China Railway Tianchi

what is it?

The Tianchi is a high-speed comprehensive dynamic inspection DMU developed by CRRC Qingdao Sifang of China South Locomotive & Rolling Stock Corporation Limited. The train adopts a "one power car and two trailer cars" formation, AC transmission system, and new high-speed bogies. Its design maximum speed is 200 km/h (120 mph), and it also features track, signaling, and pantograph-catenary inspection functions.

who runs it

Ministry of Railways of the People's Republic of ChinaCRChina Railway Shenyang Group

base stats

• speed 200 km/htop speed
• power 2.1 MWpower output
• seats 10passengers
• 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 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• ⏱️At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 12 minutes.
• 🚗2.1 MW is about 25 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.

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

diesel

origin

🇨🇳 China

builders

CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co., Ltd.

operators

Ministry of Railways of the People's Republic of China, China Railway Shenyang Group

top speed

200 km/h

power

2.1 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

formation

3 cars (1M2T)

capacity

10 passengers

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