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Meet Chinese Who Rose From Driving 60 km/h Steam Locomotives To 350 km/h Bullet Trains
Meet Chinese driver, Han Junjia, who rose from driving 60 km/h steam locomotives to 350 km/h bullet trains.
First recruited as a train driver in 1992, he started driving diesel trains with a top-speed of about 120 km/h in 1996.
He began riding high-speed bullet trains named “Fuxing” (meaning Rejuvenation) with a top-speed of 350 km/h in 2017.
Han said he never thought he could drive on the high-speed railway at 350 km per hour when he started working in 1992.
Meet Han Junjia, a high-speed train driver who rose from driving a steam locomotives with a maximum speed of 60 kilometers per hour and diesel trains to a Fuxing bullet trains that is capable of reaching 350 km/h.
“When I started working, I never thought I could drive on the high-speed railway at 350 km per hour,” said Han, who was first recruited as a train driver in 1992.
Per local news, Han started driving diesel passenger trains with a top-speed of about 120 km/h in 1996 and driver of electric multiple unit (EMU) trains in November 2010.
“I have seen a dramatic rise from the steam locomotive of 60 km/h to the high-speed bullet train of 350 km/h,” Han said.
“The more the new vehicles are updated, the more excited I am to overcome challenges and make new attempts.”
In 2017, he began riding high-speed bullet trains named “Fuxing” (which means Rejuvenation), an electric multiple unit (EMU) trains operated by China Railway High-speed (CRH) and developed by CRRC.
Designed to reach to 400 km/h (250 mph), the high-speed and higher-speed EMU trains runs at 350 km/h (220 mph) and has a record speed of 420 km/h (260 mph).
“Drivers of the high-speed bullet train hold the same standard of delivering a safe, punctual, stable and comfortable trip,” Han adds.
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