China’s Fuxing train series proposed to get a new member

China’s Standard Multiple-unit Fuxing train series will get a new member with a top speed of 250 kilometers per hour, China Railway announced on Wednesday.

China Railway proposed a new series of high-speed trains at a meeting in Shanghai, saying that a train with a top speed of 250 kilometers per hour could meet the needs of different transportation lines, the Xinhua News Agency reported Wednesday.

Developing high-speed trains with different speeds could also meet people’s needs for different forms of transportation and improve the travel experience, said a China Railway official, people.cn reported.

The next step is to decide on a technical plan in two months and the company is trying to have model train in the first half of 2018, with testing to finish by the end of 2018, said Zhang Bo, a research fellow at the China Academy of Railway Sciences, Xinhua reported.

The new Fuxing will have some breakthroughs, when compared to the “Hexie” series, which has a top speed of 250 kilometers per hour, including total automation, better performance, and increased intelligence, said the China Railway official.

The “Fuxing” series would also create an international Chinese brand of bullet trains, with a profound impact on sustainable development of Chinese trains and helping them “go global,” the official added.

The Fuxing (Rejuvenation) train is the world’s fastest train after speeds were increased from 300 to 350 kilometers per hour on the Beijing-Shanghai line, Xinhua reported.