9 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Em4 sputnik arrives Moscow: Boleslav1· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. EM4 Elektrozavodskaya: Andrey Volykhov· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. RZD EM4-001 2004-02 Sputnik service frist day Yaroslavsky terminal: Svetlov Artem· CC0
- 4. RZD EM4-001 2004-02 Sputnik train at Mytishi station, frost day of operation: Svetlov Artem· CC0
- 5. RZD EM4-001 2004-02 Sputnik train Mytishi station: Svetlov Artem· CC0
- 6. RZD EM4-001 2004-02 Yaroslavsky vokzal: Svetlov Artem· CC0
- 7. RZD EM4-001 2004-02 Yaroslavsky: Svetlov Artem· CC0
- 8. RZD EM4-004 2004-02 Yaroslavsky terminal: Svetlov Artem· CC0
- 9. RZD EM4-014 2019-05: Svetlov Artem· CC0
what is it?
EM4 Electric Trainsets (Cyrillic ЭМ4, known as "Sputnik") were produced from 2003 to 2006 by the JSC "Spetsremont" factory. Their cars have a common interior space. Each car has three pairs of sliding doors propped-designed only for the high platforms.
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 22 years ago, in 2004.
- Weighs about as much as 50 African elephants (~6 t each).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2004
- in service from
- 2004
- number built
- 15
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- builders
- JSC "Spetsremont" factory
- operators
- Russian Railways, Moscow Railway
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,520 mm Russian broad gauge
- weight
- 297 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q12057101, Wikipedia: EM4 Electric Trainset (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.