs and scrubbers, the overhead...

rubber-tired trains. The MP 59 rolling stock replaced the steel-wheeled Sprague-Thomson stock. 3 October 1977: The station Les Halles was rebuilt to interchange...

05 MP 14 No longer in service M1: in service from 1900 until 1931. Sprague-Thomson: in service from 1908 until 1983. MA 51: in service on lines 10 and...

through the north connecting tunnel, later named la voie navette. The Sprague-Thomson variant of rolling stock serviced this tunnel, taken from line 2. This...