2024 Author: Howard Calhoun | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:16
Why is the train called that way? This article provides informative information about the difference between an electric train and a train, why it transports people only over fairly short distances. In addition, summarized technical information about this mode of transport is given below.
An electric train is an electric train that is involved in commuter traffic. That is, it transports people over short distances (no more than 200-250 kilometers). It is worth talking about it in more depth.
The composition of the train, the electric train and their difference
Surely everyone who has visited railway stations and platforms at least a few times in their life noticed that different rolling stock standing on the tracks (long-distance trains, freight cars, electric trains, locomotives) still differs from each other.
A long-distance train consists of a huge locomotive (electric locomotive or diesel locomotive) and wagons attached to it. The latter cannot move on their own, as they do not have wheeled motors to move them. Therefore, the task of moving wagons (both passenger and freight)carries the locomotive.
It is worth noting that there are electrified and non-electrified sections on the railway. The rolling stock, to which the article is devoted, can only move where there is electricity and, accordingly, a contact wire. Hence the name of the rolling stock - electric train, electric train. On the Moscow railway - direct current, in other regions almost everywhere - alternating.
The electric train consists of two head cars, which are installed strictly at the ends of the train, as well as motor and trailer cars. Has anyone wondered why such vehicles always have two “heads” with control cabins, while freight and passenger trains do not? The fact is that the electric train is an independent rolling stock, it is unprofitable for the carrier at the terminal station (at the station) to reattach the car with the control cabin or the locomotive so that it can go in the opposite direction. Rail transport, unlike others, cannot make a turn (exception: ring railway and turntable at a factory or depot).
Inquisitive readers may have a question: what about trains? They are pulled by a locomotive to their final destination or station where they are changed.
Brief description of the train device
An electric train is a rolling stock with a pantograph (pantograph) on the roofs of motor cars. It is worth noting that electric locomotives also have it. With the help of a current collector, the rolling stock receiveselectricity. Why is she needed? First, all devices and systems in the train start working; secondly, due to the actions of the driver, the wheelsets of the wagons are set in motion. But in order for them to start rotating, it is necessary to supply electricity to the traction motors located on the wheelsets of motor cars.
A train (train) can only move along its section with the kind of current that suits it. For example, the electric train ER-2 can only work where there is direct current, and ER-9 - where there is alternating current.
Where ply, who uses
Not only residents of megacities make daily trips from the city to the region, but also people living in the suburbs. That is why officially this type of railway transport is called a suburban electric train. Such an inscription can be found on station signs and signs, in the schedule.
Examples of routes are as follows:
- Moscow-Sergiev Posad;
- St. Petersburg - Siverskaya;
- Voronezh-1 – Liski;
- Smolensk - Yelnya.
As you can see, suburban communication exists not only in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Anyone can make a trip, because commuter trains are cheaper than long-distance trains. Only there are no guarantees that it will turn out to go all the way sitting. The fact is that train tickets are sold with the number of the car and the seat. The train is a rolling stock, the interior of which has seating and standing places. The ticket indicates the stations of departure and arrival, andalso the date it was received.
What are the types of trains
Electric train - a train that has several categories:
- regular (stops at all or almost all stations);
- ambulance (stops only at major stations);
- express (has a maximum of one adjacent stop).
Of course, an ordinary train is cheaper than the rest.
Express is an electric train with increased comfort, an individual seat for a passenger and a place for luggage.
In conclusion, it is worth noting that the train has always been the most popular mode of transport for traveling over short distances.
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