3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Metro wagon 81-720 "Jauza": Kirill Borisenko· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Metro wagon 81-720: Иван Гриценко· CC BY 3.0
- 3. Yauza 81-720-0007 front: Пресс-служба Правительства Москвы· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
81-720/721 (Yauza, alternatively spelled as Jauza, Russian: Яуза), is a subway car model used by the Moscow Metro. The origins of the design go back to 1987, and the first train was built in 1990–1991. Production of "Yauza" was discontinued in 2002 due to ongoing reliability issues.
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 28 years ago, in 1998.
- 660 kW is about 8 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Seats 350: 7 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Served for 21 years (1998–2019).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1998
- in service from
- 1998
- retired
- 2019
- status
- retired
- number built
- 91
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- builders
- Metrowagonmash
- operators
- Moscow Metro
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 660 kW
- gauge
- 1,520 mm Russian broad gauge
- formation
- 2 to 8 cars
- weight
- 34.5 t
- capacity
- 350 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4032533, Wikipedia: 81-720/721 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.