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 (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 East Japan Railway Company (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
As Tokyu Car Corporation Besides railway rolling stock, Tokyu Car also manufactured special duty motor vehicles (such as dump trucks, trailers and vans), which was sold to ShinMaywa.
Some Tokyu Car projects: Shinkansen EMU Cars Tokyu Corporation all trains. JR East 209, E217, E231, E501, E531 and E233 series EMU rail cars JR East E751 series EMU rail cars for limited express (2000) JR Shikoku 5100 type bilevel cab cars (2003) E259 series EMU for Narita Express with Kinki Sharyo
Singapore MRT Kawasaki Heavy Industries C151 EMU cars with Kawasaki Heavy Industries, 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 Dublin Area Rapid Transit 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 MTU Friedrichshafen (engine) and Voith (transmission system). Taiwan Railways Administration DR2700, DR2800 series State Railway of Thailand , also built by Hitachi and Nippon Sharyo 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
As J-TREC JR East 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 EM1000 class EMU cars, in a joint venture with Sumitomo Corporation
Collaborations: Collaborated with PT INKA for PT Kereta Api Indonesia KAI Commuter Bogor Line iE305 series (also known as CLI-225)
Further reading
References
External links Japan Transport Engineering Company Tokyu Car Corporation Profile