ER1 electric trainset (Cyrillic: ЭР1) was manufactured by
Rīgas Vagonbūves Rūpnīca
Rīgas Vagonbūves Rūpnīca (RVR) was a Latvian rail and tram vehicle manufacturer, most notable for its multiple unit trains and tram vehicles used throughout the Soviet Union and its successor states. It has been insolvent and non-operat ...
between 1957 and 1962 for suburban commuting usage within the
Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...
on lines electrified on 3000 V, DC.
See also
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Stadler KISS
The Stadler KISS is a family of bilevel rail car, bilevel electric multiple unit commuter trains developed and built since 2008 by Stadler Rail of Switzerland. As of 2016, 242 KISS trainsets comprising 1,145 cars have been sold to operators in el ...
- electric trainset, in Sweden called ER1
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The Museum of the Moscow Railway
The Museum of the Moscow Railway () is situated next to Paveletsky Rail Terminal in Moscow. The museum reopened to private visitors in 2011 and it reopened to the general public in January 2012. It's the object of cultural heritage of Russia.
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, at
Paveletsky Rail Terminal,
Moscow
Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...
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Rizhsky Rail Terminal
Rizhsky station (, ''Rizhsky vokzal'', Riga station) is one of the ten main railway stations in Moscow, Russia. It was built in 1901. As well as being an active station it also houses the Museum of the Moscow Railway (Moscow Rizhsky station), Mos ...
, Home of the Moscow Railway Museum
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Varshavsky Rail Terminal,
St.Petersburg, Home of the Central Museum of Railway Transport, Russian Federation
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History of rail transport in Russia
Russia was and is the largest country in the world. Its geography of north–south rivers and east–west commerce, plus, importantly, the mostly flat terrain, made it very suited to develop railroads as the basic mode of transportation.
Today R ...
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Documentary of Soviet electric EMU trains of the ER-series(ER1 from 38:26-53:07)
Electric multiple units of Russia
Electric multiple units of Ukraine
3000 V DC multiple units
Train-related introductions in 1957