Sapsan

what is it?

The Sapsan (Russian: Сапсан, lit. 'Peregrine Falcon'), also known as Velaro RUS EVS, is a Russian gauge high speed electric express train. The train is a Siemens Velaro model, which in turn is based on the ICE 3M/F high-speed trains manufactured by Siemens Mobility for Russian Railways (RZD). The trains started regular service on the Saint Petersburg–Moscow Railway in December 2009, at a maximum speed of 250 km/h (155 mph) and journey time of four hours between Moscow and Saint Petersburg.

who runs it

Russian Railways

base stats

• speed 350 km/htop speed
• power 8 MWpower output
• weight 667 tin working order
• seats 604passengers

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 17 years ago, in 2009.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• ⏱️At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 7 minutes.
• 🚗8 MW is about 94 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 111 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏250 m long: about 56 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧍Seats 604: 12 full city buses (~50 seats each).

high-speed train: Built for 200–350 km/h on dedicated lines, like the TGV, ICE or Shinkansen.

spec sheet

built

2009

in service from

2009

status

in service

number built

—

kind

high-speed train

traction

electric

origin

🇷🇺 Russia

builders

Siemens, Siemens Mobility

operators

Russian Railways

top speed

350 km/h

power

8 MW

gauge

1,520 mm Russian broad gauge

electric system

EVS1: 3 kV DC, EVS2 (dual voltage units):, 3 kV DC / , Overhead catenary

formation

10 / 20 cars

length

250 m

weight

667 t

capacity

604 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

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