1, "c" comes from the pinyin initials of the Chinese character "city" and stands for the abbreviation of intercity train, so the train with the prefix c is an intercity train, and the number of trains with the prefix c emphasizes the intercity of passenger trains, regardless of speed.
2. As the main part of intercity trains, most C-prefix trains are still running on intercity railway lines. C-prefix trains can run on inter-city railway lines as well as inter-regional railways or trunk railway lines.
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1, 18 17, when Stephenson decided to take charge of the construction of the railway line from Liverpool to Manchester, the train began to gallop on the stage of human history.
2. The first train in China was modeled after the famous British steam locomotive rocket by the wife of the chief engineer of Tang Xu Railway at that time, and named it China Rocket.
3. The early train carriages in China were green, so they were called green leather trains. Early traditional trains consisted of one or three locomotives that pulled several carriages or freight cars. Modern new-type trains have appeared EMU trains with multiple cars with their own power.
4. In 2008, China had the first high-speed railway with a speed of over 350 kilometers per hour-Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Railway, and in 2009, it had the longest mileage and the highest operating speed of Wuhan-Guangzhou Passenger Dedicated Line in the world.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia _C prefix train Baidu encyclopedia _ train