Metro wagon 81-740/741 Rusich

81-740/741 Rusich (rus.: Русич; project name Skif, rus.: Скиф), is a type of rolling stock specially designed for running under the harsh winter climate of outdoor Moscow. Rusich also features an interiorly passable interface allows passenger crossing between cars freely. They are currently assigned to the metro routes including #3 Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line, #4 Filyovskaya Line and medium capacity #Л1 Butovskaya Line of Moscow Metro, and part of the Sofia Metro fleet in Bulgaria. Rusich will also be employed by the Sochi Light Metro due to its similarity with Butovskaya Line.

Currently, there are 3 types of Rusich rolling stock: 81-740/741, 81-740/741.1, which are used in Moscow Metro, and 81-740/741.2, which is technically adapted and designed for Sofia Metro.

Automatic control system and universal control panel was designed by Tikhomirov Scientific Research Institute of Instrument Design (NIIP).

External links

* [http://www.metrowagonmash.ru/81-740.htm Official site of 81-740/741 Rusich, Metrowagonmash]
* [http://vagon.metro.ru/passenger/81-740.html Unofficial site dedicated to Soviet metro wagon]