For 90% of domestic components: a new electric train is presented in Russia

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At one time, the Lastochka electric train, created jointly with the German company Siemens, adequately solved the problem of moving a large number of passengers during the 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi.

The electric train was based on the Desiro serial platform. The first 54 compositions were assembled at the Krefeld plant (Germany). Then, since 2013, production has moved to the company "Ural locomotives" in the city of Verkhnyaya Pyshma.



It is worth noting that the Sochi Olympics was an excellent advertisement for Lastochka, which subsequently “transformed” into a contract with Russian Railways for the supply of at least 1200 cars of high-speed electric trains from 2015 to 2022.

At the same time, after February 2022, it would seem that the project was to suffer a very sad fate, since Germany refused to cooperate with Russia in many areas.

But it was not there. In our country, such a scenario was foreseen and carefully prepared for it.

As a result, the departure of Siemens from the Russian market did not affect the production of the above-mentioned electric trains. Moreover, at the Innoprom-2023 exhibition, the updated Lastochka was presented, which has so far received the unofficial name Vostok.

The train will be able to accelerate to 160 km/h and will consist of both motorized and non-motorized cars. In addition, the composition can be supplemented with a module with batteries, which will provide a course of up to 125 km without a contact network.

But the most important thing is that the new electric train consists of 90% of domestic components. Consequently, the departure of the Germans from Russia will not affect the further development of the industry.

By the way, about the last one. Next year, the development and certification of a completely Russian two-system electric train of the ES105 series, which was unofficially nicknamed "Swallow 2.0", will be completed.

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  1. UAZ 452
    UAZ 452
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    18 July 2023 19: 17
    But the most important thing is that the new electric train consists of 90% of domestic components. Consequently, the departure of the Germans from Russia will not affect the further development of the industry.

    And where do we get the remaining 10% of components from? It turns out that if at least some of these 10% are closed for delivery, will the assembly production and the production of the remaining 90% of components and assemblies stop?
    1. No Name_2
      No Name_2
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      20 July 2023 09: 38
      All management was nat simens, from Germany and received)
  2. No Name_2
    No Name_2
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    20 July 2023 09: 37
    Where is the clarification that 90% of domestic components are in weight volume, and not in quantitative terms? Iron is ours, and all electronics are imports
  3. Alexey Lan
    Alexey Lan
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    25 July 2023 19: 49
    At one time, there were no electronics in Soviet electric trains at all. There was power electrical engineering on rheostats, thyristor relays. No computers and electronic control units. So that the electric train can be simplified almost to a shovel. Only the efficiency in electricity and the smoothness of acceleration will be less.
  4. yakisam
    yakisam
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    31 July 2023 12: 17
    It would be interesting to know the list of "insignificant" such 10% of components
    And the answer to the "stupid" question - will the train go without these 10%?
    Because such articles are a "game of numbers" - they say, only 10%....
    In fact, without this share - there are no Swallows like trains :)
    Now, if the article began like this - “The mercenaries of world imperialism, who had wormed their way into the leadership of the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Economic Development and Russian Railways, who organized the commissioning of non-localized rolling stock, were shot, bankers who committed fraud in the supply of railways were arrested, authorized representatives were sent to the industry to adjust the production of the missing equipment by the end 1st quarter of next year", then it would be ... a constructive article about MY country.
    And so - this is a report on the incompetence and venality of "effective managers" and "patriotic politicians" NOT of my Russia ...
    1. vbgfv
      vbgfv
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      1 September 2023 11: 40
      aluminum profiles for the body (roof tank bottom) from China