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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. RA2 in Ozherelye (MosOblast) 03-2014: A.Savin· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Ra2m: jeka3000· Public domain
- 3. RZD RA2-052 2021-08 Zheleznodorozhny train station 36: Artyom Svetlov· CC BY 4.0
- 4. РА2-0001 with freight cars: Олег Котов· CC0
- 5. РА2-0001: Олег Котов· CC0
- 6. 2020-10-25 - RA2: Voltmetro· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Оп Ояярви 6: Scaut2002· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Открытие Крымского моста (ЖД, 1): Администрация Президента России· CC BY 4.0
- 9. Поезд в Абабкове - panoramio: Евгений Катышев· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. РА2 -головной вагон сбоку, ст. Тамань-Пассажирская: Пресс-служба правительства Республики Крым· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The RA-2 Multiple Unit (Russian: РА2) is a Russian diesel multiple unit (railbus), type 2. The RA-2 is produced by Metrovagonmash and is designed for passenger transportation on non-electrified railway lines with high traffic, as well as suburban and inter-regional communication. They can be operated as a part of only two head end cars, and with one or two trailing cars.
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 20 years ago, in 2006.
- Weighs about as much as 7 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
- 2006
- in service from
- 2006
- number built
- 115
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- builders
- Metrowagonmash
- operators
- Russian Railways, Ulaanbaatar Railbus, Lietuvos geležinkeliai, AB, Ukrainian Railways
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- —
- weight
- 44 t
- capacity
- 86 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4386436, Wikipedia: RA2 multiple unit (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.