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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 57. Chapters: China Railways CRH2, 209 series, THSR 700T, 0 Series Shinkansen, E233 series, E2 Series Shinkansen, N700 Series Shinkansen, 100 Series Shinkansen, Kawasaki Heavy Industries C151, 400 Series Shinkansen, 200 Series Shinkansen, 103 series, E231 series, 300 Series Shinkansen, E5 Series Shinkansen, Kawasaki Heavy Industries & Nippon Sharyo C751B, E3 Series Shinkansen, 223 series, 500 Series Shinkansen, E1 Series Shinkansen, 225 series, E6 Series Shinkansen, R142A, E4 Series Shinkansen, 300X, R62, Tokyo Metro 9000 series, Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company, WIN350, 789 series, Tokyo Metro 16000 series, R143, 583 series, Gauge Change Train, Taipei Metro EMU301, 211 series, JR Freight Class DF200, 521 series, 681 series, Sendai Subway 1000 series, 207 series, 683 series, TX-1000 series, R110A, R68A, 203 series, E331 series, Fukuoka Subway 2000 series, Tokyo Metro 06 series, Toei Class E5000, E501 series, E721 series, 285 series, China Railways 6K, Tokyo Metro 8000 series. Excerpt: The CRH2 is one of the high-speed train models in China. Originally, the CRH2 was a modified E2-1000 Series Shinkansen design from Japan with the license purchased from a consortium formed of Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, and Hitachi, and represents the second Shinkansen train model to be exported, the other being the 700T series for Taiwan High Speed Rail. In 2004, the Ministry of Railway in China purchased an initial 60 sets of the train from Kawasaki Heavy Industries with a maximum speed of 300 km/h (186 mph). However, the newer versions of the CRH2 are not related to the E2-1000 Series despite having the same exterior. The vice-chief engineer at CSR Sifang Locomotive and Rolling Stock stated that the newer CRH2 trains are their design with all of the main engineering components produced in their compa...
