TRA DR2857 Tokyu Car plate and Budd licensed plate 20101125

is a manufacturer of heavy rail cars in Japan, formerly known as . The company is based in Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, and a member of

East Japan Railway Company The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters ar ...

(JR East) group. J-TREC manufactures rail vehicles not only for JR East and Tokyu Corporation but for other Japanese operators, including various Japan Railways Group companies and international operators as well. Tokyu Car Corporation, the predecessor of J-TREC, was founded on 23 August 1948. Tokyu Car was a licensee of early-generation (early-1960s) stainless-steel commuter EMU train body and related bogie technology from the Budd Company of the United States. Since then, Tokyu Car has specialised in stainless-steel body car technology. On 27 October 2011, Tokyu Car Corporation announced that its rolling stock manufacturing division would be acquired by

(JR East), and the company cease operations with effect from 1 April 2012. It is to be subsequently split into two companies, Tokyu Car Engineering and Keihin Steel Works. Both companies will be subsidiaries of JR East. The remaining parts and machinery manufacturing division will be sold to ShinMaywa Industries.

Name after selling divisions

On 2 April 2012, divisions (were inherited by subsidiaries) were sold and renamed. * JR East acquired: ** (founded on 9 November 2011, inherited rolling stock manufacturing division on 1 April 2012) - Name changed to *** - Name changed to *** * ShinMaywa acquired: ** - Name changed to *** - Name changed to ** (founded on 9 November 2011, inherited parking machinery manufacturing division on 1 April 2012) - Name changed to *** - Name changed to

Products

Besides railway rolling stock, Tokyu Car also manufactured special duty motor vehicles (such as

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and

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s), which was sold to

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. Some Tokyu Car projects: * Shinkansen EMU Cars * Tokyu Corporation all trains. *

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, E217, E231, E501, E531 and E233 series EMU rail cars *

E751 series EMU rail cars for limited express (2000) * JR Shikoku 5100 type bilevel cab cars (2003) * E259 series EMU for

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with Kinki Sharyo File:Shinkansen Series0 R67 JNRcolor.jpg, 0 series shinkansen File:K53 Kodama 629 Higashi-Hiroshima 20030719.JPG, 100 series shinkansen File:Shinkansen 200kei G45.jpg, 200 series shinkansen File:Series-E2-1000-J70.jpg, E2 series shinkansen File:TypeE926.jpg, E926 series shinkansen File:Nagano-Railway Series2100-E1F.jpg, JR 253 series EMU (Nagano electric railway 2100 series) File:JR East E26 Suronefu-E26 side.jpg, E26 sleeping coach File:Series-E259-NE014 NEX.jpg, E259 Narita EXpress File:Keihin-tohoku 209 series.jpg, 209 series EMU File:E721-1000 P4-13.jpg, E721 series EMU File:JR-Series5000.jpg, JR Shikoku 5100 series Marine liner File:JRE-Kiha-E200-1-Yachiho-2.jpg, Kiha E200 hybrid DMU File:Series103 R1.jpg, 103 series EMU File:JRE 201 series Chuō line rapid 2001-05-13.jpg, 201 series EMU File:Kiha28-2346 Isumi-Railway.jpg, Kiha 58 series DMU File:Tokyu 5200 Midorigaoka.jpg, Tokyu 5200 series EMU File:Tokyu8000NoBand.jpg, Tokyu 8000 series File:Keio 3000 series 3728F farewell.jpg, Keio 3000 series File:Sagami Railway 9000.jpg, Sotetsu 9000 series File:Nankai 50504 at Imamiyaebisu Station.JPG, Nankai 50000 series File:Tōkyū 7000 series EMU 011.JPG, Type TS701 truck of Mizuma Railway 1000 Series EMU built under license from Budd Company in the early 1960s * Singapore MRT Kawasaki Heavy Industries C151 EMU cars with

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, Nippon Sharyo and Kinki Sharyo * Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority Red Line heavy rail cars * Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority Metro Rail LRV * US Standard Light Rail Vehicle (carshells built for Boeing Vertol) * Iarnród Éireann/Irish Rail DART

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fleet expansion EMU railcars 8500, 8510 and 8520 Classes (Dublin) with Mitsui (lead contractor) * Iarnród Éireann/Irish Rail Commuter (formerly Arrow), both 2600 Class (original) and fleet expansion 2800 Class. (Operate on Commuter routes in Cork and Limerick) with Mitsui (lead contractor) * Iarnród Éireann/Irish Rail InterCity (National express passenger services) fleet replacement. Tokyu Car was the bogie supplier for a fleet of high specialist 22000 Class DMUs capable of 160 km/h operation. These rolled out between 2007 and 2011 and operate services on all Irish Rail routes, except key Cork-Dublin Express services operated by CAF built Mark 4 push-pull trains capable of 200 km/h operation but run at 160 km/h at present and the Dublin-Belfast Enterprise operated by De Dietrich built push-pull stock limited to 145 km/h operating speeds. The lead contractor was Mitsui. Coaches were built by Rotem and specialist diesel-hydraulic power packs were built by

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(engine) and Voith (transmission system). * Taiwan Railways Administration DR2700, DR2800 series * Metro-North Commuter Railroad (New York) M-4 EMU car for its New Haven Line (1988) * Long Island Rail Road C1 bilevel commuter cars, with Commonwealth Engineering and Mitsui File:TRA DR2716 Yuli 20130906.jpg, Taiwan DR 2700 DMU File:San Francisco Boeing LRV at Duboce & Church, March 1980.jpg, San Francisco Muni Metro File:DART Connolly.jpg, Ireland 8520 EMU File:C151AngMoKio.jpg, C151 On Service Before Refurbishment. File:Cleveland_August_2015_01_(RTA_Red_Line).jpg, An RTA Red Line train at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport Station in

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). File:M4s in New Haven Yard.JPG, Metro North Railroad M4 series, USA File:NFTAMetroRail.jpg, NFTA LRV in Buffalo, USA As J-TREC: *

E235 and E353 series EMU rail cars *

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Purple Line EMU cars * Shizuoka Railway A3000 series EMU cars * Toei 5500 series EMU cars * Tokyu 2020, 3020 & 6020 Series EMU cars * Philippine National Railways North–South Commuter Railway EM10000 class EMU cars, in a joint venture with

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Japan Transport Engineering CompanyTokyu Car Corporation Profile
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