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China Railway KDZ1A
🇨🇳 China ·built by CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd.· from 1999· electric multiple unit of China
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Yunnan Railway Museum - rolling stock - P1340761: User:Vmenkov· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The KDZ1A "Chuncheng" was an early attempt at building an electric multiple unit in China with the participation of Changchun Railway Vehicles, Zhuzhou Institute and Kunming railway bureau. Development was completed in 1999 in time for the Kunming World Horticultural Exposition. As its predecessor, the KDZ1 never operated commercially, the KDZ1A became the first Chinese EMU to be in revenue service, although it was in service for only 10 years before being withdrawn.
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 27 years ago, in 1999.
- 25.8 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 600: 12 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Served for 10 years (1999–2009).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1999
- in service from
- 1999
- retired
- 2009
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- builders
- CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd.
- designer
- Changchun Railway Vehicles, Zhuzhou Institute, Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive
- operators
- China Railway Kunming Group
- top speed
- 132 km/h
- power
- —
- formation
- Tc-M-T-M-M-Tc
- length
- 25.8 m
- capacity
- 600 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11088756, Wikipedia: China Railway KDZ1A (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.