intercom and metro map in the classic interior of Ema type metro coach #3749 built in 1970 in Leningrad. St Petersburg metro
Type ‘E’ cars (factory designation - 81-703) were developed and mass-produced in 1963-1969 by Mytishchi Machine Building Plant in Moscow, a total of 822 cars were produced; part of its were delivered to Leningrad (St Petersburg) where operated from 1964 to 2015. On its base to 1966 for Leningrad metro was developed improved variant of train model Em having three types of motor wagons: Ema - head coach (model 81-705); Em - intermediate (model 81-704) and Emkh - tail coach (model 81-706), all had driver's cabine. This variant was produced initially from 1966 by Mytishchi Machine Building Plant, then from 1968 to 1970 on Leningrad Carriage Works named after I. E. Egorov; 150 (130 - in Leningrad) of Em type, 32 (20) Em and 32 (21) Emh type wagons were built total. The cars of Em, Ema and Emh types were sent to Avtovo depot of Leningrad Metro and began to serve the Nevsko-Vasileostrovskaya line opened in November 1967, and then Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya line, where they supplemented the rolling stock, which previously received cars of E type, and replaced the cars of the previous types G and D.
Further development of Em-type
In 1971 I.E. Egorov plant switched to production of intermediate cars of Em-501 type (factory designation 81-501), head cars of Ema-502 type (81-502) and tail cars of Emkh-503 type (81-503) with bodies like those of car No. 3894 but having three corrugations instead of two above the sill belt. Such cars were produced with reinforced bogies of Ezh type cars.
In total, during the period 1969-1975, the Egorov plant produced 202 cars of Em-501 type, 80 cars of Ema-502 type and 22 cars of Emh-503 type. Production of cars of the Em-501 type continued until 1978, and of the Ema-502 type - up to 1980 inclusive. In 1970-1973 the plant named after I.E. Egorov built cars of Em-508 and Em-509 types (factory designations 81-508, 81-509) for Moscow Metro. A total of 171 cars of type EM-508 and 62 cars of type EM-509 were produced.
Since 2001 St. Petersburg-based CJSC ‘Vagonmash’ (former Egorov plant) has started modernisation and renewal of Ema, Em, Ema-502 and Em-501 cars operating in St. Petersburg Metro.
intercom and metro map in the classic interior of Ema type metro coach #3749 built in 1970 in Leningrad. St Petersburg metro
Type ‘E’ cars (factory designation - 81-703) were developed and mass-produced in 1963-1969 by Mytishchi Machine Building Plant in Moscow, a total of 822 cars were produced; part of its were delivered to Leningrad (St Petersburg) where operated from 1964 to 2015. On its base to 1966 for Leningrad metro was developed improved variant of train model Em having three types of motor wagons: Ema - head coach (model 81-705); Em - intermediate (model 81-704) and Emkh - tail coach (model 81-706), all had driver's cabine. This variant was produced initially from 1966 by Mytishchi Machine Building Plant, then from 1968 to 1970 on Leningrad Carriage Works named after I. E. Egorov; 150 (130 - in Leningrad) of Em type, 32 (20) Em and 32 (21) Emh type wagons were built total. The cars of Em, Ema and Emh types were sent to Avtovo depot of Leningrad Metro and began to serve the Nevsko-Vasileostrovskaya line opened in November 1967, and then Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya line, where they supplemented the rolling stock, which previously received cars of E type, and replaced the cars of the previous types G and D.
Further development of Em-type
In 1971 I.E. Egorov plant switched to production of intermediate cars of Em-501 type (factory designation 81-501), head cars of Ema-502 type (81-502) and tail cars of Emkh-503 type (81-503) with bodies like those of car No. 3894 but having three corrugations instead of two above the sill belt. Such cars were produced with reinforced bogies of Ezh type cars.
In total, during the period 1969-1975, the Egorov plant produced 202 cars of Em-501 type, 80 cars of Ema-502 type and 22 cars of Emh-503 type. Production of cars of the Em-501 type continued until 1978, and of the Ema-502 type - up to 1980 inclusive. In 1970-1973 the plant named after I.E. Egorov built cars of Em-508 and Em-509 types (factory designations 81-508, 81-509) for Moscow Metro. A total of 171 cars of type EM-508 and 62 cars of type EM-509 were produced.
Since 2001 St. Petersburg-based CJSC ‘Vagonmash’ (former Egorov plant) has started modernisation and renewal of Ema, Em, Ema-502 and Em-501 cars operating in St. Petersburg Metro.