The ER200 was a Soviet electric train built in

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. It was the first high-speed

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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

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in 1996.

Overall trainset description

Body

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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/s² (1.44 km/h/s) * Service deceleration (80–0 km/h): 0.4 m/s² (1.44 km/h/s) * Max service deceleration: 0.6 m/s² (2.16 km/h/s) * Emergency deceleration: 1.2 m/s² (4.32 km/h/s)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Er200 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