The Model 81-726 is an intermediate motor car for metro rolling stock — a self-propelled motorized subway car classified under PP RF 616 — engineered for high-capacity urban passenger service. The car body measures 19,210 mm long by 2,682 mm wide, with a tare weight not exceeding 35.5 tonnes and the dimensional envelope per GOST 23961-80.
Passenger capacity is the headline: at least 42 seated places, a nominal load of 188 passengers at 5 persons per square meter of free floor area, and a maximum capacity of 335 at crush load of 10 persons per square meter. The designated service life is 40 years, the planning horizon transit authorities actually budget against.
Russian metro car building stands among the most experienced in the world, with rolling stock from this industrial base operating across dozens of metro systems in the CIS, Eastern Europe and beyond, and a deep spare parts and overhaul ecosystem behind it. At a price from 150,000 USD with a single-car minimum order, the 81-726 addresses metro operators, rolling stock leasing companies and transit infrastructure contractors seeking proven-architecture vehicles at a fraction of Western European rolling stock pricing.
Procurement at this level is project-based, and configuration is agreed per operator specification.
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