mf01.jpgThe trains will be delivered between May 2013 and August 2016, and are
being financed jointly by RATP and Ile de France Transport Syndicate
(STIF).

The order is the third and final option in a framework deal signed in
July 2001 for up to 160 trains. The initial tranche of 44 trains for
Line 2 was ordered in July 2006, while a second option for 50 trains
for Line 5 was signed in November 2007. The first train entered
commercial service in June 2008.

The MF01s are gradually replacing MF67 trains, supplied between 1967 and 1978.