CRH380A Hexie

The CSR Corporation Limited (CSR) designed the CRH380A Hexie, a Chinese electric high-speed train that is now produced by CSR Qingdao Sifang Locomotive & Rolling Stock Co., Ltd. As an extension of the CRH2-380 program, it boosts the top speed of the CRH2 while also replacing foreign technology with Chinese innovations. In commercial service, the CRH380A is intended to travel at a maximum speed of 380 km/h (236 mph) and a cruise speed of 350 km/h (217 mph). During a test run, the initial 8-car train set had a top speed of 416.6 km/h (258.9 mph). At 486.1 km/h, the extended 16-car train set was traveling (302.0 mph).

One of the four Chinese train series built for the new normal operating speed of 302mph) on recently built Chinese high-speed main lines is the CRH380A. Although it was not created in accordance with a technology transfer agreement, there have been claims that it is based on unlicensed Shinkansen technology. Officially, it is the only series of the four that is not based on a foreign design. The Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway received its first shipment of CRH380A trains in 2011, and these vehicles began operating on the network for a fee. 577 CRH380A train sets have been created and put into service on various high-speed routes in China as of 2019.

Country: China

Speed: 302 mph