Areas of activity
Our core activity is the development of innovative technical solutions applied in creating a high-speed electric train that meets current requirements for comfort, accessibility, ease of use, and a variety of onboard information and entertainment services. Many of these solutions are complex, high-technology systems whose mutual integration and operation are enabled by intelligent control, monitoring, and diagnostic algorithms. These algorithms are implemented through a modular distributed control system built on a unified software-and-hardware platform developed in Russia, enabling control systems of varying configurations, composition, and complexity for any type of rolling stock.
Key projects and programmes
Russia’s first domestic high-speed electric train
Development of rolling stock for the first HSR line Moscow – Saint Petersburg. ECRT prepares the specification and conceptual, technical, and detailed design documentation; manufacturing takes place at the Ural Locomotives plant (part of the Sinara Transport Machines group).
- SegmentHSR
- StatusActive development
- Horizon2020 - 2028
Catenary for HSR
The KS-400 catenary product range ensures reliable power transfer to train pantographs at speeds up to 400 km/h.
- SegmentHSR
- StatusProduction launch
- Horizon2021 – 2027
Catenary mathematical model
The catenary mathematical model enables finite-element calculations of static catenary performance and of dynamic interaction between the catenary and electric rolling stock pantographs.
- SegmentHSR and other catenary systems
- StatusTesting and validation of the mathematical model
- Horizon2023 – 2027
Rail fastenings for HSR
ECRT is developing rail fastenings for railway track on a ballastless subgrade for the first HSR line Moscow – Saint Petersburg
- SegmentHSR
- StatusTesting
- Horizon2025 – 2027
Innovative railway track structure for heavily loaded sections and its elements (Path V2.5)
Development of track structure and maintenance technologies providing 2.5 billion gross tonnes of throughput capacity.
- SegmentFreight services on Russian Railways network
- StatusTesting
- Horizon2021 – 2027
Rolling stock for low-traffic lines
Development of rail buses for sections of the Russian Railways network with low traffic intensity.
- SegmentPassenger services on Russian Railways network (JSC Russian Railways)
- StatusTechnical documentation in development
- Horizon2024 – 2030
Operations support - Sapsan and Lastochka EMUs
Support for operation of German-built Sapsan high-speed EMUs and ES1 Lastochka regional electric trains.
The project includes engineering support for structural changes to Sapsan and Lastochka trains as part of import substitution and to improve passenger comfort.