CRH bullet trains take shower to scrub off the smog

By Globaltimes.cn, Published: 2017-01-05 17:16:25

A CRH (China Railway High-speed) bullet train sits at Beijing South Maintenance Station on January 4. The train is covered with a thick layer of dirt after travelling though smoggy conditions on its route. Photo: IC/Beijing Times

Editor's Note:

With heavy smog blanketing large parts of China, the period between maintenance checks for the CRH (China Railway High-speed) bullet trains has been shortened from two days to one day.

A worker cleans the head of a CRH bullet train at Beijing South Maintenance Station, with the train's exterior covered with black dirt after travelling though smoggy conditions on January 4. Photo: IC/Beijing Times

A worker cleans smoggy residue from the carriages of a CRH bullet train at Beijing South Maintenance Station on January 4. Photo: IC/Beijing Times

Workers stand atop the carriages of a blackened CRH bullet train to check and clean its insulators at Beijing South Maintenance Station on January 4. The acid content of the smog blanketing parts of China can potentially corrode the carriages and lower the insulating property of their insulators. Photo: IC/Beijing Times

Workers clean smoggy residue from the carriages of a CRH bullet train at Beijing South Maintenance Station on January 4. It takes two workers about one hour to clean a group of eight carriages. Photo: IC/Beijing Times

A CRH bullet train looks sparkling new after being washed at Beijing South Maintenance Station on January 4. Photo: IC/Beijing Times