2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 青岛四方机厂中原之星电力动车组 2023-09-28: StefanTsingtauer· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. 四方机车公园——DJF1型电力动车组: Sprt98· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The DJF1 "Zhongyuan Star" was an electric multiple unit of China Railway. It only operated in service for less than five years, before it was removed from service due to its various flaws and high maintenance costs. The train was initially built as a six car set, and subsequently lengthened to a fourteen car set.
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 25 years ago, in 2001.
- Top speed is 1.4× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 13 minutes.
- 27 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 1,392: 28 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Served for 4 years (2001–2005).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2001
- in service from
- 2001
- retired
- 2005
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- builders
- CRRC
- designer
- Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive, CRRC Zhuzhou Institute, Qingdao Sifang, Zhengzhou bureau
- operators
- China State Railway Group
- top speed
- 178 km/h
- power
- 200 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- length
- 27 m
- capacity
- 1,392 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q10846894, Wikipedia: China Railway DJF1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.