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China Railway DJJ1
🇨🇳 China ·built by CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd.· from 2000· class of 8 Chinese electric multiple units
5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. China Railways DJJ1: 慕尼黑啤酒· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. 新时速-蓝箭动车组（DJJ1 0007A）停放于平湖南站: XHZ· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. China Railways DJJ1 01: Original uploader was Df112001 at zh.wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. China Railways DJJ1--“Blue Arrow” in Huangsha ,Guangzhou: Lhzss8· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. DJJ1-0001A at Zhaoqing Railway Station 20260406: Tim Wu· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The DJJ1 "Blue Arrow" (simplified Chinese: 蓝箭; traditional Chinese: 藍箭) is a type of high-speed power car trainset used by mainland China Railway. They were manufactured in 2000 by Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Works.
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 26 years ago, in 2000.
- Top speed is 1.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 11 minutes.
- 4.8 MW is about 56 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 12 years (2000–2012).
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
- 2012
- status
- retired
- number built
- 8
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- builders
- CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd.
- operators
- Guangshen Railway
- top speed
- 210 km/h
- power
- 4.8 MW
- electric system
- 25 kV 50 Hz
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'
- weight
- 78 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q804553, Wikipedia: China Railway DJJ1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.