The ER200 was a Soviet electric train built in
Riga
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by
Rīgas Vagonbūves Rūpnīca
Rīgas Vagonbūves Rūpnīca (RVR) was a Latvian rail and tram vehicle manufacturer, most notable for its multiple unit trains and tram vehicles used throughout the Soviet Union and its successor states. It has been insolvent and non-operat ...
. It was the first high-speed
Direct Current
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intercity
Electric Multiple Unit
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(EMU) train with
rheostatic brake
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.
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
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
and
Moscow
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in 1996.
Overall trainset description
Body
Bogies
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Main circuit electric equipment
* Supplier: RER
* Control mode: rheostatic step control + TCH
* Traction converter: thyristor DC chopper (TCH)
* Mounting place: under floor Mp
* Semiconductors: thyristors TB353-630-16
* Number of semiconductors: 20
* Nominal output voltage: 3,000 V
* Modulation frequency: 400 Hz
* Cooling system: self-ventilated
* Number of TM in unit: 8
* Number of TM sequences: 2
* Electric brake: rheostatic
Auxiliary electric equipment
* Supplier: RER
* Converter type: rotating machine
* Model: 1PV.004
* Input voltage: 3,000 V
* Output voltage: 3x220 V
* Power: 75.0 kW
* Battery voltage: 110 V
Operational performance
* Design/commercial speed: 200 km/h (124 mph)
* Acceleration (0–60 km/h): 0.4 m/s
2 (1.44 km/h/s)
* Service deceleration (80–0 km/h): 0.4 m/s
2 (1.44 km/h/s)
* Max service deceleration: 0.6 m/s
2 (2.16 km/h/s)
* Emergency deceleration: 1.2 m/s
2 (4.32 km/h/s)
See also
*
Rīgas Vagonbūves Rūpnīca
Rīgas Vagonbūves Rūpnīca (RVR) was a Latvian rail and tram vehicle manufacturer, most notable for its multiple unit trains and tram vehicles used throughout the Soviet Union and its successor states. It has been insolvent and non-operat ...
*
The Museum of the Moscow Railway
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Over ...
, at
Paveletsky Rail Terminal
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,
Moscow
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*
Rizhsky Rail Terminal
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, Home of the Moscow Railway Museum
*
Varshavsky Rail Terminal
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,
St.Petersburg
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, Home of the Central Museum of Railway Transport, Russian Federation
*
History of rail transport in Russia
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Today R ...
The EMU pages. ER200
References
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Multiple units of Russia
Soviet inventions
High-speed trains of Russia
Rail transport in the Soviet Union
Rolling stock innovations
3000 V DC multiple units