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China Railway CRH5

🇨🇳 China ·built by Alstom· from 2007· Chinese high-speed train

🚄 high-speed train electric ✓ in service

10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. CRH5A-5036 at Shahe Beidaqiao (20220106140557): N509FZ· CC BY-SA 4.0
2. CRH5 in Beijing Railway Station: Mark Fischer· CC BY 2.0
3. 201606 D26 at Beijing Station: MNXANL· CC BY-SA 4.0
4. 201606 D74 arrived at Beijing Station: MNXANL· CC BY-SA 4.0
5. 201906 CRH2A-2046 and CRH5A-5090 at Wuchang Station: MNXANL· CC BY-SA 4.0
6. 201908 CRH5A-5096 at Wuchang Station: MNXANL· CC BY-SA 4.0
7. 25G and CRH5A@BJI (20141228154000): N509FZ· CC BY-SA 4.0
8. 25G and CRH5A@BJI (20141228154004): N509FZ· CC BY-SA 4.0
9. CRH5E-5201@BCR (20160106151614): N509FZ· CC BY-SA 4.0
10. CRH5E-5201@BCR (20160106152744): N509FZ· CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The CRH5 Hexie (simplified Chinese: 和谐号; traditional Chinese: 和諧號; pinyin: Héxié Hào; lit. 'Harmony') is an electric multiple unit high-speed train in use with China Railway High-speed in the northern regions of the People's Republic of China. The CRH5 is based on the ETR-600 New Pendolino used in Italy.

who runs it

Ministry of Railways of the People's Republic of China China Railway Beijing Group China Railway Shenyang Group China Railway Harbin Group China Railway Taiyuan Group China Railway Jinan Group China Railway Zhengzhou Group China Railway Wuhan Group China Railway Lanzhou Group China Railway Hohhot Group China Railway Ürümqi Group

base stats

speed 250 km/htop speed
power 5.5 MWpower output
weight 443 tin working order
built 140made in total

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 1.9× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 10 minutes.
5.5 MW is about 65 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
Weighs about as much as 74 African elephants (~6 t each).
212 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: 140
kind: high-speed train
traction: electric
origin: 🇨🇳 China
builders: Alstom, CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd., Changchun Alstom Railway Vehicles Co. Ltd.
operators: Ministry of Railways of the People's Republic of China, China Railway Beijing Group, China Railway Shenyang Group, China Railway Harbin Group, China Railway Taiyuan Group, China Railway Jinan Group, China Railway Zhengzhou Group, China Railway Wuhan Group, China Railway Lanzhou Group, China Railway Hohhot Group, China Railway Ürümqi Group
top speed: 250 km/h
power: 5.5 MW
gauge: 1,435 mm standard gauge
electric system: Overhead
formation: 8 cars per trainset (5M3T)
length: 212 m
weight: 443 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

family

Sources: Wikidata Q856438, Wikipedia: China Railway CRH5 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.