Metrowagonmash, also Metrovagonmash (), is an engineering company in

Mytishchi Mytishchi ( rus, Мыти́щи, p=mɨˈtʲiɕːɪ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Mytishchinsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, which lies 19 km northeast of Russia's capital Moscow o ...

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. Metrowagonmash (MWM) is one of the leading enterprises in

operating in the field of transport machine building. It specializes in development, designing and manufacturing of rolling stock for

metro Metro may refer to: Geography * Metro City (Indonesia), a city in Indonesia * A metropolitan area, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center Public transport * Rapid transit, a passenger railway in an urban area with high ...

systems and

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. Metrowagonmash is part of

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. In May 2009 its Mytishchi Machine-building Factory was spun off as a separate truck and armored vehicle manufacturing company.

History

The plant was founded in 1897 (in the village of Big Mytishchi) to manufacture railcars, first for the Russian North Railway.

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ways and

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s for Moscow have been produced since 1903, electric passenger trains since 1929 and metro-cars since 1934. During

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s, military tractors, tracked vehicles and other military material were produced. The plant was partially evacuated to the Ural region in October 1941. The equipment was back the following year. In 1947, production of

dump truck A dump truck, known also as a dumping truck, dump lorry or dumper lorry or a dumper for short, is used for transporting materials (such as dirt, gravel, or demolition waste) for construction as well as coal. A typical dump truck is equipped ...

s was started. The company later concentrated on production of subway cars, dump trucks and armored tracked vehicles (e.g.

GM chassis (Russian: ''Gusenichnaya Mashina'', ''Гусеничная машина'', lit. ''tracked machine'') is a series of tracked vehicle chassis. Generally, the series is produced by Russia's '' Mytishchi Machine-Building Plant''. Some older series ...

es). A number of models of Metrovagonmash subway cars have been deployed in nearly every subway (

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) system of the former

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, as well as in

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and

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. In 1999, the plant started manufacturing rail buses as well. The plant also manufactured 137

RA2 Multiple Unit The RA-2 Multiple Unit () is a Russian diesel multiple unit (railbus), type 2. The RA-2 is produced by Metrovagonmash and is designed for passenger transportation on non-electrified railway lines with high traffic, as well as suburban and inter- ...

s between 2006 and 2008. Today Metrowagonmash is among the five thousand top enterprises in the country. On 19 May 2023, Metrowagonmash was sanctioned by the United States

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. The

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said that the plant was involved in the production of military equipment, such as components for surface-to-air radar, weapons systems, and armoured tracked vehicles.

List of products

Metrowagonmash is the leading manufacturer of cars for metro systems of large cities of the CIS countries and of several

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states. The enterprise has mastered manufacture of Light Rail cars designed for the lines of the

Moscow Metro The Moscow Metro) is a rapid transit system in the Moscow Oblast of Russia. It serves the capital city of Moscow and the neighbouring cities of Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, Krasnogorsk, Reutov, Lyubertsy, and Kotelniki. Opened in 1935 with one l ...

. Other specific products for the plant are rail buses. These vehicles are relatively new for the domestic

and are designed for operation on suburban and interregional non-electrified routes. 71-931M 31016

Rolling stock

As of 2024, Metrowagonmash produces the following models of rolling stock: * Metro 81-725/726/727 "Baltiets" * Metro 81-765/766/767 "Moskva" * Metro 81-775/776/777 "Moskva-2020" * Metro 81-775.2/776.2/777.2 "Moskva-2024" * Tram 71-931M "Vityaz"

Gallery

File:81-717-714 Novogireyevo depot route 36 (cropped).jpg,

81-717/714 The 81-717/714 is a Soviet/Russian metro car model, designed in the Soviet Union in the mid-1970s. The cars were made from 1976 to 2014 by Metrovagonmash and the I. E. Yegorov Vagonmash factories of Mytishchi and Saint Petersburg, respectively. ...

File:Metro train 81-717.6-714.6.jpg,

, 81-717.6/714.6 File:Metro wagon 81-720.jpg,

, 81-720/721 Юбилейный в Невском (3).jpg,

Saint Petersburg Metro The Saint Petersburg Metro () is a rapid transit system in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Construction began in early 1941, but was put on hold due to World War II and the subsequent Siege of Leningrad, during which the constructed stations were used a ...

, 81-722/723/724 File:81-740-741, Fili.jpg,

, 81-740/741 File:81-760-761 train № 37002.jpg,

, 81-760/761 File:81-760B.jpg,

Baku Metro Baku Metro () is a rapid transit system serving Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. First opened on 6 November 1967 when Azerbaijan was part of the Soviet Union, its features are typical of former Soviet Union, Soviet systems, including very deep ...

, 81-760B/761B/763B File:81-765.766.767 in Vykhino depot.jpg,

, 81-765/766/767 File:Felújított 3-as metró Kőbánya-Kispest.jpg,

Budapest metro The Budapest Metro (, ) is the rapid transit system in the Hungary, Hungarian capital Budapest. Opened in 1896, it is the world's second oldest electrified underground railway after the City and South London Railway of 1890, now part of the Lon ...

, 81-717.2K/714.2K File:Второй и третий составы «Балтиец» в депо «Автово».jpg,

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Russian Railways Russian Railways or RZD () is a Russian fully state-owned vertically integrated railway company, both managing infrastructure and operating freight and passenger train services and has a near-monopoly on long-distance train travel in Russia. ...

, RA1 (Model 730) File:Russian_PA-1_Rail_bus._(11171319066).jpg,

, RA1 (Model 731) File:6341 sorozatu motorkocsi.jpg,

Hungarian Railways The Hungarian State Railways (, , formally MÁV Magyar Államvasutak Zártkörűen Működő Részvénytársaság (MÁV Zrt.). The full official name of the company is MÁV-csoport () now commonly known as MÁV) is the Hungarian national rail ...

, MÁV-6341 File:Oslavany, železniční stanice, jednotka 835.201.jpg, Czech Railways, Class 835 File:РА2-108, станция Рудня.jpg,

, RA2 File:DPM-001 Shcherbinka.jpg,

, DPM File:Metro train 81-730.05 3.jpg,

, 81-730.05 File:Metro train 81-730.05 1.jpg,

, 81-730.05 File:Вагон метро «Ока» (служебный дизель).jpg,

, 81-7xx (760-like railcar) File:RA3-048 at Nizhny Tagil station.jpg,

, RA3

References and sources

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