Explanation of vehicle formation terms

Vehicle train formation is the car configuration of the whole train. The general grouping is: hard-seat car, soft-seat car, hard-berth car, soft-berth car, dining car, camping car, luggage car and so on to form a complete train.

A train refers to a train with locomotives, staff and designated signals. Train is the most important mechanical means of transportation in human history, which was called steam locomotive in the early days and has independent track operation.

Trains are divided into railway trains and road trains. The vehicles that make up the train are divided into locomotives and vehicles. The function of locomotive is to provide power for the train, while the function of vehicle is to realize the function of the train. Trains in China are divided into ordinary trains, express trains and high-speed trains.

A train is a train group, which refers to trains linked together for a certain purpose. In modern society, it generally refers to a train, especially a train connected by a traction locomotive and a carriage carrying goods or passengers. It is mainly divided into two types: railway trains and road trains.

Historical background:

A British mining technician built the world's first steam locomotive in 1804. Because coal or firewood was used as fuel at that time, people called it a "train".

The world's first real steam train was designed by Kangwa engineer Charlie Livesick and put into trial operation on February 22nd 1840.

Since 1960s, all countries have been developing high-speed trains, and France, Japan and other countries have taken the lead in developing maglev trains suspended on the track.