Technology
China approves engineering research center for high-speed trains
Updated: 2011-02-23 17:01
(Xinhua)
BEIJING - China's Ministry of Science and Technology has approved a subsidiary of CSR Corporation Limited (CSR), China's largest rail vehicle maker, to set up an engineering research center for high-speed trains.
The research center of CSR Sifang Locomotive & Rolling Stock Co Ltd (Sifang Locomotive), is the first of its kind in China, said a CSR statement Wednesday.
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Sifang Locomotive is the maker of China's CRH-380A train, which set a world record speed of 486.1 kilometers per hour during a test run on the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway in December last year.
Currently, more than 40 CRH-380A trains made by Sifang Locomotive have been put into operation in China, according to the statement.
CSR was co-founded by China South Locomotive and Rolling Stock Industry Group Corporation and Beijing Railway Industry Economic and Trade Company in December 2007.
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