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is a manufacturer of heavy rail cars in Japan, formerly known as . The company is based in
Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama is one of the 18 Wards of Japan, wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 209,565 and a population density, density of 6,760 persons per km². The total area was . The war ...
, and a member of
East Japan Railway Company The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and 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 are in ...
(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 The Japan Railways Group, commonly known as the or simply JR, is a network of railway companies in Japan formed after the Corporate spin-off, division and privatization of the government-owned Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. ...
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 A bogie ( ) (or truck in North American English) comprises two or more Wheelset (rail transport), wheelsets (two Railroad wheel, wheels on an axle), in a frame, attached under a vehicle by a pivot. Bogies take various forms in various modes ...
technology from the
Budd Company The Budd Company was a 20th-century metal fabricator, a major supplier of body components to the automobile industry, and a manufacturer of stainless steel passenger rail cars, airframes, missile and space vehicles, and various defense produ ...
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
East Japan Railway Company The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and 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 are in ...
(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 was subsequently 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
dump truck A dump truck, known also as a dumping truck, dump lorry or dumper lorry or a dumper for short, is used for transporting materials (such as dirt, gravel, or demolition waste) for construction as well as coal. A typical dump truck is equipped ...
s, trailers and vans), which was sold to
ShinMaywa is a Japanese industrial conglomerate descended from the Kawanishi Aircraft Company. Founded as Shin Meiwa Industries in 1949, the company was rebranded as ShinMaywa during 1992. Prior to this, the company was also known as ''Shin Meiwa Industry ...
. Some Tokyu Car projects: *
Shinkansen The , colloquially known in English as the bullet train, is a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan. It was initially built to connect distant Japanese regions with Tokyo, the capital, to aid economic growth and development. Beyond lon ...
EMU Cars * Tokyu Corporation all trains. *
JR East The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and 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 are in ...
209, E217, E231, E501, E531 and
E233 series The is a commuter and suburban electric multiple unit (EMU) train type developed by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) from the earlier E231 series and the E531 series design. The first train was introduced in December 2006 for use on the Ch� ...
EMU rail cars *
JR East The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and 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 are in ...
E751 series EMU rail cars for limited express (2000) *
JR Shikoku The , commonly known as , is the smallest of the seven constituent companies of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It operates of intercity and local rail services in the four Prefectures of Japan, prefectures on the island of Shikoku in Jap ...
5100 type bilevel cab cars (2003) * E259 series EMU for Narita Express with
Kinki Sharyo is a Japanese manufacturer of railroad vehicles based in Osaka. It is an affiliate company of Kintetsu Corporation. In business since 1920 as Tanaka Rolling Stock Works, and renamed The Kinki Sharyo Co., Ltd in 1945, they produce rolling stock f ...
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,
Nippon Sharyo , formed in 1896, is a major rolling stock, Heavy equipment, heavy equipment, Diesel generator, generator, Special-purpose entity, special purpose vehicle and bridge manufacturer based in Nagoya, Japan. In 1996, it abbreviated its ...
and
Kinki Sharyo is a Japanese manufacturer of railroad vehicles based in Osaka. It is an affiliate company of Kintetsu Corporation. In business since 1920 as Tanaka Rolling Stock Works, and renamed The Kinki Sharyo Co., Ltd in 1945, they produce rolling stock f ...
* Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority Red Line heavy rail cars *
Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority The Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA) is the public agency responsible for operating most public transportation services in the Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area. The NFTA, as an authority, oversees a number of subsidiar ...
Metro Rail LRV * US Standard Light Rail Vehicle (carshells built for Boeing Vertol) * Iarnród Éireann/Irish Rail DART
Dublin Area Rapid Transit The Dublin Area Rapid Transit system (stylised as DART) is an electrified commuter rail railway network serving the coastline and city of Dublin, Ireland. The service makes up the core of Dublin's suburban railway network, stretching from Gre ...
fleet expansion EMU railcars 8500, 8510 and 8520 Classes (Dublin) with
Mitsui is a Japanese corporate group and '' keiretsu'' that traces its roots to the ''zaibatsu'' groups that were dissolved after World War II. Unlike the ''zaibatsu'' of the pre-war period, there is no controlling company with regulatory power. Ins ...
(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 is a Japanese corporate group and '' keiretsu'' that traces its roots to the ''zaibatsu'' groups that were dissolved after World War II. Unlike the ''zaibatsu'' of the pre-war period, there is no controlling company with regulatory power. Ins ...
(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 is a Japanese corporate group and '' keiretsu'' that traces its roots to the ''zaibatsu'' groups that were dissolved after World War II. Unlike the ''zaibatsu'' of the pre-war period, there is no controlling company with regulatory power. Ins ...
. Coaches were built by Rotem and specialist diesel-hydraulic power packs were built by
MTU Friedrichshafen MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH, trading as MTU Solutions (stylised as mtu Solutions) is a German manufacturer of commercial internal combustion engines founded by Wilhelm Maybach and his son Karl Maybach in 1909. Wilhelm Maybach was the technical d ...
(engine) and Voith (transmission system). *
Taiwan Railways Administration Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) was a governmental agency in Taiwan which operated Taiwan Railway from 1948 to 2023. It managed, maintained, and operated conventional passenger and freight Rail transport, railway services on of track. Pa ...
DR2700, DR2800 series * Metro-North Commuter Railroad (New York) M-4 EMU car for its
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(1988) *
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C1 bilevel commuter cars, with
Commonwealth Engineering Commonwealth Engineering, often shortened to Com-Eng, later known as Comeng was an Australian engineering company that designed and built railway locomotives, rolling stock and trams. History Smith and Waddington, the predecessor to Common ...
and
Mitsui is a Japanese corporate group and '' keiretsu'' that traces its roots to the ''zaibatsu'' groups that were dissolved after World War II. Unlike the ''zaibatsu'' of the pre-war period, there is no controlling company with regulatory power. Ins ...
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:Singapore MRT.jpg, Singapore C151 train File:Cleveland_August_2015_01_(RTA_Red_Line).jpg, An RTA Red Line train at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport Station in
Cleveland Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–U.S. maritime border and approximately west of the Ohio-Pennsylvania st ...
,
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(
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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: *
JR East The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and 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 are in ...
E235 and E353 series EMU rail cars * Bangkok MRT 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
Sumitomo Corporation is one of the largest worldwide '' sōgō shōsha'' general trading companies, and is a diversified corporation. The company was incorporated in 1919 and is a member company of the Sumitomo Group. It is listed on three Japanese stock exchange ...
File:Series-E235-0 9.jpg, E235 series File:MRT Purple Line Train T013 20160806.jpg, Bangkok Purple Line's ''sustina'' EMU cars File:Tokyu-Series2020-2146.jpg, A Den-en-toshi Line 2020 series set in August 2021 File:Toei-Type5522-1.jpg, Toei 5500 Series In Toei Subway. File:PNR NSCR train 2021.jpg, PNR EM10000 class in Yokohama, Japan


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References


External links


Japan Transport Engineering CompanyTokyu Car Corporation Profile
{{Japan Railways Group Tram manufacturers Manufacturing companies based in Yokohama East Japan Railway Company Rolling stock manufacturers of Japan Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1948 Japanese companies established in 1948 Electric vehicle manufacturers of Japan Rail infrastructure manufacturers Japanese brands