Here is another follow up to my quick guide to Chinese railway carriages: this time on the ’25Z’ class. These carriages are used on shorter distance trains in China, such as the Hong Kong – Guangzhou service, which takes around 2 hours.
Capable of travelling at 140km/h, they come in four types: the 10 car long consist on the Hong Kong trains is as follows:
- RZXL25Z: combined soft seat and luggage car
- RZ25Z: soft seat
- RZ25Z: soft seat
- RZ25Z: soft seat
- CA25Z: dining car
- RZ25Z: soft seat
- RZ25Z: soft seat
- RZ25Z: soft seat
- RZ25Z: soft seat
- KD25Z: generator car / power van
As for photos of each type…
Combined soft seat and luggage car: RZXL25Z 101201.
Dining car: CA25Z 892052.
Generator car: KD25Z 998136.
Early series soft seat carriage: RZ25Z 110627. Numbered in the 1106xx series, these carriages have exposed low level stairs.
Another series of soft seat carriage: RZ25Z 110765. Numbered in the 1107xx series, these carriages have different bogies, and the low level stairs are covered by the external doors.
Yet another series of soft seat carriage: RZ25Z 110832. Numbered in the 1108xx series, these carriages have yet another variant of bogie, and the external doors are painted blue.
You can find a nice set of carriage diagrams at this webpage, and the carriage dimensions on this railfan site (in Chinese).
