Ivolga

what is it?

The Ivolga (named after "Иволга" bird, e.g. Eurasian golden oriole), designation EG2Tv and EGE2Tv, is an electric multiple unit passenger train produced and manufactured by Transmashholding at Tver Carriage Works (TVZ) for urban and commuter service.

who runs it

base stats

• power 6 MWpower output
• weight 55.5 tin working order
• seats 668passengers
• built 1,326made 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.
• 🚗6 MW is about 71 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏116 m long: about 26 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧍Seats 668: 13 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

2017

in service from

2017

number built

1,326

kind

multiple unit

traction

electric

origin

🇷🇺 Russia

builders

Transmashholding, Tverskoy Vagonostroitelniy Zavod

operators

Central Suburban Passenger Company

top speed

—

power

6 MW

gauge

1,520 mm Russian broad gauge

electric system

3 kV DC (nominal) from overhead catenary

length

116 m

weight

55.5 t

capacity

668 passengers

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