On display in Shanghai on June 6 was the new SS9 electric
passenger train, built by the CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co.
Ltd., which will soon be operating on the Beijing-Shanghai
line.
The new SS9 model was independently developed by the CSR Zhuzhou
team. It's the highest powered train of this type operating in
China. An integration of several advanced technologies, the train
is capable of traveling at a speed of 170 kilometers per hour.
China is working on the electrification of the 1,453 kilometer
long Beijing-Shanghai railway which passes through Tianjin, Hebei,
Shandong, Jiangsu and Anhui. The railway connects the Bohai-rim
region with the Yangtze River Delta. Currently it's the busiest
line in China.
The Ministry of Railways is making efforts to increase the speed
of trains across the country. The target for Beijing-Shanghai line
is the 170 kilometers per hour figure.
According to CSR Zhuzhou, 55 of the SS9 electric locomotives
will be produced and dispatched to Beijing, Shanghai, Jinan,
Guangzhou, Shenyang and Nanchang railway bureaus.
(China.org.cn by Wu Nanlan, June 15, 2006)
