#4213· Vagon metro tipa Etsjs
Metrovagonmash Ečs
🇷🇺 Russia ·built by Metrowagonmash· from 1974· oldest type of vehicle operated in Prague
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- 1. Praha metro stary vlak: No machine-readable author provided. Che assumed (based on copyright claims).· CC BY-SA 2.5
what is it?
Ečs (81-709) is a type of Soviet metro rolling stock for Prague Metro that derives from the Metrowagonmash E series.
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 52 years ago, in 1974.
- Weighs about as much as 5 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 19.2 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 262: 5 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Served for 23 years (1974–1997).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1974
- in service from
- 1974
- retired
- 1997
- status
- retired
- number built
- 85
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- builders
- Metrowagonmash
- operators
- Prague Metro
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- 288 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 750 V DC third rail
- formation
- 3–5 cars
- length
- 19.2 m
- weight
- 32.5 t
- capacity
- 262 passengers
- Dutch name
- Vagon metro tipa Etsjs
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q3566644, Wikipedia: Metrovagonmash Ečs (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.