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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. РА1-0035: Богдан Альбертович· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Russian PA-1 Rail bus. (11171319066): Clay Gilliland· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. RA1-0001 at Spb-Baltic depot: Леонид Сватиков· CC BY 4.0
- 4. RA1-0001: Diesellokophren· CC0
- 5. RZD RA1-0083 2022-09 Krivandino 1663405849: Artyom Svetlov· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. 2TE10V-4184 and RA1-0028: xtreme-93· CC0
- 7. RA1-0003 in 2018: Белов А.В.· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. RA1-0040-Frolischi: Игоревич· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. RA1-0056 + RA1: Klops.ru· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. RA1-0070 in Volgograd: Mark F. Levisay· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
RA1 (Russian: РА1 - рельсовый автобус, тип 1) (Rail Bus, 1st type) - a series of rail buses that unified structurally with metrovagon. It is produced by JSC "Metrovagonmash". That is an independent mobile unit for the carriage of passengers.
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
- 315 kW is about 4 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- —
- number built
- 173
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- builders
- Metrowagonmash
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 315 kW
- gauge
- 1,520 mm Russian broad gauge
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4386431, Wikipedia: RA1 (railbus) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.