| ES250 (Falcon) | |
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| Manufacturer | RAO VSM |
| Formation | 6 cars |
| Capacity | 350 |
| Operators | Russian Railways |
| Lines served | Moscow - St Petersburg |
| Specifications | |
| Car length | 26 m (85 ft3+5⁄8 in) |
| Width | 3.12 m (10 ft2+7⁄8 in) |
| Maximum speed | 250 km/h (155 mph) |
| Weight | 356 t (350long tons; 392short tons) |
| Power supply | (?) |
| Electric system(s) | 3kVDC 25 kV 50 Hz AC (dual voltage units)Overhead catenary |
| Current collection | Pantograph |
| Track gauge | 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in)Russian gauge |
Sokol (Сокол,Russian for "falcon") was a plannedhigh-speed train in Russia.[1] It was to be a successor of theER200 for use on theMoscow–St. Petersburg mainline, and was designed to operate at a cruising speed of 250 km/h. A prototype was built in 2000 and tested by Russian High Speed Railway Shareholding Co.[2]
The Sokol project was cancelled in 2002.[3] Instead of a Sokol-based design, high speed trainsets (namedSapsan) based on theSiemens Velaro were procured fromSiemens in Germany.[4] The Sapsan trains have been operating on the Moscow–St. Petersburg line since December 2009.
2002, март — прекращение со стороны МПС по инициативе министра Г.М. Фадеева финансирования проекта «Сокол»
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