China Railways CRH2

The CRH2 is an electric high-speed train in China. CRH is the abbreviation for China Railway High -speed. So far, four variants were procured; the delivery of the fifth variant of the CRH2 -380, began in late May 2010.

CRH2A

The CRH2A is a modified trainset Series E2 -1000 from the Japanese Shinkansen high-speed program. It is therefore, according to the 700T series in Taiwan, the second exported from Japan Shinkansen. Since 2006, a total of 60 eight -car trains will be produced, of which the first three completely in Japan. Six more trains are assembled in Japan and assembled in kits in China, this production is referred to as Completely Knocked Down. The remaining 51 units will be manufactured with Japanese technology transfer in Sifang Locomotive and Rolling Stock.

Four of the eight intermediate cars are driven. Depending on the configuration, the trains run from one to four first-class carriage and a bistro car, the rest of the car is with chairs with seats second class.

The first train arrived at Qingdao on March 8, 2006. Vehicles are used, among other things, on the route between Shanghai and Nanjing Central Station.

CRH2B

The CRH2B is a sixteen -piece version of the CRH2A with eight driven cars. Each train carries three first-class carriage, a bistro car and twelve to second class. The ten trains CRH2B be used since 2008 from Shanghai.

CRH2C ( CRH2 -300)

The CRH2C is a powerful eight-part version with six instead of four driven car, which was built in two series, each of 30 trains. The first series has a top speed of 350 km / h, and the second such of 380 km / h The five trains have been used since 2008 by Wuhan and Jinan from.

The first series is on the destinations Shanghai - Hangzhou used, the second series is used on the destinations Wuhan - Guangzhou - Shenzhen - Hong Kong, Wuhan-Guangzhou - Guangzhou -Zhuhai and Zhengzhou - Xi'an - Nanjing and Shanghai.

CRH2E

The CRH2E are technically the CRH2B but is equipped as a night train. 13 intermediate cars are sleeping cars, a bistro car running down the middle, just the end cars are passenger coaches. The trains run on the Beijing since 2009 - Shanghai.

CRH2 -380

The latest generation of CRH2 series, whose delivery began in May 2010, has been approved for a regular service speed of 380 km / h. They are manufactured by the Sifang in Qingdao, a subsidiary of CSR Corp China. , Which is one of the two largest railway vehicle manufacturer in China. The trains will be used on the new high speed line between Beijing and Shanghai, which was completed in 2011.

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