Fastest trains in China

Fastest trains in China

The "fastest" train commercial service can be defined alternatively by a train's top speed or average trip speed.

Speed records of China’s rolling stock (non-maglev)

Date Train Type Track Speed Notes / Refs
1997-01-05 SS8 Electric locomotives Beijing Circular Railway 212.6 km/h (132.1 mph) [Note 1][2]
1998-06-24 SS8 Electric locomotives Jingguang Line 240 km/h (150 mph) [Note 2][3]
1998-07-29 X2000 "New Speed" Electric Multiple Unit
(EMU)		 Guangshen Line 200 km/h (120 mph) [4]
1999-09 DDJ1 "White Shark" EMU Guangshen Line 223 km/h (139 mph)
1999-10-01 NZJ1 "New Aurora" Diesel Multiple Unit
(DMU)		 Huning line 194 km/h (121 mph) [5]
2000-11 DJJ1 "Blue Arrow" EMU Guangshen Line 235 km/h (146 mph) [6]
2001-11-11 DJF2 "Pioneer" EMU Guangshen Line 249.6 km/h (155.1 mph) [7]
2002-09-10 DJF2 "Pioneer" EMU Qinshen PDL 292.8 km/h (181.9 mph) [8]
2002-11-27 DJJ2 "China Star" EMU Qinshen PDL 321.5 km/h (199.8 mph) [9]
2002-12-09 NZJ2 "Shenzhou" DMU Qinshen PDL 210.7 km/h (130.9 mph)
2008-04-24 CRH2C EMU Jingjin ICL 370 km/h (230 mph) [Note 3][10]
2008-06-24 CRH3C EMU Jingjin ICL 394.3 km/h (245.0 mph) [Note 4][11]
2009-12-09 CRH3C EMU Wuguang PDL 394.2 km/h (244.9 mph) [Note 5][12]
2010-09-28 CRH380A EMU Huhang PDL 416.6 km/h (258.9 mph) [Note 6][13]
2010-12-03 CRH380AL EMU Jinghu PDL 486.1 km/h (302.0 mph) [Note 7][14]
2011-01-09 CRH380BL EMU Jinghu PDL 487.3 km/h (302.8 mph) [Note 8][15]

Notes

  1. ^ SS8 locomotive with two passenger carriages
  2. ^ SS8 locomotive with five passenger carriages. It remains the recordholder for Chinese electric locomotives.
  3. ^ CRH2-061C
  4. ^ CRH3-001C
  5. ^ The pair of CRH3 EMUs (CRH3-013C+CRH3-017C) also set a world record for double-link EMUs.
  6. ^ The CRH380A-6001 also holds the record for shorter length Chinese EMUs.
  7. ^ The CRH380A-6041L also holds the record for extended length Chinese EMUs.
  8. ^ The CRH380B-6402L Fomation modified from 8M8T to 8M4T for the test.

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