81-740/741
Sign in to save81-740/741 (Rusich, ), is a type of rolling stock specially designed for running under the harsh winter climate of outdoor Moscow. Rusich also features a corridor connection, allowing passenger access between the two sections of the cars. It was first designed for use on proposed light metro lines such as the Butovskaya line in Moscow (which ended up being the only light metro line built), being similar in nature to some high floor two-segment articulated trams like the rolling stock of the Los Angeles Metro Rail, the Tyne and Wear Metro, and Docklands Light Railway rolling stock in London.
Key facts
- Train.name
- Metrovagonmash 81-740/741
- Train.image
- Vagon-741-outside.jpg
- Train.caption
- 81-740.1/741.1 train
- Train.service
- 2003-present
- Train.manufacturer
- Metrovagonmash (Russia)
- Train.factory
- Metrovagonmash (Russia)
- Train.family
- 81-740 series
- Train.replaced
- E series (E, Ezh, Em)81-717 series
- Train.successor
- 81-760 series
- Train.predecessor
- 81-720 series
- Train.yearconstruction
- 2002-2013 (all modifications)
- Train.yearservice
- 2003
- Train.capacity
- 344/370 passengers (353/382 for .4(K) and .2B)
- Train.operator
- Moskovsky Metropoliten, Kazan Metro,Sofia Metro
- Train.depots
- Moscow Metro:MPD-1 SevernoyeMPD-3 IzmaylovoMPD-4 Krasnaya PresnyaMPD-8 VarshavskoyeMPD-16 MitinoKazan Metro:Ametyevo
- Train.lines
- Moscow Metro::Kazan Metro:All lines
- Train.carlength
- /
- Train.art sections
- Two sections per car
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Russia
- Operator
- Moscow Metro
- Manufacturer
- Metrowagonmash
- Image
- Fili 05.jpg
- Speed
- 90
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81-740/741 (Rusich, ), is a type of rolling stock specially designed for running under the harsh winter climate of outdoor Moscow. Rusich also features a corridor connection, allowing passenger access between the two sections of the cars. It was first designed for use on proposed light metro lines such as the Butovskaya line in Moscow (which ended up being the only light metro line built), being similar in nature to some high floor two-segment articulated trams like the rolling stock of the Los Angeles Metro Rail, the Tyne and Wear Metro, and Docklands Light Railway rolling stock in London.
They are currently assigned to the metro lines including Sokolnicheskaya, Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya, and Butovskaya lines of Moscow Metro, Kazan Metro.
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