Er200

ER200

The ER200 was a Soviet electric train built in Riga by Rīgas Vagonbūves Rūpnīca. It was the first high-speed Direct Current intercity Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) with rheostatic brake. There were two designs. First in 1974 came the ER200-1 EMU which went into commercial operation in 1984. A 1992 design went into operation between Saint-Petersburg and Moscow in 1996.

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