Fastest trains in China

The Shanghai Maglev train, at top speed of 431 km/h (268 mph), is the fastest train in China. The maglev train has remained confined its original 30 km (19 mi) track as state planners chosen high-speed trains that run on conventional track for the national HSR network.

The "fastest" train commercial service can be defined alternatively by a train's top speed or average trip speed.

• The fastest train service measured by peak operational speed is the Shanghai Maglev Train which can reach 431 km/h (268 mph). Due to the limited length of the Shanghai Maglev track (30 km)(18.6 mi), the maglev train's average trip speed is only 245.5 km/h (152.5 mph). The Shanghai Maglev also holds the record for the top speed in tests of 501 km/h (311 mph).
• The fastest train service measured by average trip speed is on the Wuhan-Guangzhou High-Speed Railway, where the CRH3/CRH2 coupled-train sets average 312.5 km/h (194.2 mph) on the 922 km (573 mi) route from Wuhan to Guangzhou North. It is the fastest commercial train service in the world.
• The top speed attained by a non-maglev train in China is 487.3 km/h (302.8 mph) by a CRH380BL train on the Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway during a testing run on January 10, 2011.^[1]

Speed records of China’s rolling stock (non-maglev)

Date	Train	Type	Track	Speed	Notes / Refs
1997-01-05	SS8	Electric locomotives	Beijing Circular Railway	212.6 km/h (132.1 mph)	[Note 1][2]
1998-06-24	SS8	Electric locomotives	Jingguang Line	240 km/h (150 mph)	[Note 2][3]
1998-07-29	X2000 "New Speed"	Electric Multiple Unit (EMU)	Guangshen Line	200 km/h (120 mph)	[4]
1999-09	DDJ1 "White Shark"	EMU	Guangshen Line	223 km/h (139 mph)
1999-10-01	NZJ1 "New Aurora"	Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU)	Huning line	194 km/h (121 mph)	[5]
2000-11	DJJ1 "Blue Arrow"	EMU	Guangshen Line	235 km/h (146 mph)	[6]
2001-11-11	DJF2 "Pioneer"	EMU	Guangshen Line	249.6 km/h (155.1 mph)	[7]
2002-09-10	DJF2 "Pioneer"	EMU	Qinshen PDL	292.8 km/h (181.9 mph)	[8]
2002-11-27	DJJ2 "China Star"	EMU	Qinshen PDL	321.5 km/h (199.8 mph)	[9]
2002-12-09	NZJ2 "Shenzhou"	DMU	Qinshen PDL	210.7 km/h (130.9 mph)
2008-04-24	CRH2C	EMU	Jingjin ICL	370 km/h (230 mph)	[Note 3][10]
2008-06-24	CRH3C	EMU	Jingjin ICL	394.3 km/h (245.0 mph)	[Note 4][11]
2009-12-09	CRH3C	EMU	Wuguang PDL	394.2 km/h (244.9 mph)	[Note 5][12]
2010-09-28	CRH380A	EMU	Huhang PDL	416.6 km/h (258.9 mph)	[Note 6][13]
2010-12-03	CRH380AL	EMU	Jinghu PDL	486.1 km/h (302.0 mph)	[Note 7][14]
2011-01-09	CRH380BL	EMU	Jinghu PDL	487.3 km/h (302.8 mph)	[Note 8][15]

Notes

1. SS8 locomotive with two passenger carriages
2. SS8 locomotive with five passenger carriages. It remains the recordholder for Chinese electric locomotives.
3. CRH2-061C
4. CRH3-001C
5. The pair of CRH3 EMUs (CRH3-013C+CRH3-017C) also set a world record for double-link EMUs.
6. The CRH380A-6001 also holds the record for shorter length Chinese EMUs.
7. The CRH380A-6041L also holds the record for extended length Chinese EMUs.
8. The CRH380B-6402L Formation modified from 8M8T to 8M4T for the test.

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