Elektrichka

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Elektrichka (Russian: электричка, IPA: [əlʲɪkˈtrʲitɕkə]; Ukrainian: електричка, romanized: elektrychka, IPA: [eleˈktrɪtʃkɐ]) is a Soviet and Eastern bloc commuter (regional) mostly suburban electrical multiple unit passenger train. Elektrichkas are widespread in Russia, Ukraine and other countries of the former Warsaw Pact presenting a socially vital mode of transportation. In 2007, 4085 commuter trains a day (in each direction) were running on the Russian Railways network alone,^[1] most of them electric. The first elektrichka train on July 6, 1926, along the Baku–Sabunchi line in Soviet Azerbaijan.^[2] Also urban (intra-city) gorodskaya elektrichkas and airport's aeroexpresses exist in a few cities of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus.