Bullet trains tested in snowstorm  

中国研发高寒动车组通过首次暴风雪考验

记者23日从中国北车集团长春轨道客车股份有限公司获悉，正在哈大高铁线路上试运行的CHR380B高寒动车组通过了首场暴风雪考验，车辆未出现任何问题与故障。据介绍，哈大高铁是世界上首条高寒地区高铁线路，线路上运行的CHR380B高寒动车组，完全由中国自主研发。

Changchun (CNS) -- Weather-proof CRH380B bullet trains stood up to their first snowstorms in Liaoning and Jilin Provinces on Monday.

No problems or failures occurred despite the extreme weather, according to a source at the CNR Changchun Railway Vehicles Company on Tuesday.

The train conducted a test run at 300 km/hour in the heavy snow, which reached a maximum depth of 11.7 centimeters in Jilin. Despite the chilling weather outside, the temperature inside the train remained at 22 degrees Celsius, the source said.

The newly-built Harbin-Dalian High-Speed Railway is the first alpine high-speed rail line in the world. The CNR380B, which was independently developed by China and custom-made for the line, can handle temperatures as low as minus 40 degrees Celsius.

The line will start operation within the year and reduce travel time between Harbin and Dalian to three and a half hours.