CRH Rolling Stock
China Railway High-speed runs different electric multiple unit trainsets, the designs for which are imported from other nations and designated CRH-1 through CRH-5. CRH trainsets are intended to provide fast and convenient travel between cities. Some of the trainsets are manufactured locally through technology transfer, a key requirement for China. The signalling, track and support structures, control software, and station design are developed domestically with foreign elements as well, so the system as a whole is predominantly Chinese. China currently holds many new patents related to the internal components of these trains, re-designed in China to allow the trains to run at higher speeds than the foreign designs allowed.
The trainsets are as follows:
- CRH1 produced by Bombardier Transportation's joint venture Sifang Power (Qingdao) Transportation (BST), CRH1A, and CRH1B, nicknamed "Metro" or "Bread", derived from Bombardier's Regina; CRH1E, nickname "Lizard", is Bombardier's ZEFIRO 250 design
- CRH1A; sets consists of 8 cars; maximum operating speed of 250 km/h
- CRH1B; a modified 16-car version; maximum operating speed of 250 km/h
- CRH1E; is a 16-car high-speed sleeper version; maximum operating speed of 250 km/h
- CRH2; nickname "Hairtail", derived from E2 Series 1000 Shinkansen
- CRH2A; In 2006, China unveiled CRH2, a modified version of the Japanese Shinkansen E2-1000 series. An order for 60 8-car sets had been placed in 2004, with the first few built in Japan, the rest produced by Sifang Locomotive and Rolling Stock in China.
- CRH2B; a modified 16-car version of CRH2; maximum operating speed of 250 km/h
- CRH2C (Stage one); a modified version of CRH2 with a maximum operating speed up to 300 km/h as a result of replacing two intermediate trailer cars with motored cars
- CRH2C (Stage two); a modified version of CRH2C (stage one version) has a maximum operating speed up to 350 km/h by using more powerful motors
- CRH2E; a modified 16-car version of CRH2 with sleeping cars
- CRH3C; nickname "Rabbit", derived from Siemens ICE3 (class 403); 8-car sets; maximum operating speed of 350 km/h
- CRH5A, derived from Alstom Pendolino ETR600; 8-car sets; maximum operating speed of 250 km/h
- CRH6; Designed by CSR Puzhen and CSR Sifang, will be manufactured by CSR Jiangmen. It is designed to have two versions: a top operating speed of 220 km/h version and top operating speed of 160 km/h version. They will be used at 200 km/h or 250 km/h Inter-city High Speed Rail lines; planned to enter service by 2011
- CRH380A; Maximum operating speed of 380 km/h. Manufactured by Sifang Locomotive and Rolling Stock; entered service in 2010
- CRH380A; 8-car version
- CRH380AL; 16-car version
- CRH380B; upgraded version of CRH3; maximum operating speed of 380 km/h, manufactured by Tangshan Railway Vehicle and Changchun Railway Vehicles; entered service in 2011
- CRH380B; 8-car version
- CRH380BL; 16-car version
- CRH380CL; designed and manufactured by Changchun Railway Vehicles. Maximum operating speed of 380 km/h; planned to enter service in 2012
- CRH380D; also named Zefiro 380; maximum operating speed of 380 km/h, manufactured by Bombardier Sifang (Qingdao) Transportation Ltd.; planned to enter service in 2012
- CRH380D; 8-car version
- CRH380DL; 16-car version (Cancelled in place of additional CRH1A and Zefiro 250NG sets)
CRH1A, B,E, CRH2A, B,E, and CRH5A are designed for a maximum operating speed (MOR) of 200 km/h and can reach up to 250 km/h. CRH3C and CRH2C designs have an MOR of 300 km/h, and can reach up to 350 km/h, with a top testing speed more than 380 km/h. However, in practical terms, issues such as maintenance costs, comfort, and safety make the maximum speed of more than 380 km/h impractical and remain limiting factors.
Equipment type | Top speed in test | Designed speed | Seating capacity | Formation | Power (under 25 kV) |
Enter Service |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CRH1A | 278 km/h (173 mph) | 250 | 668 or 611 or 645 | 5M3T | 5,300 kW | 2007 |
CRH1B | 292 km/h (181 mph) | 250 | 1299 | 10M6T | 11,000 kW | 2009 |
CRH1E | 250 | 618 or 642 | 10M6T | 11,000 kW | 2009 | |
CRH2A | 282 km/h (175 mph) | 250 | 610 or 588 | 4M4T | 4,800 kW | 2007 |
CRH2B | 275 km/h (171 mph) | 250 | 1230 | 8M8T | 9,600 kW | 2008 |
CRH2C Stage 1 | 394.2 km/h (244.9 mph) | 300 | 610 | 6M2T | 7,200 kW | 2008 |
CRH2C Stage 2 | 350 | 610 | 6M2T | 8,760 kW | 2010 | |
CRH2E | 250 | 630 | 8M8T | 9,600 kW | 2008 | |
CRH3C | 394.3 km/h (245.0 mph) | 350 | 600 or 556 | 4M4T | 8,800 kW | 2008 |
CRH5A | 250 | 622 or 586 or 570 | 5M3T | 5,500 kW | 2007 | |
CRH380A | 416.6 km/h (258.9 mph) | 380 | 494 | 6M2T | 9,600 kW | 2010 |
CRH380AL | 486.1 km/h (302.0 mph) | 380 | 1027 | 14M2T | 20,440 kW | 2010 |
CRH380B | 380 | unknown | 4M4T | 9,200 kW | 2011 (plan) | |
CRH380BL | 487.3 km/h (302.8 mph) | 380 | 1004 | 8M8T | 18,400 kW | 2010 |
CRH380CL | 380 | 8M8T | 19,200 kW | 2012 (plan) | ||
CRH380D | 380 | 495 | 4M4T | 10,000 kW | 2012 (plan) | |
CRH380DL | 380 | 1013 | 8M8T | 20,000 kW | Canceled (2012 original plan) | |
CRH6 | 220 | 586 | 4M4T | unknown | 2011 (plan) |
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