The development of China railway electric locomotive began in 1958, when the first electric locomotive with ignition tube was trial-produced. 1965 tried to replace the ignition tube with silicon rectifier, and after continuous improvement, Shaoshan electric locomotive was made.

2. The first electrified railway in China.

The first electrified railway in China is from Baoji, Shaanxi to baoji-chengdu railway, Chengdu, Sichuan. The railway is 676 kilometers long. The electrification reconstruction project started in June 1958 and was completed in July 1975, and the whole line was officially opened to traffic.

3. The first new railway in China.

The first railway built after the founding of New China is chengdu-chongqing railway, which starts from Chengdu in the west and ends in Chongqing in the east. The railway, with a total length of 505 kilometers, was started in June 1950 and opened to traffic in July 1952. This railway was built entirely with domestic equipment, thus ending the history that no railway in China was built by borrowing money and purchasing materials from foreign countries.

4. The first double-track electrified railway in China.

The first double-track electrified railway in China is Shitai Railway, which starts from Shijiazhuang in the east and ends in Taiyuan in the west. The total length of the railway is 235 kilometers. Construction started in June 1974, and the whole line was officially opened to traffic on September 29th 1982.

5. The first Sino-foreign joint venture railway in China.

1In March, 993, the first Sino-foreign joint venture railway in China, Shenzhen Pinghu South (Tou) Railway, was completed and opened to traffic. Pingnan Railway starts from Pinghu Station in guangzhou-shenzhen railway in the east and reaches Nantou Town in Shenzhen in the west, connecting Shekou, Chiwan and Mawan, with a total length of 50.2 kilometers.

6. The first modern railway with advanced technology in China.

Daqin Railway, the first modern railway with advanced technology in China, was completed and opened to traffic on June1992+February 2 1. Daqin (Huangdao) Railway, with a total length of 653 kilometers, started in June 1985. It is the first technically advanced double-track electrified 10,000-ton heavy-haul unit dedicated railway for transporting coal in China, and it is also the largest railway in the world. This railway brought together many advanced technologies in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

7. 1 April 9971,the first big speed increase. For the first time, 78 express trains and 40 express trains were launched, and the top speed of Beijing-Guangzhou, Beijing-Shanghai and Jingha trunk lines reached 140 km per hour. The average speed of passenger cars in China increased from 1.993 km in early 1993 to 48. 1 km, reaching 54.9 km.

8. 1 99810/October1,the second speed increase, the maximum speed of Guangzhou-Shenzhen express train is 200 kilometers per hour, the maximum speed of non-speed-increasing section express train is 120 kilometers, and the maximum speed of express train is 140 kilometers.

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