September 30 & October 1, CRH380A enter temporary service at Huning PDL (Shanghai-Nanjing HSR), during the test operating, top speed reach 342km/h.
CRH380A at Changzhou Station
inside
Second class carriage
CRH380A set new record of world HSR operating speed
Congratulations to CSR Sifang Factory!
at 11:40 AM, September 28, 2010, Top speed of a CRH380A train during trial operation on Shanghai-Hangzhou PDL HSR reached 416.6 km/h (259 mph). Break China & World record on non-maglev high-speed...
Recently news in Chinese media suggests that as a series of new CRH contract will be signed by Chinese MOR and the for Chinese factories, considering at least 1000 km high speed railway at 250km/h level set to be open by next year, and so far the MOR had only ordered 320 trains at this level, so...
Breaking News! the first CRH380B, CRH380B-6401L (L means 16 cars train), completed at CNR Tangshan factory by september 21 !
this picture made a mistake on train number, on the following video we can see the train number is CRH380B-6401L
here is a 12 minutes Video for the Official...
no there's also a lot of lines stated construction this year, and will be completed by 2014 or 2015, and the whole network is hoped to be complete by 2020
Dacheng PFL open for CRH service
september 20, the Dacheng PFL opened with CRH service in the Dazhou-Chengdu section,that means the whole line are now come into service as a high speed rail. before that, CRH service opened at the Chengdu-Suining section as part of the Chengdu-Chongqing CRG...
Central China's initial network of high-speed railways formed
Central China's initial network of high-speed railways formed - People's Daily Online
15:04, September 21, 2010
The high-speed train D6342 from left from China's Nanchang on Monday morning, marking the formal start of...
Wuhan-Guangzhou high-speed rail launches 'bus transportation' model
17:14, September 19, 2010
Wuhan-Guangzhou high-speed rail will officially launch its "bus transportation" model starting on Sept. 20, will increase its open-line density, expand its daily lines to 140, and plans to...
I'd rather say China "Modified" foreign trains than "cpoy" them, because most of the CHinese trains are better designed than their prototype.
for example, let's take a look at the CRH1 series
The CRH1 electric multiple units is based on Bombardier technology and built by a Chinese-Canadian...
Chinese MOR CRH trains order timetable
Date Factory Class Type Quantity Amount
2004-10-10 Alstom & CNR Changchun 250km/h CRH5A 60 620 million ERU
2004-10-12 Bombadier & BST 250km/h CRH1A 20 350 million USD...
according to Rumors in Chinese forum, the CRH380A-6001 reaches test speed of 440km/h during it's test run at Jiaoji PDL
Official Name of the 380 series decided!
CRH2-380 Series names as CRH380A, Manufacturer by Sifang Locomotive and Rolling Stock
CRH1-380 Series names as CRH380B...
When china firstly decided to develope high speed rail, There are three main choices
1.wait for domestic development to reach world standard,
2.import conventional high-speed rail from Europe or Japan,
3.import maglev from Germany.
for the first option, In 2003, China opened Qinshen...
K 快 (快速)
T 特 (特快)
Z 直 (直达)
D 动 (动车组)
C 城 (城际动车组)
G 高...