#5444· CRH1
China Railway CRH1
🇨🇳 China ·built by ALSTOM Transportation Germany· from 2007· Chinese high-speed train
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Chinese-CRH1: 慕尼黑啤酒· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. 201708 CRH1A-1140 at Xiamen Station: MNXANL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. CRH1-Compartment: HKFumi· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. CRH1-Dining Car: HKFumi· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. China Railways CRH1-003A at Shenzhen Railway Station (December 2006): User:Bvehk· CC BY 2.0
- 6. 201107 CRH1-006A at Guangzhou Railway Station: 罗布泊· CC BY 3.0
- 7. 201606 D4165 waits for departure at Jinhuanan Station: MNXANL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. 201608 Coaches of CRH1A-1081 with adv of Guanzhaishan: MNXANL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. 201608 CRH1A-1081 at Nanchangxi Station: MNXANL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. 201608 D6509 waits for departure at Nanchangxi Station: MNXANL· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The CRH1 is a group of electric multiple units operated by China Railway under the Hexie brand (simplified Chinese: 和谐号; traditional Chinese: 和諧號; pinyin: Héxié Hào; lit. 'Harmony'). The trains were built in Qingdao, Shandong, by Bombardier Sifang (Qingdao) Transportation, a joint venture between Bombardier Transportation and Sifang.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 19 years ago, in 2007.
- Top speed is 2.9× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 6 minutes.
- 11 MW is about 129 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 73 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 214 m long: about 47 cars parked nose to tail.
high-speed train: Built for 200–350 km/h on dedicated lines, like the TGV, ICE or Shinkansen.
spec sheet
- built
- 2007
- in service from
- 2007
- status
- in service
- number built
- 344
- kind
- high-speed train
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- builders
- ALSTOM Transportation Germany, CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co., Ltd.
- operators
- China State Railway Group, China Railway Guangzhou Group, China Railway Shanghai Group, China Railway Nanchang Group, China Railway Chengdu Group
- top speed
- 380 km/h
- power
- 11 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- Overhead catenary
- formation
- CRH1A/A–A: eight cars per trainset (5M3T), CRH1B/E/E–NG: 16 cars per trainset (10M6T), CRH380D: eight cars per trainset…
- length
- 214 m
- weight
- 435 t
- Dutch name
- CRH1
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q596982, Wikipedia: China Railway CRH1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.