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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. ЭР200 в пути: Морозов Л.Н.· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. ER200-105 at the Moscow Railway Museum, Rizhsky Rail Terminal (1): Harveyqs· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. 1982. Эр-200: Post of Soviet Union· Public domain
- 4. ER200-1 (ЭР200-1) high-speed electric train (5051137534): Mikhail (Vokabre) Shcherbakov from Moscow, Russia· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. ER200-1 at Moskovsky rail terminal - front view: Дмитрий Сутягин at Russian Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 1.0
- 6. ER200-1 at Moskovsky rail terminal: Дмитрий Сутягин at Russian Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 1.0
- 7. Old speed: Морозов Л.Н.· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Обкатка ЭР200 - panoramio (1): MrStepanovka· CC BY 3.0
- 9. Обкатка ЭР200 - panoramio: MrStepanovka· CC BY 3.0
- 10. Эр 200 2 Общий вид: DRKGrey· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
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.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 42 years ago, in 1984.
- Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 12 minutes.
- 26 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 25 years (1984–2009).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1984
- in service from
- 1984
- retired
- 2009
- status
- retired
- number built
- —
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- builders
- control car, Ministry of the Means of Communication of the USSR, Russian Railways, Moscow-Saint Petersburg Railway, Riga Railway Carriage Building Factory
- operators
- Russian Railways
- top speed
- 200 km/h
- power
- —
- length
- 26 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q987406, Wikipedia: ER200 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.