Rīgas Vagonbūves Rūpnīca

Railcar of a local train at the Riga Central Station in September 2006

High speed train ER200

Rīgas Vagonbūves Rūpnīca (German: Rigaer Waggonbaufabrik ; short: RVR ; Russian name: Рижский вагоностроительный завод / Rischski wagonostroitelny sawod ; short: РЗ / RWS ) is a Latvian wagon construction company .

history

The company was founded in 1885 by Oskar Freywirth as a joint stock company "Fenix" and quickly became one of the largest industrial companies in what was then the Russian Empire . Produced goods and passenger wagons , trams , as well as passenger and goods vehicles of the brand Ford .

At present, the Soviet Union produced RVR trams and railways - rail cars for the whole country. The vehicles were primarily exported to what was then Yugoslavia , Bulgaria and Cuba . Two Soviet ER200 high-speed trains were manufactured here in 1973 and 1988 .

The company had been part of Felix Holding since 2001 and later became the property of the East-West Industrial Group . In 2017, it had to file for bankruptcy due to tax debts and a lack of cash.

Important product lines

• SŽD series ДР1
• SŽD series ЭР2

Web links

Commons : Rīgas Vagonbūves Rūpnīca  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Rīgas Vagonbūves Rūpnīca. Felix Holding website. felixholding.lv, accessed April 18, 2016 (English, Latvian, Russian). 
• Factory photo of a four-axle passenger coach. railwaymuseum.lv, accessed April 18, 2016 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tiesā prasa 'Rīgas vagonbūves rūpnīcas' maksātnespēju , online report at www.delfi.lv from March 22, 2017, accessed on December 19, 2018 (Latvian)
2. ↑ Sākts "Rīgas vagonbūves rūpnīcas" maksātnespējas process , online report on www.lsm.lv from November 15, 2017, accessed on December 19, 2018 (Latvian)