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China Railway NYJ1

🇨🇳 China ·built by CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co., Ltd.· from 2000· diesel multiple unit of China

China Railway NYJ1, photo 1 of 8
1/8 慕尼黑啤酒· CC BY-SA 3.0

what is it?

The NYJ1 is one of the DMU models of China Railway, adopting a power-concentrated configuration. It was designed and manufactured by CRRC Sifang and CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles.

who runs it

base stats

  • power 1 MWpower output
  • built 16made 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 26 years ago, in 2000.
  • 1 MW is about 12 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
  • 22.5 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Served for 10 years (2000–2010).

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built
2000
in service from
2000
retired
2010
status
retired
number built
16
kind
multiple unit
traction
diesel
origin
🇨🇳 China
builders
CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co., Ltd., CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd.
operators
Ministry of Railways of the People's Republic of China, CHN Energy
top speed
—
power
1 MW
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
formation
2M4T–2M8T
length
22.5 m

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

Sources: Wikidata Q10851893, Wikipedia: China Railway NYJ1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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