ED4 (Electric trainset)

what is it?

ED4 (Electric train Demikhovskiy 4-th modification) are a series of Russian electric trainsets, in production since 1996. The trains are produced by DMZ and currently in service on RZD lines in almost every part of the country and former USSR states.

who runs it

Russian RailwaysUkrainian RailwaysCSCentral Suburban Passenger CompanyCRCrimea Railway

base stats

• speed 130 km/htop speed
• built 475made in total

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 30 years ago, in 1996.
• 📏88.2 m long: about 20 cars parked nose to tail.

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built

1996

in service from

1997

number built

475

kind

multiple unit

traction

electric

origin

🇷🇺 Russia

builders

Demikhovsky Machine-building Plant, Transmashholding

operators

Russian Railways, Ukrainian Railways, Central Suburban Passenger Company, Crimea Railway

top speed

130 km/h

power

—

gauge

1,520 mm Russian broad gauge

electric system

3 kV DC Catenary

formation

4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 cars

length

88.2 m

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.