China Railway High-speed
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This article mainly focus on the high-speed trains, relatively, High-speed rail in China focus on the high-speed railways.
China Railway High-speed (Simplified Chinese: 中国铁路高速, Traditional Chinese: 中國鐵路高速, Pinyin: Zhongguo Tielu Gaosu) or CRH is the designation for the High speed rail trains running in China. CRH1/2/5 are expected to have a maximum speed over 200 km/h. CRH3 and the next generation of CRH2 will have a maximum speed over 300 km/h. CRH is a major part of the sixth national railway speedup which is to be implemented on April 18, 2007. It is noticed that not all the high-speed trains in China are named after CRH.
[edit] List of CRH trains
- CRH1 based on Bombardier's Regina C2008.
- CRH2 based on Kawasaki Heavy Industries E2 Series Shinkansen
- CRH3 based on Siemens 's ICE 3
- CRH5 based on Alstom's Pendolino
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Shanghai-Beijing route to test bullet train. China Daily. January 16, 2007.
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