China Railway DJF2

what is it?

The DJF2 "Xianfeng" electric multiple unit is a model operated formerly by China Railway with traction motors distributed throughout the unit. It was developed in 2001 as a key task of the science and technology targets of the Ninth Five-Year Plan. It was an innovative and advanced design being the first Chinese multiple unit train to achieve 200 km/h (124 mph) and achieving a top test speed of 292.8 km/h (181.9 mph) in tests, but had numerous flaws in the design that complicated operations.

who runs it

China State Railway GroupChina Railway Guangzhou GroupCRChina Railway Chengdu Group

base stats

• speed 293 km/htop speed
• power 4.8 MWpower output
• weight 58 tin working order
• seats 424passengers
• built 1made 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

• 🏎️Top speed is 2.3× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• ⏱️At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 8 minutes.
• 🚗4.8 MW is about 56 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 10 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏158 m long: about 35 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧍Seats 424: 8 full city buses (~50 seats each).

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

spec sheet

built

—

number built

1

kind

high-speed train

traction

electric

origin

🇨🇳 China

builders

CRRC Nanjing Puzhen Co., Ltd.

operators

China State Railway Group, China Railway Guangzhou Group, China Railway Chengdu Group

top speed

293 km/h

power

4.8 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

electric system

overhead line

wheel arrangement

Bo′Bo′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′

formation

Mc-Tp-M-M-Tp-Mc

length

158 m

weight

58 t

capacity

424 passengers

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