Named electrical trains in Saint Petersburg

During rolling stock operation in the USSR and Russia some local trains (elektrichkas) were given their own official names.

Train name (translated)	Train number	Train name in Russian	Image	Building date	Cars	Service point	Pension off	Note
170 years of the Russian Railway	ET2M-047	170 лет РЖД		2002, April[1]	10[1]	TCH-10 Okt rw (St. Petersburg)[1]	In-commission (July 29, 2008)[2]	The name was given in August 2007 while the train undergoing major repairs at the October electrocar-repair factory. The name celebrates the 170th anniversary of Russian Railway[1][3]
Karelia	ER2-1290	Карелия		1982, Аugust[4]	10[4]	TCH-20 Okt rw (St. Petersburg)[4]	In-commission (Mar 28th, 2008)[5]	Named in the Spring of 1985,[6] the train was in service for at least one period without a name [7]
Neva	ER2-1283	Нева		1982, June[8]	10[8]	TCH-20 Okt rw (St. Petersburg)[8]	In-commission (Mar 29th, 2009 - see image)	In 2002 car ER2-128309 was gutted by a fire.[8] It acquired its name in December 2008.[8]
Russia	ER2-1221	Россия			10[9] or 12[6]	With 1980 on the end of 1980s - TCH-1 Okt rw (Moscow)[9] From the end of 1980s on August 2007 - TCH-10 Okt rw (St. Petersburg)[9] With August 2007 - TCH-20 Okt rw (St. Petersburg)[6]	In-commission (February 15, 2009)[10]	Given a name аt the moment of receipt,[6] its name was lost at some point, and was renamed in August, 2007[9]
Smena (transition, сhange)	ER2-1348	Смена		1984, August[11]	10[11]	TCH-20 Okt rw (St. Petersburg)[11]	In-commission (August 2, 2008)[12]	Сar ER2-134802 was written off in 1993;[11] Сar ER2-134807 was written off before 2009;[11] Trainz Railroad Simulator 2006 features this train.[13]
Express	ET2ML-077	Экспресс
Express	ET2ML-078	Экспресс

Trains in other railways of Russia

Train name (translated)	Train number	Train name in Russian	Image	Building date	Cars	Service point	Pension off	Note
170 years of the Russian Railway	ET2M-105	170 лет РЖД		October 2007[14]	8[14]	TCH-11 KBSh Kuibish rw (Bezimyanka)[14]	In-commission (2007)[14]

References

1. "ET2M-047 (ЭТ2М-047)" (in Russian). Russian electric trains. Retrieved 2009-04-01.
2. "ET2M-047 ^Pfoto(ЭТ2М-047)" (in Russian). Russian electric trains. Retrieved 2009-04-01.
3. "New old electric train for Leningrad oblast railways(Новая старая электричка для дорог области)" (in Russian). 47news. Retrieved 2009-04-01. External link in |publisher= (help)
4. "ER2-1290 (ЭР2-1290)" (in Russian). Russian electric trains. Retrieved 2009-03-30.
5. Krotkov (April 3, 2008). ""We have passed through a blizzard". Electric trains ЭТ2МЛ-078 "Express train", ЭР2Т-7234 and ЭР2-1290 "Kareliya", the item Sankt-peterburg, Finlyandsky Rail Terminal ("Мы прошли через метель". Электропоезда ЭТ2МЛ-078 "Экспресс", ЭР2Т-7234 и ЭР2-1290 "Карелия", ст. Санкт-Петербург-Финляндский)". Archived from the original on June 30, 2013. Retrieved 2009-03-30.
6. Veremei, Nicolay (Dec 14, 2008). "All electric trains of Finlyandsky Rail Terminal" (in Russian). Railways of Karelian isthmus. Retrieved 2009-03-30.
7. Karel (December 1, 2007). "ER2-1290 (ЭР2-1290)" (in Russian). The railway transportation photoencyclopedia. Retrieved 2009-03-30.
8. "ER2-1283 (ЭР2-1283)" (in Russian). Russian electric trains. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
9. "ER2-1221 (ЭР2-1221)" (in Russian). Russian electric trains. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
10. Max Colchin (February 15, 2009). "ER2-1279, ER2-1221 & VL10-1145 in Kuznechnoye railway station(Электропоезда ЭР2-1279, ЭР2-1221 и электровоз ВЛ10-1145, станция Кузнечное)". Archived from the original on April 11, 2013. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
11. "ER2-1348 (ЭР2-1348)" (in Russian). Russian electric trains. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
12. Shpekavyg (August 2, 2008). "OZhD - the Baltic and Vyborg direction(ОЖД - Балтийское и Выборгское направление)" (in Russian). Metroblog. Retrieved 2009-04-01. External link in |publisher= (help)
13. "ER2-1348 For trainz 2006 (ЭР2-1348 для trainz 2006)" (in Russian). Direct Connect Portal. February 2002. Retrieved 2009-04-01. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help); External link in |publisher= (help)
14. "ET2M-105 (ЭТ2М-105)" (in Russian). Russian electric trains. Retrieved 2009-04-01.

External links

• Zimin, Vasily (2001). "What's my name to you? (Что в имени тебе моем?)" (in Russian). Retrieved 2009-04-05.