ER200
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The ER200 was a Soviet electric train built in Riga by Rīgas Vagonbūves Rūpnīca. It was the first high-speed Direct Current intercity Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) train with rheostatic brake. There were two designs. The first design, begun in 1974, was the ER200-1 EMU, and went into commercial operation in 1984. The second design went into operation between Saint Petersburg and Moscow in 1996.
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ER200 (ЭР200) | |
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EMU ER200 on the Moscow – Saint Petersburg Line | |
In service | 1 March 1984 – 28 February 2009[1] |
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Constructed | 1973, 1988, 1991–1994 |
Refurbished | 1988, 1998, 2003, 2005, 2009 |
Number built | 28 cars (of them - 6 head/control cars); 2(3) sets |
Number in service | None |
Formation | DT + n x (Mp + M) + DT; 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 cars |
Capacity | 24 seats (head cars) 64 seats (intermediate cars) |
Operators | Ministry of Railways Russian Railways |
Depots | ТЧ-10 ОКТ ж.д. (Saint Petersburg) |
Lines served | Moscow – Saint Petersburg Railway |
Specifications | |
Car body construction | Aluminium alloy |
Car length | 26,000 mm (85 ft 4 in) |
Width | 3,130 mm (10 ft 3 in) |
Height | 4,200 mm (13 ft 9 in) |
Doors | 2 per side |
Maximum speed | 200 km/h (124 mph) |
Weight | 48.7 t (47.9 long tons; 53.7 short tons) DT 56.5 t (55.6 long tons; 62.3 short tons) M 58.5 t (57.6 long tons; 64.5 short tons) Mp 787.4 t (775.0 long tons; 868.0 short tons) (14-car set) 327.4 t (322.2 long tons; 360.9 short tons) (6-car set) |
Traction system | 4 x 1ДТ.001 240 kW (320 hp) 750 V DC motors 8.9 kN (2,000 lbf) x 4 = 35.6 kN (8,000 lbf) |
Power output | 240 kW (320 hp) x 4 (one hour) 215 kW (288 hp) x 4 (continuous) |
Transmission | 1 : 2.346 gear ratio |
Acceleration | 0.4 m/s2 (1.3 ft/s2) (1.44 km/(h⋅s) or 0.89 mph/s) |
Deceleration | 0.4 m/s2 (1.3 ft/s2) (1.44 km/(h⋅s) or 0.89 mph/s) (normal service) 0.6 m/s2 (2.0 ft/s2) (2.16 km/(h⋅s) or 1.34 mph/s) (max service) 1.2 m/s2 (3.9 ft/s2) (4.32 m/s2 or 14.2 ft/s2) (emergency) |
Electric system(s) | 3 kV DC Overhead catenary |
Current collector(s) | Pantograph |
Braking system(s) | Rheostatic brake, Electro-pneumatic disc brake, Electromagnetic track brake |
Safety system(s) | KLUB-U |
Coupling system | SA3 |
Track gauge | 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) Russian gauge |
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