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China Railways HXD1
🇨🇳 China ·built by CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd.· from 2006· class of Chinese electric locomotives
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. HXD10182 20180210: Tyg728· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. HXD1 with wagen: 慕尼黑啤酒· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. HXD1 1454@SRP (20230313101129): N509FZ· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. HXD1型7004号神八电力机车: DF40162· CC BY 3.0
- 5. HXD1 Heading East Along the Daqin Railway: Charlie fong· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. HXD1-0085于大同站: Liuxingy· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. HXD1-6127于成昆铁路三堆子站 01: Liuxingy· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. HXD1-6127于成昆铁路三堆子站 02: Liuxingy· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. HXD1-6127于成昆铁路三堆子站 03: Liuxingy· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. Xiaoliu Railway HXD1-7259 at Dongcao Station 20260705: 棒打鲜橙· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The HXD1 (Chinese: 和谐1型电力机车) (also known as the DJ4) is a Chinese heavy-duty twin unit electric locomotive of axle configuration Bo'Bo'+Bo'Bo'. Both the HXD1 and HXD2 double unit locomotives were designated DJ4, the HXD2 units being disambiguated DJ4-6000. The 7.34 billion Yuan order for 180 locomotives was given in 2004, with the first locomotive manufactured by November 2006.
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 20 years ago, in 2006.
- 9.6 MW is about 113 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 31 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 35.2 m long: about 8 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 2006–2012
- number built
- 651
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- builders
- CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd., Siemens, CRRC Ziyang Co., Ltd.
- operators
- Shenhua Group, China State Railway Group
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 9.6 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 25 kV 50 Hz AC Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- 2 (Bo'Bo')
- length
- 35.2 m
- weight
- 184 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q860766, Wikipedia: China Railways HXD1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.