The prototype of China's CR450 EMU, with a designed operation speed of 400 kilometers per hour, is scheduled to roll off the assembly line within the year, according to a senior official with China State Railway Group.
China's Fuxing CR400 EMU train -- the predecessor of the CR450 -- has been operating on the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway since September 2017, with an operation speed of 350 kilometers per hour, a benchmark for high-speed rail operation speed worldwide.
The development of the CR450 EMU marks a technological breakthrough based on the CR400, which further increases the operation speed by around 50 kilometers per hour.
Since its launch in 2021, the CR450 sci-tech innovation project has gone through the stages of development of 17 prototypes of new technology components, with 57 tests carried out on the basis of the CR400.
In the test runs, the new project created a series of new records including the reaching of a single EMU open-line speed of 453 kilometers per hour.
"At present, the CR450 EMU project has undergone the formulation of top-level indicators and overall plans, and has entered the stage of construction design and prototype development. The prototype will roll off the assembly line within the year, and a series of tests will be carried out afterwards," said Zhang Dayong, director of the technology and information department under China State Railway Group, in an interview with China Central Television.
China's new bullet train prototype to roll off assembly line within 2024
China's new bullet train prototype to roll off assembly line within 2024
