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[Lankan Ranger]

China Star is an indigenously designed experimental high-speed train manufactured in China. It consists of 2 locomotives and 9 passenger cars. The prototype rolled out in 2002. Designed with a top speed of 270km/h.

The train entered into passenger service in 2005 but were limited to a top speed of 160km/h.

As of 2007, the train was sealed and placed at an unsheltered parking lot in depot.

Looks like China going to test China Star Train in Sri Lanka.

China Star - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Lankan Ranger]

The DJJ1 "Blue Arrow" is a type of high speed push-pull train used by mainland China Railways. They were manufactured in 2000 by Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Works.

8 DJJ1 sets were made. Each set consists of a locomotive unit and 6 passenger units, seating 421 passengers.

Top speed 210 km/h

It is the most successful locally-built high-speed train in China, and by far, the only locally built high speed to be produced in quantities.

China Railways DJJ1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Lankan Ranger]

China Star AND DJJ1 "Blue Arrow"

Come Soon to Sri Lanka

With Love from China to Sri Lanka

 

[arihant]

Hi Sri Lankan,

Don't become emotional on trains shown. No doubt they are very cool looking, technically superior and may be even cheaper.

But the cost of running is very high on this trains. First you need electricity all over the route (if you have already good)

Then you will need to install seperate line for this because this trains cannot be run on our standard guage i guess. We also have similar plans but reason for us to worry is the cost of laying the special lines. If I am not wrong then its around Rs. 100 crore per km. So I guess even if you want to lay down for short details of 100 km it would cost more than 10,000 crore. This is very huge money I guess.

 

[arihant]

As per article from news, I think only thing they will export is electric trains and btw electric trains is not high speed trains.

In India, at western side, everything is electric but still we find our 1970 engine model here.

 

[StingRoy]

HSR need special HS tracks to run. The legacy tracks although can run some of these trains (provided overhead electric supply is available), they won't be able to achieve their speeds. This is one of the main reasons why Indian Railways hasn't been able to increase the speeds of its railways beyond 160kph.

But for the size of Sri Lanka, HSR is highly feasible as it could cover a number of coastal cities with just 1 high speed line.