Rīgas Vagonbūves Rūpnīca

Rigas Vagonbūves Rupnica ( German: Riga waggon; short: RVR; Russian Name: Рижский вагоностроительный завод / Rischski wagonostroitelny zavod; short РВЗ / RWS ) is a Latvian construction company wagon.

It was founded in 1885 by Oscar Frey Wirth as a public company " Fenix ​​" and quickly became one of the largest industrial enterprises of the former Russian Empire. Were produced goods and passenger cars, trams, as well as passenger and truck of the Ford brand the time of the Soviet Union produced RVR trams and railway railcar for the whole country. The vehicles were exported, primarily in the former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Cuba. In the years 1973 and 1988 here two Soviet high-speed trains ER200 were produced. Since 2001, the company is part of the Felix Holding.

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