MF 19

The MF 19 (Métro Fer appel d'offres 2019, meaning 2019 procurement rail metro) is a class of rolling stock on the Paris Metro, built by Alstom to replace existing trains on Lines 3, 3bis, 7, 7bis, 8, 10, 12 and 13 starting in 2025. It comes in two formations: 4-car trains on Lines 3bis and 7bis, an upgrade from the current 3-car sets, and 5-car sets on the other lines. Up to 410 trains, 2036 cars, are to be ordered, which by the mid 2030s will make it the most common train type in the system. The call for tenders was launched in May 2017, with candidates including Ansaldo-Hitachi, Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles and the French-Canadian consortium Alstom-Bombardier, which won the contract on 29 November 2019 for a maximum of 410 trains at a cost of 2.9 billion euros, with a firm order of 44 trains for lines 3bis, 7bis and 10. The first MF 19 entered service on 16 October 2025, and the class is scheduled to enter service on line 7bis at the end of 2026 and on line 13 in the summer of 2027, replacing the MF 67, MF 77 and MF 88 trains.