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| Parent company | China Railway |
| Headquarters | Beijing, China |
| Locale | People's Republic of China |
| Dates of operation | 2007–present |
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| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Standard gauge |
| Electrification | 25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead catenary |
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| Simplified Chinese | 中国高速铁路 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 中國高速鐵路 | ||||||
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China Railway High-speed (CRH) is a high-speed rail service operated by China Railway.
The introduction of CRH series was a major part of the sixth national railway speedup, implemented on April 18, 2007.[1] By the end of 2020, China Railway High-speed provided service to all provinces in China, and operated just under 38,000 km (24,000 mi) passenger tracks in length, accounting for about two-thirds of the world's high-speed rail tracks in commercial service.[2][3][4] China has revealed plans to extend the HSR to 70,000 km by year 2035.[4] It is the world's most extensively used railway service, with 2.29 billion bullet train trips delivered in 2019[5] and 2.16 billion trips in 2020,[6] bringing the total cumulative number of trips to 13 billion as of 2020.[7][8]
Over 1000 sets of rolling stock are operated under the CRH brand including Hexie CRH1/2A/5 that are designed to have a maximum speed of 250 km/h (160 mph), and CRH2C/3 have a maximum speed of 350 km/h (220 mph). The indigenous designed CRH380A have a maximum test speed of 416.6 km/h (258.9 mph) with commercial operation speed of 350 km/h. The fastest train set, CRH380BL, attained a maximum test speed of 487.3 km/h (302.8 mph). In 2017, the China Standardized EMU brand including CR400AF/BF and CR200J joined China Railway High-speed and are designated as Fuxing together with letters CR (China Railway).[9][10] With a gradual plan, the CR brand is going to replace the current CRH brand in service.[11] China’s CRH380A Hexie developed by CSR Corporation Limited. it is designed to operate comfortably at a speed of 350 km/h (217 mph) and a maximum speed of 380 km/h (236 mph),it is also the fastest train in the world. During testing it also reached 486.1 km/h (302.0 mph).[12]
Depending on their speed, there are 3 categories of high speed trains, G, D and C (G and some C being the fastest at 350 km/h, D having a speed of 250 km/h and C having a speed of 200 km/h).[13]
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- ^ Ma Yujia (马玉佳). "New high-speed trains on drawing board- China.org.cn". www.china.org.cn. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
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- ^ 中国标准动车组命名"复兴号". Xinhua News Agency. June 25, 2017.
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- ^ 大陸高鐵新紀元 「復興號」將取代「和諧號」. 鉅亨網. June 27, 2017. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
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