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China Railway CRH380A

🇨🇳 China ·built by CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co., Ltd.· from 2010· Chinese high-speed train

🚄 high-speed train electric retired
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. CRH380A-6020 20130414: 颐园新居· CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. 2. CRH380A Hexie EMU: Samson Ng . D201@EAL· CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. 3. CRH380A-0259@GZN (20180923094804): N509FZ· CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. 4. CRH380A-2670@BJX (20151217090702): N509FZ· CC BY-SA 4.0
  5. 5. 201405 G7322 with CRH380A by Shanghai Bureau at Yuhang Station: MNXANL· CC BY-SA 4.0
  6. 6. 20220725 CRH380A-2677 at Zhengzhoudong Railway Station: Windmemories· CC BY-SA 4.0
  7. 7. 20230325 CRH380A-2645 at ZAF: Windmemories· CC BY-SA 4.0
  8. 8. 20230325 CRH380A-2822 and CRH380A-2842 at ZAF: Windmemories· CC BY-SA 4.0
  9. 9. 20230519 CRH380A-2849 on G642: Windmemories· CC BY-SA 4.0
  10. 10. 20250816 CRH380A-2740 leaving Zhengzhoudong Railway Station: Windmemories· CC BY-SA 4.0
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China Railway CRH380A, photo 1 of 10
1/10 颐园新居· CC BY-SA 3.0

what is it?

The CRH380A Hexie (simplified Chinese: 和谐号; traditional Chinese: 和諧號; pinyin: Héxié Hào; lit. 'Harmony') is a Chinese electric high-speed train that was developed by CSR Corporation Limited (CSR) and is currently manufactured by CRRC Qingdao Sifang. As a continuation of the CRH2-380 program it both replaces foreign (Japanese) technology in the CRH2 with Chinese developments and increases its top speed.

who runs it

China State Railway GroupChina Railway Beijing GroupChina Railway Chengdu GroupChina Railway Guangzhou GroupChina Railway Kunming GroupChina Railway Nanchang GroupChina Railway Nanning GroupChina Railway Taiyuan GroupChina Railway Wuhan GroupChina Railway Xi'an GroupChina Railway Zhengzhou GroupMTR Corporation Limited

base stats

  • speed 486 km/htop speed
  • power 20.4 MWpower output
  • built 434made 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 16 years ago, in 2010.
  • Top speed is 3.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
  • At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 5 minutes.
  • 20.4 MW is about 240 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
  • 203 m long: about 45 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Served for 9 years (2010–2019).

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

spec sheet

built
2010
in service from
2010
retired
2019
status
retired
number built
434
kind
high-speed train
traction
electric
origin
🇨🇳 China
builders
CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co., Ltd., CSR Corporation Limited
operators
China State Railway Group, China Railway Beijing Group, China Railway Chengdu Group, China Railway Guangzhou Group, China Railway Kunming Group, China Railway Nanchang Group, China Railway Nanning Group, China Railway Taiyuan Group, China Railway Wuhan Group, China Railway Xi'an Group, China Railway Zhengzhou Group, MTR Corporation Limited
top speed
486 km/h
power
20.4 MW
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
electric system
Overhead catenary
formation
CRH380A/CRH380A (EC Type): 8 cars/trainset (6M2T), CRH380AL: 16 cars/trainset (14M2T), CRH380AM: 6 cars/trainset (6M0T)…
length
203 m

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

Sources: Wikidata Q856457, Wikipedia: China Railway CRH380A (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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