Hello Everyone! This Video features The 40+ Year Old Electric Trains of Latvia's Capital City - Riga, Operating during their Last Years in Service. The RVR (Rīgas Vagonbūves Rūpnīca) ER2 (along with ER2T & ER2M) Electric Trains have been running in Riga since the 1960s, with these models being aged around 40 Years old. Multiple Stations are Featured in This Video, Including Zasulauks (Riga) Vagonu Parks (Riga) Jaundubulti (Jurmala) and More.
The RVR ER2 was first conceived in 1962 and was in Local Production (here in Riga) until the mid '80s. The Electric Train Model is currently in Service in Riga, with 108 ER2s, 23 ER2Ts and 1 ER2M (Retired at Time of Writing) Some of the ER2s and ER2Ts were Modernized and thus Feature a More Smooth Look. These Trains are due to be Withdrawn from Service and Replaced with the New Škoda 16Ev. More Information on each Train is featured Below:
(Clips filmed between 2022-2023)
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00:00 ER2-1300-03 Driving to Riga at Zasulauks Station
01:37 Scenes of the Railway between Zasulauks and Tornakalns
01:41 Classical Zasulauks Train Station
01:49 ER2-964-09 enroute from Riga to Ķemeri at Zasulauks Station (9PM)
02:49 View of the Railway prior to Zasulauks Depo
02:55 ER2M-605-09 (Now Retired) enroute from Riga to Dubulti (Jurmala) at Zasulauks Station
04:35 View of Zasulauks Train Station
04:40 ER2-1342-01 enroute to Riga Close up Arrival and Departure from Zasulauks Station
06:25 View of Zasulauks Station
06:30 ER2-964-01 enroute to Riga Arriving and Departing from Zasulauks
08:01 2 RVR ER2s Arriving and Departing Simultaneously at Zasulauks Station
10:31 Scenes from Vagonu Parks (Riga)
10:35 ER2T-7116-05R enroute to Riga Central Station
11:07 Scenes from Pedestrian Bridge above Vagonu Parks
11:18 ER2-1307-09 enroute from Riga to Ogre at Vagonu Parks Station
12:14 View of The Vagonu Parks Train Depot Apparatuses
12:21 ER2T enroute from Riga to Saulkrasti Turning towards the North
12:38 Abandoned Soviet Drinks Shop at Zasulauks Station
12:40 ER2-1310-05R enroute to Riga at Zasulauks Station (at 9PM)
14:03 ER2T-711305R enroute from Riga to Sloka at Zasulauks Station during Drizzle
14:39 Railway Signal Lights at Zasulauks Station
14:43 ER2-1307-09 enroute to Riga Sunny Arrival and Departure at Zasulauks
16:12 Jaundubulti Train Station in the Latvian Coast Town of Jurmala
16:14 ER2-1317-07R enroute from Riga to Sloka at Jaundubulti Station
18:04 ER2T-220601 enroute from Riga to Sloka Arrival and Departure from Zasulauks Station
19:40 View of Zasulauks Train Station
19:48 ER2T-7116-01 enroute to Riga at Zasulauks Station
21:15 ER2T-711301 enroute to Riga at Zasulauks Station
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(all credits to ASW media)
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