China Railway DDJ1

what is it?

The DDJ1 is a first generation high-speed electric multiple unit built for China Railway, built by Zhuzhou Electric Locomotives, Changchun Railway Vehicles, Sifang Railway Vehicles, Tangshan Passenger vehicle factory, Nanjing Puzhen and developed by Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Research Centre. It was built in 1999, and was an experimental vehicle, with only one set built, as it did not enter mass production. The design was well received as part of national science in the 9th five year plan.

who runs it

China State Railway Group

base stats

• speed 223 km/htop speed
• power 1 MWpower output
• weight 84 tin working order
• seats 438passengers
• 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 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• ⏱️At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 11 minutes.
• 🚗1 MW is about 12 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏18.3 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧍Seats 438: 9 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

—

number built

1

kind

high speed-EMU

traction

electric

origin

🇨🇳 China

builders

CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd., CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd., CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co., Ltd., CRRC Tangshan Co., Ltd.

operators

China State Railway Group

top speed

223 km/h

power

1 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

electric system

tri-phase thyristor

wheel arrangement

Bo-Bo

formation

DT-T-T-T-T-T-M

length

18.3 m

weight

84 t

capacity

438 passengers

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