ER200 (ЭР200)
EMU ER200 on the Moscow – Saint Petersburg Line
In service	1 March 1984 – 28 February 2009[1]
Manufacturer	Rīgas Vagonbūves Rūpnīca Rīgas Elektromašinbūves Rūpnīca
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) 36 seats (renewed first class cars) 816 seats (14-car set) 304 seats (6-car set)
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) 427.2 kN (96,000 lbf) (14-car set) 142.4 kN (32,000 lbf) (6-car set)
Power output	240 kW (320 hp) x 4 (one hour) 215 kW (288 hp) x 4 (continuous) 11,520 kW (15,450 hp) (14-car set) 3,840 kW (5,150 hp) (6-car set)
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

ER200 in maintenance facilities

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.

Overall trainset description

ER200-105 at the Moscow Railway Museum, Rizhsky Rail Terminal

Body

Bogies

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)

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to ER200.

• Rīgas Vagonbūves Rūpnīca
• The Museum of the Moscow Railway, at Paveletsky Rail Terminal, Moscow
• Rizhsky Rail Terminal, Home of the Moscow Railway Museum
• Varshavsky Rail Terminal, St.Petersburg, Home of the Central Museum of Railway Transport, Russian Federation
• History of rail transport in Russia
• The EMU pages. ER200.

References