Metrowagonmash, also Metrovagonmash (russian: ОАО "Метровагонмаш", OAO "Metrovagonmash"), is an engineering company in

Mytishchi Mytishchi ( rus, Мыти́щи, p=mɨˈtʲiɕːɪ) is a city and the administrative center of Mytishchinsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, which lies 19 km northeast of Russia's capital Moscow on the Yauza River and the Moscow–Yarosla ...

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. Metrowagonmash (MWM) is one of the leading enterprises in

operating in the field of transport machine building. It specializes in development, designing and manufacturing of rolling stock for metro systems and

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. Metrowagonmash is part of

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. In May 2009 its Mytishchi Machine-building Factory was spun off as a separate truck and armored vehicle manufacturing company.

History

The plant was founded in 1897 (in the village of Big Mytishchi) to manufacture railcars, first for the Russian North Railway.

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ways and

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s for Moscow have been produced since 1903, electric passenger trains since 1929 and metro-cars since 1934. During

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, self-propelled guns, military tractors, tracked vehicles and other military material were produced. The plant was partially evacuated to the

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in October 1941. The equipment was back the following year. In 1947, production of

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s was started. The company later concentrated on production of subway cars, dump trucks and armored tracked vehicles (e.g.

GM chassis GM ( Russian: ''Gusenichnaya Mashina'', ''Гусеничная машина'', lit. ''tracked machine'') is a series of tracked vehicle chassis. Generally, the series is produced by '' Mytishchi Machine-Building Plant''. Some older series were de ...

es). A number of models of Metrovagonmash subway cars have been deployed in nearly every subway ( Metro) system of the former

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, as well as in

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and

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. In 1999 the plant started manufacturing rail buses as well. The plant also manufactured 137

RA2 Multiple Unit The RA-2 Multiple Unit (Cyrillic:''РА2'') is a Russian diesel multiple unit (rail bus), type 2. The RA-2 is produced by Metrovagonmash and is designed for passenger transportation on non-electrified railway lines with high traffic, as well as ...

s between 2006 and 2008. Today Metrowagonmash is among the five thousand top enterprises in the country.

List of products

Metrowagonmash is the leading manufacturer of cars for metro systems of large cities of the CIS countries and of several

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states. The enterprise has mastered manufacture of Light Rail cars designed for the lines of the

Moscow Metro The Moscow Metro) is a metro system serving the Russian capital of Moscow as well as the neighbouring cities of Krasnogorsk, Reutov, Lyubertsy and Kotelniki in Moscow Oblast. Opened in 1935 with one line and 13 stations, it was the first ...

. Other specific products for the plant are rail buses. These vehicles are relatively new for the domestic

and are designed for operation on suburban and interregional non-electrified routes. 71-931M 31016

Rolling stock

As of 2017, Metrowagonmash produces the following models of rolling stock: * Metro 81-717.2K/714.2K * Metro 81-722/723/724 "Jubileyny" * Metro 81-765/766/767 "Moscow" * Tram 71-931M "Vityaz"

Gallery

File:81-717-714 Novogireyevo depot route 36 (cropped).jpg,

81-717/714 81-717/714 is a metro car designed in the Soviet Union in the mid-1970s. The cars were made from 1976 to 2010 by Metrovagonmash and the I. E. Yegorov Vagonmash factories of Mytishchi and Saint Petersburg, respectively. Production is still ongoing ...

File:Metro train 81-717.6-714.6.jpg,

, 81-717.6/714.6 File:Metro wagon 81-720.jpg,

, 81-720/721 Юбилейный в Невском (3).jpg,

Saint Petersburg Metro The Saint Petersburg Metro (russian: links=no, Петербургский метрополитен, Peterburgskiy metropoliten) is a rapid transit system in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Construction began in early 1941, but was put on hold due to Wor ...

, 81-722/723/724 File:81-740-741, Fili.jpg,

81-740/741 81-740/741 (Rusich, russian: Русич), is a type of rolling stock specially designed for running under the harsh winter climate of outdoor Moscow. Rusich also features a corridor connection, allowing passenger access between the two sections ...

File:81-760-761 train № 37002.jpg,

81-760/761 }, ) is a model of subway car used on the Moscow Metro and the Baku Metro. It was designed by Metrowagonmash and is manufactured by Metrovagonmash and Tver Carriage Works Tver Carriage Works (russian: Тверской вагонострои� ...

File:81-760B.jpg,

Baku Metro Baku Metro ( az, Bakı metropoliteni) is a rapid transit system serving Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. First opened on 6 November 1967 during the time of the Soviet Union, it has features typical of ex-Soviet systems, including very deep centra ...

, 81-760B/761B/763B File:81-765.766.767 in Vykhino depot.jpg,

, 81-765/766/767 File:Felújított 3-as metró Kőbánya-Kispest.jpg,

Budapest metro The Budapest Metro ( hu, Budapesti metró) is the rapid transit system in the Hungarian capital Budapest. It is the world's oldest electrified underground railway system, and the second oldest underground railway system with multiple stations, ...

, 81-717.2K/714.2K File:RA1-0001.jpg,

Russian Railways Russian Railways (russian: link=no, ОАО «Российские железные дороги» (ОАО «РЖД»), OAO Rossiyskie zheleznye dorogi (OAO RZhD)) is a Russian fully state-owned vertically integrated railway company, both manag ...

, RA1 (Model 730) File:Russian_PA-1_Rail_bus._(11171319066).jpg,

, RA1 (Model 731) File:6341 sorozatu motorkocsi.jpg, Hungarian Railways, MÁV-6341 File:Oslavany, železniční stanice, jednotka 835.201.jpg, Czech Railways, Class 835 File:РА2-108, станция Рудня.jpg,

, RA2 File:DPM-001 Shcherbinka.jpg,

, DPM File:Metro train 81-730.05 3.jpg,

, 81-730.05 File:Metro train 81-730.05 1.jpg,

, 81-730.05 File:Вагон метро «Ока» (служебный дизель).jpg,

, 81-7xx (760-like railcar)

References and sources

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