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China Railway CR400BF

🇨🇳 China ·built by CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd.· from 2016· Chinese high-speed train model series

China Railway CR400BF, photo 1 of 10
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what is it?

The CR400BF Fuxing (Chinese: 复兴号; pinyin: Fùxīng Hào) is a Chinese electric high-speed train that was developed and manufactured by CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles. As part of the China Standardized EMU, The CR400BF is designed to operate at a cruise speed of 350 km/h (217 mph) and a maximum speed of 420 km/h (261 mph) in commercial service. Development on the project started in 2012, and the design plan was finished in September 2014.

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 450 km/htop speed

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 10 years ago, in 2016.
  • Top speed is 3.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
  • At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 5 minutes.
  • 209 m long: about 46 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Served for 9 years (2016–2025).

high-speed train: Built for 200–350 km/h on dedicated lines, like the TGV, ICE or Shinkansen.

spec sheet

built
2016
in service from
2016
retired
2025
status
retired
number built
—
kind
Electric multiple unit
traction
electric
origin
🇨🇳 China
builders
CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd., CRRC Tangshan Co., Ltd.
designer
Exterior: Industrial Design Alliance (iDA), Interior: Moodley Strategy & Design Group
operators
China State Railway Group
top speed
450 km/h
power
—
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
electric system
Overhead catenary
formation
BF, BF-C, BF-G, BF-Z, BF-GZ, BF-J, BF-S, BF-GS: 8 cars/trainset (4M4T), BF-A, BF-AZ, CRH-0306: 16 cars/trainset (8M8T),…
length
209 m

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

family

Sources: Wikidata Q50324434, Wikipedia: China Railway CR400BF (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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