#3664· ER2 treinstel
ER2 electric trainset
Georgia ·built by Riga Railway Carriage Building Factory· from 1962· electric multiple unit
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. ЭР2К-481, Россия, Кемеровская область, станция Бардино (Trainpix 30879): Maxim Dmitriev· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. ER2R: Дубопробка· Public domain
- 3. ER2T: Den Toretto· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. ER2-1342-09, Zasulauks: My another account ( talk )· CC0
- 5. ER2-electric-train: Sergey Rodovnichenko· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. RZD ER2-1129 2006-08 Derbenevskaya 1155656548: Artyom Svetlov· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. RZD ER2-1334 2007-03 Paveletsky suburban direction of Moscow Railway 1174747517: Artyom Svetlov· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Stiopa-ER2-7251: Stiopa· CC BY 4.0
- 9. ER2-47401-Umnaya-bumaga: Белов А.В.· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. RZD ER2R-3060 2008-02 283 km 1203174360: Artyom Svetlov· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
ER2 electric trainset is a DC electric multiple unit which was in production by the Railroad Machinery Plants of Riga (in consortium with the Electrical Machinery Plants of Riga and the Railroad Machinery Plants of Kalinin) from June 1962 to mid-1984. It was essentially an improvement of the ER1 design, featuring footboards for low platforms, and aprons for high platforms, as well as improved electrical equipment and minor changes to the bodywork (specifically, the engineer's cab, side walls, headstocks, and door mountings). Since the mid-1960s, the ER2 has been the most widely used type of suburban train in the Soviet Union and its successor states.
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 64 years ago, in 1962.
- 19.6 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1962
- number built
- 850
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- Georgia
- builders
- Riga Railway Carriage Building Factory, Tverskoy Vagonostroitelniy Zavod
- operators
- Georgian Railway, Latvian Railways, Estonian Railways, Lietuvos geležinkeliai, AB, Armenian Railways, Abkhazian railway, Azerbaijan Railways, Soviet Railways, Uzbek Railways, Russian Railways, Central Suburban Passenger Company, Ukrainian Railways, Ministry of the Means of Communication of the USSR, Ministry of the Means of Communication of the Russian Federation
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,520 mm Russian broad gauge
- electric system
- 3 kV DC Catenary
- formation
- 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 cars
- length
- 19.6 m
- Dutch name
- ER2 treinstel
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q155792, Wikipedia: ER2 electric trainset (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.