Briefing

High-speed rail is a type of rail transport that runs significantly faster than traditional rail traffic, using an integrated system of specialized rolling stock and dedicated tracks. While there is no single standard that applies worldwide, lines built to handle speeds above 250 km/h (155 mph) and upgraded lines more than 200 km/h (124 mph) are widely considered to be high-speed.

Many countries have developed, or are currently building, high-speed rail infrastructure to connect major cities, including Austria, Belgium, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Laos, Morocco, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Uzbekistan. Only in Europe and Asia does high-speed rail cross international borders.

The major high-speed rail platform in China is as follows:

Fuxing

Fuxing (also known as the CR series EMU, or as the Fuxing Hao) is a series of high-speed and higher-speed EMU trains operated by China Railway High-speed (CRH) and developed by CRRC, which owns the independent intellectual property rights. Initially known as the China Standardized EMU, development on the project started in 2012, and the design plan was finished in September 2014. The first EMU rolled off the production line on 30 June 2015. The series received its current designation of Fuxing in June 2017, with nicknames such as "Blue/Red Dolphin" (CR400AF) and "Golden Phoenix" (CR400BF) for certain units. It is the world's fastest conventional high-speed train in regular service, with an operating speed of 350 km/h (220 mph) for the CR400AF and CR400BF models.

Hexie

Hexie (also known as the CRH series EMU, or as the Hexie Hao) is a high-speed rail service operated by China Railway. The introduction of CRH series was a major part of the sixth national railway speed-up, implemented on April 18, 2007. It is the world's most extensively used railway service.

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). 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).



As of Dec.31, 2021, China has built more than 40 thousand kilometers of operational high-speed rails. An enormous fleet of 4153 trains (standard EMU trainset, 33221 cars) is operating in this largest commercial operation high speed rail network. Since 2007 Metallurgica bresciana’s high performance rolling stock cables were installed on the major high speed train platforms from CRH to Fuxinghao. For the past 15 years our prestigious cables are serving reliably for people’s daily travelling across the nation in China.