China Star

Experimental high-speed electric multiple unit of China

China Star (Simp. Chinese: 中华之星, a.k.a. DJJ2) is an indigenously designed experimental high speed train manufactured in China. It is an EMU train developed from the DJJ1 "Blue Arrow" high speed train by Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Works.

Overview

It consists of 2 power cars and 9 passenger cars. The prototype rolled out in 2002. The train set is designed for a top speed of 270 km/h (170 mph), and a full load of 726 passengers.^[1]^[2] It achieved a top speed of 321 km/h (199 mph) on the newly built Qinshen Passenger Railway line during a test run in late 2002, setting a Chinese train speed record. However, due to signal system mismatches, and problems at electrical system and brake system, commercial services was delayed for the train. The train entered passenger service at Qinhuangdao-Shenyang PDL in 2005 but was limited to a top speed of 160 km/h (99 mph). Such problems still persists in services and was discontinued in 2006.^[3]

Shenyang RB ceased services offered by "China Star" from August 2006. As of 2007, the train was sealed and placed at an unsheltered parking area of the depot.

One of its power car and three passenger cars were moved to China Railway Museum, becoming the first high speed train being displayed in the museum.

Also the other power car is now displayed at the Steam Locomotive Gallery of Shenyang alongside a CRH3. The only two high speed train displayed in the gallery.

References

^ China's Fastest Train Starts Operation - TRAVEL, china.org.cn
^ "China Star Bullet Train Project on Track - Machinery Lubrication". Archived from the original on 2010-12-18. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
^ Chinese High-speed Railway "China Star" cannot reliably reach 160km/h and dropped domestic development plans 東京新聞 2011年8月5日朝刊

External links

Product information (Zhuzhou)
Product information (Datong)
Video clip^{[permanent dead link]}

Multiple units of China Railway

Electric multiple unit

Centralized Power

Pre-CRH era	X2000 "Xinshisu"^S DDJ1 "Great White Shark"^S DJJ1 "Blue Arrow" DJJ2 "China Star"^S
Fuxing EMU	CR200J

Distributed Power

Pre-CRH era

CRH

200－250km/h	CRH1A/B/E/A-A/E-250 CRH2A/B/E/G CRH3A CRH5A/E/G
350－380km/h	CRH3C CRH2C CRH380A/AL (Vibrant Express) CRH380B/BL/BG CRH380CL CRH380D
Others	Comprehensive inspection trains

Intercity multiple units

CJ-series intercity units	CRH3A (CJ1) CJ2 CJ3 CJ5 CJ6
CRH intercity EMU	CRH6A/A-A/F/F-A/S CRH3A-A

Fuxing EMU

200－300km/h	CR300AF CR300BF
300－400km/h	CR400AF CR400BF

Diesel multiple unit
Centralized Power	Dongfeng DMU^S NZJ1 "Xinshuguang"^S NZJ2 NDJ3 "Changcheng" NYJ1 Putian DMU^S Tianchi DMU^S
Distributed Power	NC3 DMU Tianan DMU^S NZJ "Lushan" NYF1 TSD09 CJ5 (DEMU)
S = single set

High-speed rail in China

High-speed demonstrative maglev
Shanghai maglev train Xianning–Changsha maglev test line (Planned)

National 8+8 high-speed corridors

Coastal

Dandong–Dalian –Shenyang –Qinhuangdao –(Tianjin–Dongying–Weifang)–Qingdao –Lianyungang–Yancheng
–Nantong –Shanghai –Hangzhou –Taizhou–Wenzhou–Fuzhou–Xiamen–Zhangzhou–Shantou–
Shanwei–Shenshan –Xili-Jiangmen–Maoming–(Zhanjiang(–)Hepu)–Qinzhou–Fangchenggang–Dongxing

Hangshen parallel	Hangzhou–Ningbo –Wenzhou –Fuzhou –Xiamen –Shenzhen
other branches	Weifang–Yantai Qingdao–Rongcheng Shanwei–Guangzhou–Zhanjiang

Beijing–Shanghai

West route	Beijing–Shanghai
East route	Beijing–(Tianjin–Dongying–Weifang)–Linyi–Huai'an–Yangzhou –Nantong–Shanghai
branches	Nanjing–Hangzhou Bengbu–Hefei –Hangzhou

Beijing–Hong Kong (Taipei)§

Beijing–Xiong'an–Shangqiu–Fuyang–Hefei –Jiujiang–Lushan–Nanchang

To Hong Kong	Nanchang–Ganzhou –Shenzhen –Hong Kong
To Taipei	Hefei–Fuzhou Nanchang–Fuzhou Fuzhou–Pingtan Pingtan–Taipei

Harbin–Hong Kong (Macau)§

Hohhot–Nanning

Hohhot–Ulanqab–Datong–Yuanping–Taiyuan –Jiaozuo –Zhengzhou
branch: Jiaozuo–Luoyang–Pingdingshan
Zhengzhou–Pingdingshan–Xiangyang–Jingmen–Yichang–Changde–Yiyang–Loudi–Shaoyang–Yongzhou–Liuzhou –Nanning

Beijing–Kunming

Beijing–Xiong'an –Xinzhou–Xi'an –Chengdu–Kunming

Branch lines	Beijing–Zhangjiakou–Datong –Taiyuan Chongqing–Kunming

Baotou (Yinchuan)–Hainan

Yinchuan–Xi'an
Baotou–Yan'an–Xi'an –Chongqing–Guiyang–Nanning–Qinzhou–Beihai–Zhanjiang–Haikou
Hainan eastern ring
Hainan western ring

Lanzhou (Xining)–Guangzhou

Xining–Chengdu
Lanzhou–Chengdu–Guiyang–Guangzhou

Suifenhe–Manzhouli

Suifenhe–Mudanjiang–Harbin –Qiqihar–Manzhouli

Beijing–Lanzhou

Beijing–Zhangjiakou –Hohhot–Baotou–Lanzhou

Qingdao–Yinchuan

Qingdao–Jinan –Shijiazhuang –Taiyuan–Yinchuan

Eurasia Continental

Lianyungang–Xuzhou –Zhengzhou –Xi'an –Baoji –Lanzhou –Ürümqi–Khorgas

Yangtze River

Shanghai–Huzhou –Hefei
Shanghai–Nanjing–Hefei
Hefei–Wuhan–Yichang–Xingshan
Yichang–Fuling
Wuhan–Xiangyang –Xingshan–Wanzhou–Fuling–Chongqing –Chengdu
Wanzhou–Dazhou–Chengdu
Chongqing–Neijiang–Chengdu

Old line	Shanghai–Wuxi–Nanjing –Hefei –Wuhan –Yichang –Lichuan –Chongqing –Suining –Chengdu

Shanghai–Kunming

Shanghai–Hangzhou –Changsha –Guiyang–Kunming–Ruili

Xiamen–Chongqing

Kaohsiung§–Xiamen–Longyan –Ganzhou–Changsha –Changde–Qianjiang–Chongqing

Guangzhou–Kunming

Guangzhou–Nanning –Kunming

Other conventional high-speed railways (list)

Intercity and long-distance	300–350 km/h Beijing–Tangshan Beijing–Tianjin Chengdu–Chongqing Chongqing–Wanzhou Nanjing–Hangzhou Shanghai–Nanjing 200–250 km/h Beijing–Zhangjiakou Changchun–Jilin Chongqing–Lanzhou Dandong–Dalian Guangzhou–Foshan–Zhaoqing Harbin–Jiamusi Harbin–Mudanjiang Harbin–Qiqihar Hengyang–Liuzhou Jilin–Hunchun Liuzhou–Nanning Nanchang–Jiujiang Nanjing–Anqing Qingdao–Rongcheng Shenyang–Dandong Xinhui–Maoming Tianjin–Baoding Xi'an–Chengdu Zhangjiakou–Hohhot Chengdu–Mianyang–Leshan Guangzhou–Zhuhai Zhengzhou–Jiaozuo
Regional intercity	300–350 km/h Chengdu–Ya'an Tianjin–Binhai 200–250 km/h Changsha–Zhuzhou–Xiangtan Chengdu–Dujiangyan Chengdu–Pujiang Dongguan–Huizhou Foshan–Dongguan Fuzhou–Changle Airport Guangzhou–Qingyuan Guiyang–Kaiyang Hainan eastern ring Hainan western ring Lanzhou–Zhongchuan Airport Mianyang–Suining–Ziyang–Neijiang–Zigong–Yibin Suzhou–Jiaxing Wuhan Metropolitan Area Zhengzhou–Kaifeng Zhengzhou–Xinzheng Airport
Upgraded old lines	Beijing–Guangzhou Beijing–Harbin Beijing–Shanghai Guangzhou–Shenzhen Hangzhou–Ningbo Hankou–Danjiangkou Kunming–Yuxi Lianyungang–Lanzhou Litang–Zhanjiang Nanjing–Nantong Shanghai–Kunming

Rolling stock
X 2000 Blue Arrow China Star Hexie (CRH1/CRH2/CRH3/CRH5/CRH6/CRH380A/CRH380B/CRH380C/CRH380D) Vibrant Express (MTR CRH380A)§ CIT Trains Fuxing (CR200J/CR300AF/CR300BF/CR400AF/CR400BF)

Italics: under construction or currently not operational
(-), Place A-: section under construction or currently not operational
§: in/related to Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan
(Place A–Place B): share tracks with other lines

High-speed rail

Part of rail transport

Technologies

High-speed trains

350 km/h (217 mph) or more	China Railway CR400AF, CR400BF Transrapid Shinkansen Series L0 Whoosh HSR
300–349 km/h (186–217 mph)	Renfe Class 100, 102, 103 Alstom AGV China Railway Hexie CRH2C, 3C, 380A / MTR CRH380A, 380B, 380C, 380D ETR 500 ETR 400 Eurostar e300; e320 ICE 3 KTX-I, II (Sancheon), KTX-Cheongryong Oaris Shinkansen Series 500, N700, N700S, E5/H5, E6, E8 AVRIL TGV Sud-Est (refurbished), Atlantique, Réseau, Duplex, POS, 2N2, M (Avelia Horizon) TCDD HT80000 Thalys PBA, PBKA THSR 700T Siemens Velaro
250–299 km/h (155–186 mph)	Avelia Liberty China Star, DJF2, China Railway Hexie CRH1A, 1B, 1E, 2A, 2B, 2E, 2G, 3A, 5A, 5E, 5G, China Railway Fuxing CR300AF, CR300BF ICE 1, 2, 4 (ICx) KTX-Eum New Pendolino Renfe Class 120, 121, 130 Sapsan SBB RABe 501, RABe 503 Shinkansen Series 200, 300, 700, 800, E2, E3, E7/W7 TCDD HT65000 TGV Sud-Est (original), La Poste V250
200–249 km/h (124–155 mph)	Acela ACS-64 Adelante APT Renfe Class 101 China Railway DJJ1, China Railway Hexie CRH6, China Railway Fuxing CR200J ER200 HHP-8 IC4 ICNG InterCity 125, 225 ICE T, TD Javelin NSB Class 71 (Flytoget) NSB Class 73 NSB Class 74 Pendolino Railjet Regina Shinkansen series 0, 100, 400, E1, E4 SBB RABDe 500, RABDe 502, RABe 502, Re 460 SC-44 SCB-40 X 2000, SJ X40 Z-TER (Z 21500) Sokol British Rail Classes 800, 801, 802, 803, 805, 807, 810 Talgo XXI Voyager/Meridian X3
Experimental and prototype high-speed trains (category)

High-speed railway line

List of high-speed railway lines

By countries and territories

planned networks in italics

Africa	Morocco Egypt
Americas	Argentina Brazil Canada Mexico United States
Asia	China Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Kazakhstan South Korea Saudi Arabia Taiwan Thailand Turkey Uzbekistan Vietnam
Europe	Austria Belgium Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Italy Latvia Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Russia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom
Oceania	Australia
Proposed high-speed rail by country