Will Chinese supertrain stationed in Dunakeszi run in Hungary? – VIDEOS

The Dunakeszi Workshop (Dunakeszi Járműjavító Ltd.) has a Chinese supertrain stationed, and Világgazdaság wanted to know whether that superfast iron horse would carry passengers in Hungary.

Chinese supertrain in Dunakeszi

Experts regularly say that the problem with the slowness of the Hungarian railway system is not caused by the slow trains but by the many slow signs on the outdated Hungarian railway system. Therefore, it was surprising to see the Chinese CRRC’s double-deck EMU model in a workshop in Dunakeszi. The train is capable of 200 km/h.

The number of passengers it can carry is more than 1,280, and 571 people can be seated. The Chinese CRRC is the world’s largest train manufacturer.

Chinese supertrain. Photo: PrtScr/YouTube

Being made of light aluminium and other composite materials, the Chinese DDEMU’s weight is just 10% above the weight of single-deck trains’, Világgazdaság wrote. Furthermore, it has 1.5-meter doors to help passengers get on and off.

The Chinese trains did not get licenses in Austria

Moreover, passengers’ experience includes board services like snack and coffee machines, bike storing zones and places for disabled passengers. Finally, there is intelligent Wi-Fi and a real-time passenger information system.

CRRC has been supplying the European market with EMU trains for long. Two years ago, they delivered the first to the Austrian Westbahn, a railway company operating trains between Vienna, Munich, Innsbruck and Salzburg. Westbahn signed the relevant contract to lease four DDEMUs from the CRRC in 2019.

The second one arrived in autumn 2022, the third in winter 2023. The Austrian company got the fourth this summer. However, the trains have not received the needed licenses yet. Westbahn CEO Thomas Posch said in a March video interview that they ran out of time but highlighted he was sure the DDEMUs would be in service. However, he added that it would not happen this year.

How did the Chinese superfast train get to Hungary?

Bence Kuhár, a YouTube railway influencer, shared the first video of the new superfast Chinese train in Hungary. However, he could not find out why the train was in Dunakeszi. Here is his video:

The Dunakeszi Járműjavító said they repair and revise hundreds of trains each year. They added such tasks are not newsworthy and are sometimes business secrets. They highlighted they would rather talk about the 1,350 Hungarian railway wagons that will run on Egyptian tracks. We detailed that and shared some images of the new trains in THIS article.

Here is a video of them:

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