Will Chinese supertrain stationed in Dunakeszi run in Hungary? – VIDEOS
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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with the slowness of the Hungarian railway system is not caused by the slow trains but by the many slow signs on the outdated Hungarian railway system.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.
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.
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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.