China-made trains put into operation in Malaysia

[TaiShang]

China-made trains put into operation in Malaysia
September 9, 2015

The world's fastest meter-gauge multiple unit trains have been put into operation in Malaysia, according to its manufacturer Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co., Ltd on Tuesday.

The Chinese company's meter-gauge train broke the world record in 10,000 km operation tests with a high speed of 176 km per hour, said Zhou Ande, an engineer with the company. Meter gauge is the system of narrow gauge railways and tramway with a track gauge of 1,000 mm.

The trains are welcomed by locals, slashing the travel time from Kuala Lumpur to Padang Besar by seven hours, said Zhou.

The deal signed in 2013 included ten train sets. The first set rolled off the assembly line last November with a designed speed of 160 km per hour.

Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co., Ltd, located in central China's Hunan Province, is a subsidiary of China's high-speed rail maker CRRC Corp. Ltd. Currently, it owns more than 80 percent market share in the rail transit equipment market in Malaysia.

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[Nilgiri]

Any pictures?

 

[dy1022]

 

[TaiShang]

Any pictures?

 

[Nilgiri]

Is it a passive tilting train using existing track? This is not a dedicated HS line right?

 

[powastick]

Is it a passive tilting train using existing track? This is not a dedicated HS line right?

Existing lines in Malaysia are very straight avoiding difficult terrain. I have no idea if passive tilting exist.

 

[masud]

who can make chip, batter quality locomotive? is it china or india? can some one plz compare those countrys made locomotive?

 

[Nilgiri]

Existing lines in Malaysia are very straight avoiding difficult terrain. I have no idea if passive tilting exist.

Doesn't matter, even a small curve at high speeds needs tilt capability on non-HSR track.

Passive tilt is quite common place nowadays anyways.

Tilting train - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[powastick]

Doesn't matter, even a small curve at high speeds needs tilt capability on non-HSR track.

Passive tilt is quite common place nowadays anyways.

Tilting train - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Malaysia high higher speed railway only runs at 160km/h. The only difficult stretch of railway is between Taiping and Sungai Siput. They had to rectified it with a tunnel.

Bukit Berapit Railway tunnel is the longest railway tunnel in Malaysia.

 

[Nilgiri]

Generally 160km/h up to say 220 km/h dont need tilting function if the rails are continuous weld and no sharp curves.

But for example the Sweden X2 train runs at 200km/h max speed and most of the time lower than that, but has to have tilt for the legacy rail areas.

Meter gauge means tilt might be required even more since the wheel base will not be so great compared to standard or broad gauge.

But I guess lets wait for more information about these trains to come out. Maybe a chinese poster can help.