Some newer models have wider doors or other electric engines, for example ED4 and EP2D series, cars are 1.5 windows longer and have wider doors, or ET4A with asynchronous motors. Consequently, most elektrichkas in use are similar in appearance, differing only in livery the Soviet-era standard was dark green, with red stripes on the front and a yellow stripe on the side of the train. Due to underfunding during the 1990s, railways continue to use Soviet-built trains, preferring renovation over replacement. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union some successor nations started production of new elektrichka models with limited success. An elektrichka is bare-bones transportation with simple benches (each seating three) next to the windows. The doors are narrower than in metro trains. Doors may be equipped with stairs, to allow for low station platforms. When the train stops, doors on the platform side open simultaneously. Each car has four automatic doors, two on each side. Not every car is equipped with toilets on some trains there are as few as two per train, near the driver's cab. Cars with cabs carry pneumatic equipment, and motor cars are easily recognizable because of pantographs on their roofs. The most widespread elektrichka models are the ER-2 (Russian: ЭР-2) and ER-9 (Russian: ЭР-9) (using DC and AC traction respectively) later models in use are mostly their variants and successors.ĮR-2 and ER-9 trains contain an even number of cars of each adjacent pair, one is equipped with motors and the other carries pneumatic equipment. The plant was the only manufacturer from the 1950s until the break-up of the Soviet Union. The Soviet trains were manufactured at the Riga Wagon Plant in the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, and bore the "ER" ( elektropoezd rizhskiy Cyrillic: ЭР, электропоезд рижский) model designation. A 10-car train has a capacity of 1,200 passengers. Rolling stock Īll elektrichkas are overhead line-fed electrical multiple unit (EMU) trains, usually consisting of 4 to 14 cars with a driver's cab at both ends. Since the collapse of communism, the term "Elektrichka" is not in use with non-Russian speaking population in some countries where native Slavic language speakers are not in the majority. The popular Internet search engine Yandex officially uses Russian "elektrichka" in its branded online schedule services. For instance, the new intra-city train service in Kyiv is officially called "elektrychka" in Ukrainian. However, it is gradually becoming a part of the official trademark names. "Elektrichka" was initially a colloquial abbreviation for elektropoyezd ( Russian: электропо́езд, electric train), the official term for electrical multiple unit passenger train in respective languages.
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