ER200

ER200 (ЭР200)
EMU ER200 on the Moscow – Saint Petersburg Line
In service	1 March 1984 - 28 February 2009
Manufacturer	Rīgas Vagonbūves Rūpnīca (RVR)
Built at	Rīgas Vagonbūves Rūpnīca (RVR), Rīgas Elektromašinbūves Rūpnīca (RER), Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics (ТУСУР)
Constructed	1973, 1988, 1991-1994
Refurbishment	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)
Operator	Ministry of Transportation Russian Railways
Depot(s)	ТЧ-10 ОКТ ж.д. (Saint Petersburg)
Line(s) 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 DT / 56.5 t M / 58.5 t Mp 787.4 tonnes (14-car set) 327.4 tonnes (6-car set)
Traction system	4 x 1ДТ.001 240 kW 750 V DC motors 8.9 kN 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 (1.44 km/h/s)
Deceleration	0.4 m/s² (1.44 km/h/s) (normal service) 0.6 m/s² (2.16 km/h/s) (max service) 1.2 m/s² (4.32 km/h/s) (emergency)
Power supply	3 kV DC Overhead catenary
Current collection method	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 5⁄6 in)

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) with rheostatic brake. There were two designs. First in 1974 came the ER200-1 EMU which went into commercial operation in 1984. A 1992 design went into operation between Saint-Petersburg and Moscow in 1996.

Overall trainset description

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

Supplier RVR
First supplied 1974
Type IC / IR
Maximum speed, km/h 200
Line voltage, DC 3000V
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, t 557.4 / 442.4
Coach weight ( DT / M / Mp ), t 48.7 / 56.5 / 58.5
Gauge, mm 1520

Body

Supplier RVR / KVZ
Length, mm 26000
Width, mm 3130
Height, mm 4200
Distance between suspensions, mm 18800
Number of input doors in coach 4
Number of seats ( DT / M ) 16 / 64

Bogies

Supplier RVR
Distance between axles ( M / T ), mm 2500 / 2500
Weight ( M / T ), t 12.5 / 8.06
Wheel diameter ( M / T ), mm 950 / 950
Number of motor bogies under the M-car 2
Number ot TM in M-bogie 2
Gear ratio 2.346
Traction Motor (TM)
Supplier RER
Type DC commutator
Model 1DT-001
One-hour power, kW 240
Continue power, kW 215
Voltage, V 750
Continue current, A 285
Max field weakening, % 20.0
Wheel force, kN 8.9
Weight, kg 1320

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, V 3000
Modulation frequency, Hz 400
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, V 3000
Output voltage, V 3x220
Power, kW 75.0
Battery voltage, V 110

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.