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.
The ER200 Trainsets were built between 1973 and 1994 in the Soviet Union and Russia.
Overall trainset description
Supplier RVR First supplied 1974 Type IC/IR Maximum speed 200 km/h Line voltage 3,000 V DC Main configuration DT+4(Mp+M)+DT / DT+3(Mp+M)+DT Single unit configuration (options) Mp+M (M+Mp+DT) Number of seats 544 / 416 Train weight 557.4 t / 442.4 t Coach weight (DT / M / Mp) 48.7 t / 56.5 t / 58.5 t Gauge 1,520 mm
Body
Body data Supplier RVR / KVZ Length 26,000 mm Width 3,130 mm Height 4,200 mm Distance between suspensions 18,800 mm Number of entry doors in coach 4 Number of seats (DT / M) 16 / 64
Bogies Bogies data Supplier RVR Distance between axles (M / T) 2,500 mm / 2,500 mm Weight (M / T) 12.5 t / 8.06 t Wheel diameter (M / T) 950 mm / 950 mm Number of motor bogies under the M-car 2 Number of TM in M-bogie 2 Gear ratio 2.346 Traction motor (TM) Supplier RER Type DC commutator Model 1DT-001 One-hour power 240 kW Continue power 215 kW Voltage 750 V Continue current 285 A Max field weakening 20.0% Wheel force 8.9 kN Weight 1,320 kg
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
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.
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