 Elektrichka departing from station platform
 Elektrichka on Yaroslavskiy Rail Terminal, Moscow Elektrichka (Russian: электричка, Ukrainian: електричка, elektrychka is a slang word for elektropoezd (Russian: электропоезд), a Soviet or post-Soviet regional (mostly suburban) electrical multiple unit passenger train. Elektrichkas are widespread in Russia and some former Soviet countries. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 255 KB) Photographer: Flickr user eugene_o Title: Vaskelovo - 1 Taken on: July 6, 2005 Original source: Flickr. ...
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Motto: Пролетарии вÑех Ñтран, ÑоединÑйтеÑÑŒ! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) (Russian: Workers of the world, unite!) Anthem(s): The Internationale (1922-1944) Hymn of the Soviet Union (1944-1991) Capital Moscow Largest city Moscow Official language(s) None; Russian de facto Government Federation of Soviet Republics - Last President Mikhail Gorbachev - Last Premier Ivan Silayev...
Illustration of the backyards of a surburban neighbourhood Suburbs are inhabited districts located either on the outer rim of a city or outside the official limits of a city (the term varies from country to country), or the outer elements of a conurbation. ...
A multiple unit is a passenger train whose carriages have their own motors, either diesel (DMUs) or electric (EMUs), and do not need to be hauled by a locomotive. ...
For other uses, see Train (disambiguation). ...
The first elektrichka ride occurred in August 1929 along the line Moscow-Mytishchi. Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area - City 1,081 km² Population - City (2005) - Density 10,415,400 8537. ...
Mytischi (Russian: ) is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located 19 km northeast of Moscow, at 55°55′N 37°46′E. Population: 159,900 (2002); 125,000 (1973); 60,000 (1939). ...
Technical aspects
Elektrichka is a multiple unit train consisting of self-electrically-propelled permanently-attached cars (usually 6 to 12), with a driver's cab at both ends. The crew of elektrichka consists of a driver and an assistant driver. A classic Belgian multiple unit of type 74 A multiple unit (MU) is a passenger train whose carriages have their own motors, either diesel (DMUs) or electric (EMUs), and do not need to be hauled by a locomotive, and can be coupled with other similar units to operate together, in...
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A railroad car (or, more briefly, car, not to be confused with railcar), also known as an item of rolling stock, is a vehicle on a railroad (or railway) that is not a locomotive — one that provides another purpose than purely haulage, although some types of car are powered. ...
Historically, the trains were produced at Riga Wagon Plant, Latvia (known under the ER, elektropoezd rizhskiy (Cyrillic: ЭР, электропоезд рижский) models designation). The company had been holding the whole market since 1950s. The most popular elektrichkas are ER-2 (Russian: ЭР-2) and ER-9 (Russian: ЭР-9), using DC and AC traction, respectively, and their variants and successors. Map of Latvia Coordinates: Founded 1201 Mayor Aivars Aksenoks Area - City 307. ...
The Cyrillic alphabet (or azbuka, from the old name of the first two letters) is an alphabet used for several East and South Slavic languages; (Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Rusyn, Serbian, and Ukrainian) and many other languages of the former Soviet Union, Asia and Eastern Europe. ...
The 1950s was the decade spanning the years 1950 to 1959. ...
Direct current (DC or continuous current) is the continuous flow of electricity through a conductor such as a wire from high to low potential. ...
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ER-2 and ER-9 trains always contain an even number of cars; out of each adjacent pair, one is equipped with motors, and the other carries pneumatic equipment. Cars with cabs carry pneumatic equipment. Motor cars are easily recognizable because of pantographs on their roofs. Not every car is equipped with toilets; in some trains there are as few as only two per train, near drivers' cabs. Each car has four automatic doors, with two on each side. When the train stops doors on the platform side open simultaneously. Doors may be equipped with stairs to allow for low station platforms. The doors are narrower than in metro trains. Traction motor typically refers to those motors that are used to power the driving wheels of a railroad locomotive, electrical multi-unit train (such as a subway or light rail vehicle train), or a tram. ...
A pantograph is a device that collects electric current from overhead lines for electric trains or trams. ...
Toilet found in a Boeing 747 aircraft A toilet is a plumbing fixture and a disposal system primarily intended for the disposal of the bodily wastes; urine, fecal matter, vomit and menses. ...
Metro is: a general term, synonymous with rapid transit, subway or underground, for an urban underground rail public transit system (see list of rapid transit systems); any of several specific public transport systems, including: Bi-State Development Agency in Missouri and Illinois, d/b/a Metro since 2003 Buffalo Metro...
With dissolution of the Soviet Union, some successor countries started production of the new models of elektrichka, but with only a limited success. Due to permanent underfunding in 1990s railways still continue to use existing trains, preferring to renovate them rather than replace. Consequently, most elektrichkas currently in use look very similar, differing only in livery (Soviet-time standard was dark-green with red stripes on the fronts and a yellow stripe alongside the train). Some newer models have wider doors. In Moscow area, Sputnik trains were introduced for express urban lines, having the technical background of an ER-2 but intended for other social niches.
Elektrichka is a low-comfort train with simple benches, each seating three, rowed adjoining the windows.
Spans between stations are usually relatively long, therefore elektrichkas also stop at numerous specially-built stops, known as platforms (Russian: платформа). Sometimes these stops consist of nothing more than a simple platform, often shorter than the length of the entire train, and are located within unincorporated areas. Some platforms don't have a permanent personnel or even lighting. In some areas, elektrichkas stop at seasonal stops which have no structures at all (in forest areas these are colloquially known as mushroom stops because they are extensively used by mushroom gatherers). Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street Station in 1865. ...
Mushroom hunting (or mushrooming) is the activity of searching for mushrooms in the wild, typically for consumption. ...
Elektrichkas are maintained in special depots (Russian: моторвагонное депо, motorvagonnoye depo, Ukrainian: моторвагонне депо, motorvahonne depo), where the trains are repaired and the train operators employed. However, neither elektrichkas nor their operators return to depots every day, instead being assigned to the end stations of the routes. Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street station in 1865. ...
Socio-economic aspects Elektrichka is an enormously important means of transport in post-Soviet countries.
First of all, elektrichkas provide the cheapest and easily accessible connection between the cities and the countryside of ex-Soviet nations. The railway network in these countries is well-developed, while bus services to towns and villages can be rare or unreliable. In addition, private car and truck ownership in rural areas is rare, while elektrichka is much more reliable and safe. This makes elektrichka a crucial life element for the dachniki and peasants trading their harvest on the city markets. An early motorized bus - a Benz truck modified by Netphener company (1895) A bus is a large automobile intended to carry numerous persons in addition to the driver and sometimes a conductor. ...
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The driver of this DAF tractor with an auto-transport semi-trailer truck prepares to offload Å koda Octavia cars in Cardiff, Wales For other meanings, see Truck (disambiguation). ...
Dacha of Boris Pasternak in Peredelkino. ...
Hay bales after harvest in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany In agriculture, harvesting is the process of gathering mature crops from the fields. ...
Elektrichka is a key method of suburban and commuter transport for megacities of the region, such as Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kiev. However, traffic congestion in these areas leads to frequent delays or even cancellations of elektrichkas. In working days, several hours in afternoon are reserved for track repairing works with no traffic on railroads. For these reasons solvent passengers in these areas often prefer buses or marshrutkas to elektrichkas. Illustration of the backyards of a surburban neighbourhood Suburbs are inhabited districts located either on the outer rim of a city or outside the official limits of a city (the term varies from country to country), or the outer elements of a conurbation. ...
Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area - City 1,081 km² Population - City (2005) - Density 10,415,400 8537. ...
Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and...
Location Map of Ukraine with Kyiv highlighted. ...
Marshrutka (Russian: ; short for маршрутное такÑи (routed taxicab)) is a CIS minibus taxi. ...
The governments and railway companies of the respective countries pay much attention to elektrichka service. Although ticket prices are being raised, operational costs are still generously subsidized. Even with this subsidy, many passengers bribe controllers to avoid paying full fares. In addition, large luggage and pets are often carried unpaid. Ticket (unseperated) of the Kurkino in Berchtesgaden CeBIT Home 1998 student day ticket with barcode A Parisians transport ticket Ticket can mean one of several things: // Permission A ticket is a voucher to indicate that one has paid for admission to a theatre, movie theater, amusement park, zoo, museum...
A trunk Baggage can be synonymous with luggage, or can refer to the train of people and goods, both military and of a personal nature, which commonly followed pre-modern armies on campaign. ...
Pets and humans often contribute toward the happiness of the other in a pet relationship. ...
On the other hand, elektrichkas can be uncomfortable, dirty and have a high rate of on-board crime.
The relsovyi avtobus (literally, railbus; Russian: рельсовый автобус), or dizelnyi poezd (literally, diesel train; Russian: дизельный поезд; colloquially dizel, Russian: дизель, or motovoz, Russian: мотовоз) is a type of Soviet/post-Soviet commuter train similar to elektrichka. Technically, it is a diesel railcar, or multiple unit train of 2 to 4 cars, or a single passenger car hauled by a small diesel locomotive. Such trains are less widespread, however, due to the fact that the majority of track on Soviet railroads is electrified. A Connex commuter train stands by the platform in Melbourne, Australia Regional rail systems, or commuter rail systems, usually provide a rail service through a central business district area into suburbs or other locations that draw large numbers of people on a daily basis. ...
A Diesel engine built by MAN AG in 1906 Rudolf Diesels 1893 patent on his engine design The diesel engine is a type of internal combustion engine; more specifically, it is a compression ignition engine, in which the fuel is ignited solely by the high temperature created by compression...
Not to be confused with railroad car. ...
A classic Belgian multiple unit of type 74 A multiple unit (MU) is a passenger train whose carriages have their own motors, either diesel (DMUs) or electric (EMUs), and do not need to be hauled by a locomotive, and can be coupled with other similar units to operate together, in...
Restored passenger cars on display at the Mid-Continent Railway Museum in North Freedom, WI. A passenger car is a piece of railroad rolling stock that is designed to carry passengers. ...
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Overhead wire in Coventry, England Overhead wire and its suspension system in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA A railway electrification system is a way of supplying electric power to electric locomotives and multiple units. ...
Regional details
Russia The production of elektrichka trains for Russian Railways was deployed in Demikhovo, Moscow Oblast. Russian Railways emblem Russian Railways electric locomotive VL10 Russian Railways (Russian: ), is the state-owned railway company of Russia. ...
Moscow Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) officially established on January 14, 1929. ...
Ukraine Ukraine, possessing a dense network of electrified railways, is supporting and developing its elektrichka system. As of November 2005, the easternmost Luhansk Oblast was the only region of the country not covered by elektrichka communication. A typical elektrichka route is around 100km in length and has stops every 5-10 km, which adds up to about 3.5 hours in total each way. It is possible to travel across the country by changing elektrichka trains two to three times. Tickets are cheap, while on the other hand travel is uncomfortable. Most trains collect money on absence of ticket and accept as little as 10 kopikas (2 cents USD). It is possible to travel for free when on the stop one exits the cart, that is being collected and goes to collected one. Overhead wire in Coventry, England Overhead wire and its suspension system in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA A railway electrification system is a way of supplying electric power to electric locomotives and multiple units. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Luhansk Oblast (Ukrainian: , Luhans’ka oblast’ or Луганщина, Luhanshchyna; Russian: , Luganskaya oblast) is the easternmost oblast (province) of Ukraine. ...
At the same time, many Ukrainian elektrichkas are gradually turning to inter-city services. There are new direct lines such as the Kiev-Rivne route, which is around 300 km long. Such rail services resemble a hybrid between elektrichka and a traditional train of sleeping cars. Such new trains have a dramatically increased level of comfort, with fewer stops. Location Map of Ukraine with Kyiv highlighted. ...
Rivne (Ukrainian: , Russian: , translit. ...
// In biology, hybrid has two meanings. ...
The sleeping car is a railroad car on a train with sleeping facilities. ...
Ukrainian railways is looking forward to produce its own models of elektrichka (possessing all technical capabilities for it), but such efforts are limited by the unprofitability of the service. The only success for now is a deep modernization of the Riga trains conducted by local companies. However, the recently-opened elektrichka line in Debaltseve area is reported to be served by Ukrainian-made trains. Ukrzaliznytsia (УкрзалізницÑ) is the national railway company of Ukraine. ...
Debaltseve (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. ...
New electrichkas feature premium services like bar-cart and childrens-cart, but are hard to catch and only operate on major routes. Older, Soviet trains are poorly maintained and can have reliability issues. The only entertainment one would expect here are homeless and gypsy singers, who do it for tips.
The largest elektrichka depot of Ukraine, serving Kiev and surrounding oblasts, is situated in Fastiv. Location Map of Ukraine with Kyiv highlighted. ...
Oblast (Czech: oblast, Slovak: oblasÅ¥, Russian and Ukrainian: , Belarusian: , Bulgarian: оÌблаÑÑ‚) refers to a subnational entity in some countries. ...
Fastiv (Ukrainian Фастів) is a city in northern Ukraine, a center of the Fastivskyi raion (district) within Kyivska oblast. Population 50,500 (2004). ...
Slovakia Električka (elektrichka) is the slovakian term for tram. Motto: none Anthem: Nad Tatrou sa blýska (Lightning Over the Tatras) Capital Bratislava Largest city Bratislava Official language(s) Slovak Government Parliamentary democracy - President Ivan GaÅ¡paroviÄ - Prime Minister Robert Fico Independence From Czechoslovakia - Date January 1, 1993[1] Accession to EU May 1, 2004 Area - Total 49,036...
A CLRV Streetcar in the City of Toronto. ...
The name is also used for the light electric railway Tatranská elektrická železnica (TEŽ, Tatra Electric Railway) in the Tatra Mountains, from the towns of Poprad and Starý Smokovec. The Tatra Electric Railway (Slovak: ), colloquially Tatra Railway, is an electrified single track narrow gauge railway in the Slovak part of the Tatras. ...
Tatras The Tatra mountains, Tatras or Tatra (in Polish and Slovak Tatry), constitute a mountain range on the border of Poland and Slovakia, and are the highest section of the Carpathian Mountains. ...
- See also: :sk:Tatranská elektrická železnica
Cultural significance Being a social symbol, elektrichka is the subject of some pieces of art and literature. Poslednyaya elektrichka (The Last Electrichka, Russian: Последняя Электричка), a song with music by David Tukhmanov and lyrics by M.Nozhkin), used to be very popular in the Soviet Union. As usual you and me have been standing till late night. As usual, it was not enough. As usual, your mother called you home, and I went to the railway station. The last elektrichka ran away from me again, and once again, walking along the railtracks,I am making my way home. Of more recent examples is the Elektrichka song. Kino (Russian: , often written uppercase, pronounced key-no) was a Russian rock band headed by Viktor Tsoi. ...
Important scenes of some popular Soviet movies take place onboard elektrichka. For example, the female protagonist of the famous Moscow Does Not Believe In Tears movie meets her love interest in an elektrichka on her way returning home to Moscow from a dacha. Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ...
Aleksey Batalov as a plumber Gosha МоÑква Слезам Ðе Верит (Moscow Does Not Believe In Tears, Moskva slezam ne verit) is a 1979 Soviet film made by Mosfilm. ...
Dacha of Boris Pasternak in Peredelkino. ...
Venedikt Erofeev's novel Moskva-Petushki is based around a travel using elektrichka. Venedikt Erofeev (Венедикт Ерофеев), (October 24, 1938—May 11, 1990), was a Russian writer. ...
Moscow-Petushki, or Moscow to the End of the Line, is a semi-autobiographical postmodernist prose poem by Russian writer and satirist Venedikt Erofeev (Венедикт Ерофеев). Written between 1969 and 1970 and passed around in samizdat, it was first published in 1973 in Israel and later, in 1977, in Paris. ...
Riddle about elektrichka: "long, green, smells like sausage".
See also Russian Railways emblem Russian Railways electric locomotive VL10 Russian Railways (Russian: ), is the state-owned railway company of Russia. ...
Railways: total: 23,350 km broad gauge: 23,350 km 1. ...
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Modern three-phase AC locomotive (DBAG Class 152) A GG1 An electric locomotive is a locomotive powered by electric motors which draws current from an overhead wire (overhead lines), a third rail, or an on-board storage device such as a battery or a flywheel energy storage system. ...
A Connex commuter train stands by the platform in Melbourne, Australia Regional rail systems, or commuter rail systems, usually provide a rail service through a central business district area into suburbs or other locations that draw large numbers of people on a daily basis. ...
Limited-stop bus, tram or train services omit calls at certain stops in order to offer a faster trip between the places served. ...
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This is an alphabetical listing of countries and cities which have commuter or suburban railways. ...
External links - (English) Ever Take an Elektrichka? (a travel report)
- (English) Types of trains operated by Latvian Railways (including pictures and short info on the two ER models of elektrichka)
- (Russian) Massive photogallery of elektrichkas in post-Soviet countries (sorted by model; all models, angles and liveries available with descriptions; also pictures of dizelpoyezds)
- (Russian) An amateur guide for elektrichka travellers&fans in the post-Soviet countries (including schedules for all national railways, travel tips, history section etc.)
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