CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co. Ltd rendered meritorious service in the rapid incorporation of southwest China's railway lines into the high-speed rail system in central and east China as it provided traction power for train CRH380AL on its first run on a high-speed rail line linking southwest China with Beijing at the beginning of the year.
The railway trip from southwest China to Beijing will take only several hours, instead of the previous 20 plus hours.
On January 1, two trains equipped with traction motors developed by CSR Zhuzhou set out from Chengdu and Chongqing on January 1 at 7 a.m. and 7:58 am, arriving at Beijing after 14 hours and 47 minutes and 12 hours and 25 minutes respectively.