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China Railway NZJ2
🇨🇳 China ·built by CRRC Dalian Co., Ltd.· from 2001· diesel multiple unit (DMU) model of China Railway
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6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. China Railways NZJ2 0001B: Alancrh· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. NZJ2 Jinlun at bridge, Lanzhou: Bärtschi, Hans-Peter· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. China Railways NZJ2 20101110: 颐园新居· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Entrance board of NZJ2-0005@TSN (20070602161800): N509FZ· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. NZJ2-0005A@TSN (20070602161558): N509FZ· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. NZJ2神州号动车组机车部分: JefferyYoung· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The NZJ2 Shenzhou/Jinlun is one of the diesel multiple unit (DMU) models of China Railway, characterized by its power-concentrated and push-pull design.
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 25 years ago, in 2001.
- Top speed is 1.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 11 minutes.
- 2.7 MW is about 32 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 309 m long: about 69 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 1,600: 32 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Served for 9 years (2001–2010).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2001
- in service from
- 2001
- retired
- 2010
- status
- retired
- number built
- 26
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- builders
- CRRC Dalian Co., Ltd., CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co., Ltd.
- operators
- Ministry of Railways of the People's Republic of China
- top speed
- 211 km/h
- power
- 2.7 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- 2M10T/2M6T (double-deck), 2M8T (single-deck)
- length
- 309 m
- capacity
- 1,600 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q15898522, Wikipedia: China Railway NZJ2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.