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China Railway CRH6
🇨🇳 China ·built by CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co., Ltd.· from 2014· Chinese high-speed train model
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. CRH6A-0601 at Pearl River West Bridge (20180929132348): N509FZ· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. CRH6A at Guangzhou-Shenzhen Rail Line 2018 03: Nissangeniss· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. 陈列于五邑大学的CRH6 车头: Limingqimonkey· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. 陈列于五邑大学的CRH6 车头局部: Limingqimonkey· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. 陈列于五邑大学的CRH6 车身局部: Limingqimonkey· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. 20201027 A CRH6A approaching Zhengzhou Railway Station: Windmemories· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. 20201102 Train C2910 leaving ZZH 01: Windmemories· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. China Railway Guangzhounan Sta Platform 23: Wahsaw· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. CRH6A Hexie EMU: Samson Ng . D201@EAL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. Board of S3837 20260110: Tim Wu· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The CRH6 is a regional/commuter higher-speed train of the People's Republic of China. It is designed by CRRC Qingdao Sifang and will be manufactured by CRRC Nanjing Puzhen at its subsidiary, the CRRC Guangdong Jiangmen Factory. Unlike other CRH types, most CRH6 trains use unique names; only very few CRH6 use Hexie (Chinese: 和谐号; pinyin: Héxié hào; lit.
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 12 years ago, in 2014.
- Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 12 minutes.
- 200 m long: about 44 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 586: 12 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
- 2014
- in service from
- 2014
- status
- in service
- number built
- 24
- kind
- high-speed train
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- builders
- CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co., Ltd.
- operators
- China State Railway Group, Ministry of Railways of the People's Republic of China
- top speed
- 200 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- 8 cars per trainset (4M4T)
- length
- 200 m
- capacity
- 586 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q856441, Wikipedia: China Railway CRH6 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.