CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd. () is a Chinese rolling stock manufacturer and a division of the

CRRC CRRC Corporation Limited (known as CRRC) is a Chinese state-owned and publicly traded rolling stock manufacturer. It is the world's largest rolling stock manufacturer in terms of revenue, eclipsing its major competitors of Alstom and Siemens. I ...

. While the CRV emerged in 2002, the company's roots date back to the establishment of the Changchun Car Company in 1954. The company became a division of CNR Corporation before its merger with CSR to form the present CRRC. It has produced a variety of rolling stock for customers in China and abroad, including locomotives, passenger cars, multiple units,

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and light rail vehicles. It has established

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partnerships with several foreign railcar manufacturers, including Bombardier Transportation, Alstom, and

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Joint Ventures

In 2004 Alstom won the first

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contract in China, supporting CRRC to build 60 CRH5 high speed trains. In November 2016, CRRC won

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suburban train contract for Evolution Rail as Public Private Partnership with

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Changchun Bombardier Railway Vehicles Co. Ltd. (CBRC)

In 1996, CRRC and Adtranz (later Bombardier Transportation) established a joint venture. CRRC has built cars for Shanghai Metro,

Guangzhou Metro The Guangzhou Metro () ( and ) is the rapid transit system of the city of Guangzhou in Guangdong Province of China. It is operated by the state-owned Guangzhou Metro Corporation and was the fourth metro system to be built in mainland China, af ...

and

Shenzhen Metro The Shenzhen Metro () is the rapid transit system for the city of Shenzhen in Guangdong province, China. Extensions opened on 28 November 2022 put the network at of trackage, operating on 15 lines with 345 stations. Shenzhen Metro is the 6th ...

since 2000.

Clients and products

Domestic

* China Railway ** Type 25Z AC high-speed passenger cars ** NZJ2 "Shenzhou" Double Deck DMU ** "Jinlun" Double Deck DMU ** SYZ25 “Lushan” Double-deck DMU ** Type SYZ25B AC Double Deck Coach ** China Railways CRH3 High Speed Trains - with

Tangshan Railway Vehicle CRRC Tangshan Co., Ltd., is a manufacturer of rolling stock located in Tangshan, Hebei province, People's Republic of China. While Datong built mainline steam locomotives until 1988, Tangshan built steam for industrial use until 1999, becoming th ...

and based on the

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platform **

China Railways CRH5 The CRH5 Hexie (simplified Chinese: 和谐号; traditional Chinese: 和諧號; pinyin: Héxié Hào; literally: "Harmony") is an electric multiple unit high-speed train in use with China Railway High-speed in the People's Republic of China. The ...

High Speed Trains - based on Alstom's

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ETR-600 **

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CR400BF Fuxing () (also known as the CR series EMU, or as the Fuxing Hao) is a series of high-speed and higher-speed EMU trains operated by China Railway High-speed (CRH) and developed by CRRC, which owns the independent intellectual property rig ...

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* Beijing Subway ( Line 1, Line 2, Line 5, Line 6, Line 9, Line 10, Line 13, Line 14, Line 15, Line 16, Yizhuang line, Fangshan line, Yanfang line and

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) * Tianjin Metro ( Line 1, Line 9) *

( Line 1, Line 2, Line 3, Line 5, Line 7, Line 9) licensed from Bombardier Transportation * Chongqing Rail Transit **

monorail A monorail (from "mono", meaning "one", and " rail") is a railway in which the track consists of a single rail or a beam. Colloquially, the term "monorail" is often used to describe any form of elevated rail or people mover. More accurat ...

cars for Line 2 and Line 3 with Hitachi ** heavy-rail cars for Line 1 & Line 6 *

- Movia metro cars licensed from Bombardier Transportation *

Wuhan Metro Wuhan Metro is a rapid transit system serving the city of Wuhan, Hubei, China. Owned and operated by Wuhan Metro Group Co., Ltd., the network now includes 11 lines, 282 stations, and of route length. With 1.22 billion annual passengers in 2019, W ...

Type B cars ( Line 1, Line 2, Line 3) * Optics Valley Traffic System LRV in

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- 100 cars * Shanghai Metro ( Line 3, Line 4, Line 6, Line 7, Line 8, Line 9, Line 12, Line 17) licensed from Bombardier Transportation * Changchun Rail Transit heavy-rail cars * Shenyang Metro ( Line 1) * Shenyang Modern Tram *

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(Line 1) * Xi'an Metro ( Line 2) * Harbin Metro * Nanchang Metro (Line 1, Line 2) *

Chengdu Metro The Chengdu Metro is the rapid transit system of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan, China. With the opening of Line 1 on 27 September 2010, the system consists of 12 subway lines and 1 light rail line. It has subsequently undergone rapid expansion. ...

(Line 3, Line 4) * Lanzhou Metro (Line 1)

Export

Pyongyang Metro The Pyongyang Metro () is the rapid transit system in the North Korean capital Pyongyang. It consists of two lines: the Chollima Line, which runs north from Puhŭng Station on the banks of the Taedong River to Pulgŭnbyŏl Station, and the Hyŏksi ...

(North Korea) - DK4 rchived*

Tehran Metro The Tehran Metro ( fa, مترو تهران, translit=Metro-ye Tehrān) is a rapid transit system serving Tehran, the capital of Iran. It is the largest metro system in the Middle East. The system is owned and operated by Tehran Urban and Subur ...

(Iran) - Line 1 and Line 4 * Colombia: Teamed with Bombardier to supply metro cars and equipment to

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* Passenger cars for Sri Lanka * BTS Skytrain ** Silom line 17 4-car sets (Bangkok, Thailand) ** Sukhumvit line 24 4-car sets for the north extensions in Sukhumvit Line (Bangkok, Thailand) * Mashhad Light Rail (Iran) * Mecca Metro and Al Mashaaer Al Mugaddassah Metro Southern Line (Saudi Arabia) *

Hong Kong MTR The Mass Transit Railway (MTR) is a major public transport network serving :Hong Kong. Operated by the MTR Corporation Limited (MTRCL), it consists of heavy rail, light rail, and feeder bus service centred on a 10-line rapid transit network ...

** Urban Lines C-train (8-car sets for

Kwun Tong line The Kwun Tong line is a heavy-rail rapid transit line of the MTR network in Hong Kong, coloured green on the MTR map. Starting at Whampoa station, Whampoa in Hung Hom and ending at Tiu Keng Leng station, Tiu Keng Leng in Tseung Kwan O, S ...

, 3-car variant for

South Island line The South Island line, identified by light green on the MTR route map, is a rapid transit line of Hong Kong's MTR metro system. This line connects the HK business district from Admiralty station to the Southern District of Hong Kong Island ...

) ** TML C-train (8-car sets for

Tuen Ma line The Tuen Ma line () is a rapid transit line that forms part of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) system in Hong Kong. Coloured brown on the map, the Tuen Ma line is in length, making it the longest line of the MTR network. It has a total of ...

) * Passenger cars for Argentina *

Sydney Trains Sydney Trains is the operator of the suburban passenger rail network serving the city of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The network is a hybrid urban-suburban rail system with a central underground core that covers over of track and 170 ...

(Australia) - A & B-set double-deck EMUs (final assembly by

Downer Rail Downer Rail is a business unit within the Downer Group. As well as manufacturing and maintaining railway rolling stock it holds maintenance contracts to maintain rail infrastructure. The head office is located in North Ryde. History The E ...

Cardiff Locomotive Workshops The Cardiff Locomotive Workshops (now known as the Cardiff Maintenance Centre) is a rail yard and rolling stock facility located between Cockle Creek and Cardiff stations near Newcastle, on the Main North railway line in New South Wales, Austr ...

) *

Rio de Janeiro Metro The Rio de Janeiro Metro ( pt, MetrôRio, ), commonly referred to as just the ''Metrô'' () is a rapid transit network that serves the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Metrô was inaugurated on 5 March 1979, and consisted of five stations op ...

(Brazil) - Line 1A metro cars *

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(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) - Commuter EMUs *

Buenos Aires Underground The Buenos Aires Underground ( es, Subterráneo de Buenos Aires, links=no), locally known as Subte (), is a rapid transit system that serves the area of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The first section of this network (Plaza de Mayo–Pla ...

(Argentina) - Buenos Aires Underground 200 Series for Line A * Addis Ababa Light Rail (Ethiopia) * The following are built at the Springfield, Massachusetts factory: **

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and Orange line cars for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ** Double-deck car for SEPTA Southeastern

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Transportation Authority ** HR4000 cars for Los Angeles Metro Rail B and D lines *

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the ...

(Israel) - Red Line for NTA * Metro Trains Melbourne (Australia) -

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(final assembly at

Newport Workshops The Newport Railway Workshops is a facility in the Melbourne suburb of Newport, Australia, that builds, maintains and refurbishes railway rollingstock. It is located between the Williamstown and Werribee railway lines. History Plans for a wo ...

, Melbourne) * Double-deck passenger cars for Iran * Passenger cars for Pakistan * Passenger cars for Bangladesh *

KiwiRail KiwiRail Holdings Limited is a New Zealand state-owned enterprise responsible for rail operations in New Zealand, and operates inter-island ferries. Trading as KiwiRail and headquartered in Wellington, New Zealand, KiwiRail is the largest rail ...

(New Zealand) - 50 passenger car bogies * MRT (Singapore) **

Bombardier Movia C951/C951A The Bombardier MOVIA C951 is the first generation electric multiple unit rolling stock in operation on the Downtown Line of Singapore's Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system. The contract was won by Bombardier Transportation and the rolling stock was ...

cars for Downtown line with Bombardier Transportation (owned by Land Transport Authority and operated by SBS Transit) ** Alstom Movia CR151 cars for North South line & East West line with Alstom, initially Bombardier (owned by Land Transport Authority and operated by

SMRT Trains SMRT Trains Limited is a rail operator in Singapore and a wholly owned subsidiary of SMRT Corporation. After the privatisation of the MRT operations in 1995, it was originally named Singapore MRT Limited. On 31 December 2001, it was renamed to ...

) *

Express Rail Link The Express Rail Link Sdn Bhd is a company that owns and operates the airport rail link of the same name that connects the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) with the Kuala Lumpur Sentral (KL Sentral) transportation hub, 57 kilometres apa ...

(Malaysia) ** 2 trainsets of 4-car CRRC Equator EMU for

KLIA Ekspres The ERL KLIA Ekspres is an express airport rail link servicing the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in Malaysia. It runs from KL Sentral, the main railway station of Kuala Lumpur to KLIA as well as its low-cost terminal, klia2. The ...

** 4 trainsets of 4-car CRRC Equator EMU for KLIA Transit

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Changchun Railway Vehicles CRRC Group Government-owned companies of China Manufacturing companies established in 1954 Changchun Railway Vehicles Companies based in Changchun Chinese brands 1954 establishments in China Rolling stock manufacturers of China Chinese companies established in 1954