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Hexie
🇨🇳 China ·built by ALSTOM Transportation Germany· from 2007· umbrella term for the multiple unit high-speed trains operated by China Railway under the China Railway High-speed brand
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7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Sifang CRH2 380A at Shanghai Expo: Alancrh· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. CRH2-113B: S370· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. China Railway CRH1: 慕尼黑啤酒· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. China Railway CRH2: DF4D-0070· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. China Railway CRH3: 火车仔· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. China Railway CRH5: N509FZ· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. China Railway CRH6: N509FZ· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
Hexie (Chinese: 和谐号; pinyin: Héxié hào; lit. 'Harmony'), also known as the CRH series EMU, is an umbrella term for the multiple unit high-speed and higher-speed trains operated by China Railway under the China Railway High-speed brand. All series of Hexie are based on foreign-developed technology and later manufactured locally in China through technology transfer licenses, with the ultimate goal of China acquiring the know-how and capability to produce high-speed rail trains.
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.
- 201 m long: about 45 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
- —
- kind
- high-speed train
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- builders
- ALSTOM Transportation Germany, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Alstom, Siemens, CRRC
- operators
- China State Railway Group
- top speed
- 380 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- length
- 201 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q20795192, Wikipedia: Hexie (train) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.