81-740/741

Bucket
81-740.1/741.1 train
In service2003-present
ManufacturerMetrovagonmash (Russia)
Built atMetrovagonmash (Russia)
Family name81-
Constructed2002-2013 (all modifications)
Entered service2003
Capacity344/370 passengers (353/382 for .4(K) and .2B)
OperatorsMoskovsky Metropoliten, Kazan Metro,Sofia Metro
DepotsMoscow Metro:
MPD-1 Severnoye
MPD-3 Izmaylovo
MPD-4 Krasnaya Presnya
MPD-8 Varshavskoye
MPD-16 Mitino
Kazan Metro:
Ametyevo
Lines servedMoscow Metro:
#1 Sokolnicheskaya line Sokolnicheskaya line
#3 Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line
#12 Butovskaya line Butovskaya line
:
Kazan Metro:
All lines
Specifications
Car length28.15 m (92 ft 4+14 in)/27.2 m (89 ft 2+78 in)
Width2.7 m (8 ft 10+14 in)
Height3.57 m (11 ft 8+12 in)
Articulated sectionsTwo sections per car
Maximum speed90 km/h (56 mph)
Weight47 t (46 long tons; 52 short tons)/46 t (45 long tons; 51 short tons)
Traction systemIGBT-VVVF inverter
Metrovagonmash CATP-1 (Moscow Metro, Kazan Metro)
Hitachi VFI-HD2420D
Traction motorsAC asynchronous motor
4EFA 1832B (81-740/741)
DATE-170-4U2 (81-740.1/741.1)
TAD 280M4 U2 (81-740A/741A, 81-740.1/741.1, 81-740.4/741.4)
HS35531-01RB (81-740.2/741.2)
Power output640 kW (860 hp)
or 680 kW (910 hp)
Acceleration1.3 m/s2 (2.9 mph/s)
Deceleration1.1 m/s2 (2.5 mph/s)
Electric system(s)825 V DC
Bogies3 two-axle bogies (2 motorized bogies)
Braking system(s)Dynamic brakes (rheostatic and regenerative), electro-pneumatic
Coupling systemScharfenberg coupler
Multiple workingMin 2x 81-740 car, max 81-740 + 3x 81-741 + 81-740 cars. Train + train configuration is not used in regular service.
Track gauge1,520 mm (4 ft 11+2732 in) Russian gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge

81-740/741 (Rusich, Russian: Русич), 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.


Four main types of Rusich rolling stock were manufactured. 81-740/741, 81-740.1/741.1; 81-740.4/741.4 which are used on the Moscow Metro and in Kazan Metro on the wide Russian gauge, the later having an extra door in the cabless segments. 81-740.2/741.2, 81-740.2B/741.2B is technically adapted and designed for. Besides the 81-717/714 and its derivatives/modifications, it is the only train made by Metrowagonmash to be used outside the former USSR, in the European Union, and to get a modification for a different track gauge.

Its automatic train operation and universal control panel were designed by Tikhomirov Scientific Research Institute of Instrument Design (NIIP).