Vibrant Express

what is it?

Vibrant Express (Chinese: 動感號) is a high-speed train operated by Hong Kong government-owned public transport operator MTR. It was manufactured by Chinese state-owned manufacturer CSR Qingdao Sifang (merged into CRRC Qingdao Sifang during production) based on the CRH380A Hexie EMUs developed for China Railway. Nine 8-car trainsets were ordered by the Hong Kong government through the MTR Corporation and delivered between 2016 and 2017. The train runs between West Kowloon station and Guangzhou South station on the Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link.

who runs it

MTR Corporation Limited

base stats

• speed 380 km/htop speed
• power 9.6 MWpower output
• weight 408 tin working order
• seats 579passengers
• built 9made 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 8 years ago, in 2018.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.9× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• ⏱️At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 6 minutes.
• 🚗9.6 MW is about 113 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 68 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏203 m long: about 45 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧍Seats 579: 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

2018

in service from

2018

number built

9

kind

high-speed train

traction

electric

origin

🇨🇳 China

builders

CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co., Ltd.

designer

MBD Design

operators

MTR Corporation Limited

top speed

380 km/h

power

9.6 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

electric system

Overhead catenary

formation

8-car sets, ZY–ZE–ZE–ZE–ZE–ZE–ZE–ZY

length

203 m

weight

408 t

capacity

579 passengers

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