what is it?
The CRRC 600 (Chinese: 时速600公里高速磁浮交通系统; lit. '600 km/h high-speed maglev transportation system') is a high-speed magnetic levitation (maglev) train under development in China, using German Transrapid technology under license from ThyssenKrupp. The first trainset was unveiled in July 2021 at the CRRC Qingdao Sifang factory in Qingdao.
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
- Top speed is 4.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 4 minutes.
high-speed train: Built for 200–350 km/h on dedicated lines, like the TGV, ICE or Shinkansen.
spec sheet
- built
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- number built
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- kind
- high-speed train
- origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- builders
- CRRC
- top speed
- 600 km/h
- power
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From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q106729100, Wikipedia: CRRC Maglev (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.