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#5842· 81-765/766/767

81-765 series

🇷🇺 Russia ·built by Transmashholding· from 2017· class of Russian metro cars

🚇 metro electric ✓ in service
81-765 series, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Mos.ru· CC BY 4.0

what is it?

81-765 series (named Moskva, Russian: Москва́) are types of metro cars designed by Metrowagonmash in Russia. The series consists of three types of cars: 81-765 (head motor car), 81-766 (intermediate motor car) and 81-767 (intermediate non-motor car). The Moskva is currently in service on five systems, including the Moscow Metro, Kazan Metro, Baku Metro, Tashkent Metro and Minsk Metro.

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 90 km/htop speed
  • power 680 kWpower output
  • built 1,412made in total

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 9 years ago, in 2017.
  • 680 kW is about 8 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
  • 20.1 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.

metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.

spec sheet

built
2017
in service from
2017
status
in service
number built
1,412
kind
metro
traction
electric
origin
🇷🇺 Russia
builders
Transmashholding, Metrowagonmash
operators
Moscow Metro, Baku Metro, Tashkent Metro
top speed
90 km/h
power
680 kW
gauge
1,520 mm Russian broad gauge
formation
2 — 8 cars
length
20.1 m
Dutch name
81-765/766/767

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

Sources: Wikidata Q27048572, Wikipedia: 81-765 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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