81-717/714

what is it?

The Metrovagonmash 81-717/81-714 Nomernoy is a Soviet/Russian electric multiple unit for rapid transit applications, designed in the Soviet Union in the mid-1970s. The cars were made from 1976 to 2021 by Metrovagonmash and the I. E. Yegorov Vagonmash factories of Mytishchi and Saint Petersburg, respectively, though production is still ongoing for specific modifications. The 81-series trains are the most widespread metro train ever, being produced in 24 different variations currently being used in 19 rapid transit systems across 11 countries, as well as being the metro train with the longest production span and largest total production number, with over 7000 cars having been manufactured in total so far.

who runs it

Samara MetroMoscow MetroTbilisi MetroTashkent MetroYerevan MetroNizhny Novgorod MetroBudapest MetroPrague MetroSaint Petersburg MetroBaku MetroKyiv MetroDnipro MetroKharkiv MetroMinsk Metro

base stats

• speed 90 km/htop speed
• power 456 kWpower output
• weight 34 tin working order
• seats 330passengers
• built 1,042made 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 49 years ago, in 1977.
• 🚗456 kW is about 5 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏19.2 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧍Seats 330: 7 full city buses (~50 seats each).
• 🧓Still in service after 49 years.

metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.

spec sheet

built

1977

in service from

1977

status

in service

number built

1,042

kind

metro

traction

electric

origin

🇷🇺 Russia

builders

Metrowagonmash

operators

Samara Metro, Moscow Metro, Tbilisi Metro, Tashkent Metro, Yerevan Metro, Nizhny Novgorod Metro, Budapest Metro, Prague Metro, Saint Petersburg Metro, Baku Metro, Kyiv Metro, Dnipro Metro, Kharkiv Metro, Minsk Metro

top speed

90 km/h

power

456 kW

gauge

1,520 mm Russian broad gauge

length

19.2 m

weight

34 t

capacity

330 passengers

Dutch name

Metrowagonmasch 81-717/714

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