Chinese Dragons on rails...

[by78]

Progress, as they say, comes fast.

CRH380A EMU. Top speed = 486.1 km/h (302.0 mph). Cruising speed = 380 km/h (236 mph). Current service speed = 300 km/h (186 mph)

Here is a photo of the trains under construction:

 

[Infinity]

@Chinese-Dragon ..........................

 

[shuttler]

Magnificent rows of bullets!

 

[Developereo]

It's hard for anything to match the sleek minimalist beauty of an airplane or a missile, but these trains achieve it well.

 

[by78]

The CIT500 experimental EMU. The body is made almost entirely of carbon fiber composites. It has a designed cruising speed of 500km per hour (310 miles per hour). It will not enter service, however, as it's intended as a technology demonstrator.

Here's CIT500's bogie as shown at Innotrans 2012

 

[StarCraft_ZT]

I've never seen this kind of HSR in operation, what's the type?

It looks like an eagle's nose...

 

[by78]

 

[by78]

I've never seen this kind of HSR in operation, what's the type?

It looks like an eagle's nose...

It's the CIT500 experimental EMU. The body is made almost entirely of carbon fiber composites. It has a designed cruising speed of 500km per hour (310 miles per hour). It will not enter service, however, as it is intended as a technology demonstrator.

 

[by78]

This is apparently a new EMU that has just entered service, but I've lost track of the name.

Below is a collage of all the EMU models currently in service:

 

[StarCraft_ZT]

It's the CIT500 experimental EMU. The body is made almost entirely of carbon fiber composites. It has a designed cruising speed of 500km per hour (310 miles per hour). It will not enter service, however, as it is intended as a technology demonstrator.

Just like a conceptual car maybe. Ministry of Railways must be conservative toward new higher speed train since the accident in 2011. Actually, 300km is enough for current demand. I cannot imagine this picture when a 500km/hr train roaring by...

 

[by78]

The CRH6 EMU. Top speed = 250 km/hour. Used for shorter hops between regional centers.

Here's the competitor that lost the CRH6 design competition:

 

[ChinaToday]

We'll build high-speed rail by 2035: Rudd

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David Cameron: high speed rail link will go ahead - Telegraph
David Cameron: high speed rail link will go ahead - Telegraph

California Kicks Off Construction Of First High-Speed Rail Line In US
California Kicks Off Construction Of First High-Speed Rail Line In US

HSR is the future no doubt about it

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

@Chinese-Dragon ..........................

This Dragon goes on the MTR.

 

[ChinaToday]

Bird's Eye View Of Wuhan-guangzhou Hsr

 

[ChinaToday]

Shanghai hsr station