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ER1 electric trainset
🇪🇪 Estonia ·built by Riga Railway Carriage Building Factory· from 1957· Electric multiple unit
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Eupatoria 04-14 img03 E-Kurort station: A.Savin· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. ER1-135+exER6: Hans-Peter Bärtschi (ETH-Bibliothek Zürich)· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Elektriraudtee, Paldiski, Electric unit nr 2304, Estonia May 1996: Felix O· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. ER1-06 in Haapsalu 2025: HartOve· CC BY 4.0
- 5. Haapsaalu Raudteemuuseum-Haapsalu Train Museum - panoramio: urmasr· CC BY 3.0
- 6. Haapsalu (33676216954): Sergei Gussev· CC BY 2.0
- 7. Haapsalu (34477957486): Sergei Gussev· CC BY 2.0
- 8. Haapsalu railway station platforms 1: Ymblanter· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. ER1-228 ER-183: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY 1.0
- 10. 1964 Hammond Slides Train Station: Thomas Taylor Hammond (1920-1993)· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
ER1 electric trainset (Cyrillic: ЭР1) was manufactured by Rīgas Vagonbūves Rūpnīca between 1957 and 1962 for suburban commuting usage within the Soviet Union on lines electrified on 3000 V, DC.
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 69 years ago, in 1957.
- 19.6 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 1,050: 21 full city buses (~50 seats each).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1957
- number built
- 259
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇪🇪 Estonia
- builders
- Riga Railway Carriage Building Factory, Tverskoy Vagonostroitelniy Zavod
- operators
- Estonian Railways, Ukrainian Railways, Russian Railways, Crimea Railway, Elron
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,520 mm Russian broad gauge
- electric system
- 3 kV DC Catenary
- formation
- 10 cars
- length
- 19.6 m
- capacity
- 1,050 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1106966, Wikipedia: ER1 electric trainset (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.