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Lastochka
🇷🇺 Russia ·built by Siemens Mobility· from 2013· German/Russian commuter intercity electric train
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. ЭС1-031, станция Москва-Рижская: Neu-Zwei· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. ES2G-050: Avilov A. // Mos.ru· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The Lastochka/Finist (Russian: Ласточка/Финист, lit. 'Swallow') is a German/Russian commuter intercity electric multiple unit train used across multiple Russian cities, based on the Siemens Desiro design and manufactured by Siemens and Ural Locomotives.
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 13 years ago, in 2013.
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
- 2.9 MW is about 34 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 44 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 26 m long: about 6 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
- 2013
- in service from
- 2013
- status
- in service
- number built
- 505
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- builders
- Siemens, Ural Locomotives, Siemens Mobility, Sinara Group
- operators
- Russian Railways, Northwest Suburban Passenger Company
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- power
- 2.9 MW
- gauge
- 1,520 mm Russian broad gauge
- electric system
- ES1, ES1P: and 3 kV DC catenary;, ES2G, ES2GP, ES104: 3 kV DC catenary
- formation
- 5-6-7-8-10 cars (train set);, 10-20 cars (multiple working)
- length
- 26 m
- weight
- 264 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1128196, Wikipedia: Lastochka (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.