China Railway CRH5 information

China Railways CRH5 EMU
China Railways CRH5 EMU
	CRH5A high-speed train in Beijing railway station
In service	2007 – Present
Manufacturer	Alstom; Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd.
Family name	Pendolino
Number built	140 trainsets (1120 cars)
Formation	8 cars per trainset (5M3T)
Capacity	Fixed seats: 622; Rolling seats: 586 or 570
Operators	Chinese Ministry of Railways; - Beijing Railway Bureau; - Shenyang Railway Bureau; - Harbin Railway Bureau; - Taiyuan Railway Bureau; - Jinan Railway Bureau; - Zhengzhou Railway Bureau; - Wuhan Railway Bureau; - Lanzhou Railway Bureau; - Hohhot Railway Bureau; - Ürümqi Railway Bureau
Lines served	High speed and major conventional rail lines in northern China
Specifications
Train length	211.5 m (693 ft 11 in)
Width	3,200 mm (10 ft 6 in)
Height	4,270 mm (14 ft 0 in)
Platform height	500–1,250 mm (1 ft 8 in – 4 ft 1 in)
Maximum speed	250 km/h (155 mph)
Weight	443 t (436 long tons; 488 short tons)
Traction system	Alstom IGBT VVVF inverter control
Power output	5,500 kW (7,376 hp)
Transmission	AC-DC-AC
Acceleration	≥ 0.5 m/s2 (1.1 mph/s) (Starter); 0.11 m/s2 (0.25 mph/s)(at 200 km/h (124 mph)); 0.05 m/s2 (0.11 mph/s)(at 250 km/h (155 mph))
Electric system(s)	25 kV 50 Hz AC Overhead
Current collector(s)	Pantograph
Braking system(s)	Regenerative, electronically controlled pneumatic brakes
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge

The CRH5 Hexie (simplified Chinese: 和谐号; traditional Chinese: 和諧號; pinyin: Héxié Hào; lit. 'Harmony') is an electric multiple unit high-speed train in use with China Railway High-speed in the People's Republic of China. The CRH5 is based on the ETR-600 New Pendolino used in Italy.

The CRH5 are non-tilting trains, developed for the Chinese Railways and whose technology has been transferred to local manufacturers.^[1] The CRH5 operate steadily at 250 kilometres per hour (155 mph).^[2]^[3]^[4]

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[1] "Meet the Train Makers, Part 6: China » INFRASTRUCTURIST". Archived from the original on 2010-02-28. Retrieved 2010-11-06.

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2010-01-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] "我们的火车站-火车库-内燃机车". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-01-30.

[4] "| They call it Harmonious – Chinese Bullet Trains | China Car Times - China Auto News". Archived from the original on 2013-02-12. Retrieved 2010-01-30.

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