Chinas bullet train is set to go abroad for the first time as the country plans to export 228 bullet trains to Malaysia to develop intercity transportation for Kuala Lumpur, official media said.
The Beijing Shanghai High Speed Railway a passenger dedicated trunk line opened in June 2011 that reduced the 1,318 km journey between the largest cities in China to less than 5 hours. Trains reach top speeds of 190 mph.The Shanghai Maglev Train an airport rail link service opened in 2004 that travels 30 km (19 mi) in 7 minutes 20 seconds 150 mph and reaching top speed of 268 mph.
Stranded passengers had to be picked up from the eastern city of Changzhou by a back up train delaying their arrival in Shanghai by almost three hours Beijing railway authorities said. It was not clear what caused the malfunction.
Chinainitial high speed trains were imported or built under technology transfer agreements with foreign train makers including Siemens Bombardier and Kawasaki Heavy Industries. However Chinese engineers re designed and further improved the internal components of the train in order for the train to run at much higher speed. China currently holds close to 1,000 local and international patents for high speed rail technology. Foreign train makers continue to sell certain components but no longer supply train sets for China's high speed trains Most of the CRH train components are manufactured by local Chinese suppliers with only a few parts imported.
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