Draft:Tokyu Car Corporation
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{{Short description|Japanese heavy rail car manufacturing company}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Tokyu Car Corporation
| logo = TokyuCarLogotype.svg
| logo_size = 200px
| logo_alt =
| logo_padding =
| former_name = Tokyu Car Manufacturing Company, Ltd
| native_name = 東急車輛製造株式会社
| native_name_lang = ja
| romanized_name = Tōkyū Sharyō-seizō kabushiki gaisha
| location_country = Japan
| founded = {{start date and age|1948|8|23|df=yes}}
| successor = New Tokyu Car Corporation
| location_city = Yokohama
| predecessor =
| products = {{unbulleted list|Rolling stock|Trams}}
| type = Subsidiary (Kabushiki gaisha)
| num_employees = 1,373 (2006)
| parent = Tokyu Corporation
| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20100628235534/http://www.tokyu-car.co.jp/ Archived]
| footnotes =
}}
{{nihongo|Tokyu Car Corporation|東急車輛製造株式会社|Tōkyū Sharyō-seizō kabushiki gaisha}} was a manufacturer of heavy rail cars in Japan. The company was based in Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama,{{Cite web |title=about Tokyu car |url=http://www.tokyu-car.co.jp/eng/comp/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100223083337/http://www.tokyu-car.co.jp/eng/comp/index.html |archive-date=2010-02-23 |access-date= |website=Tokyu Car Corporation}}and a member of the Tokyu group. Tokyu Car manufactures rail vehicles not only for Tokyu Corporation but for other Japanese operators, including various Japan Railways Group companies and international operators as well.
Tokyu Car Corporation was founded on 23 August 1948.{{Cite web |title=History - J-TREC |url=https://www.j-trec.co.jp/eng/company/050/index.html |access-date=2025-02-14 |website=www.j-trec.co.jp}} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/business/update/1027/TKY201110270406.html|access-date=2011-11-30|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111030003735/http://www.asahi.com/business/update/1027/TKY201110270406.html|archive-date=2011-10-30|title=東急電鉄、車両製造部門をＪＲ東日本に来春売却へ |website=asahi.com}}{{Cite web |date=2011-10-27 |title=会社分割（吸収分割）および事業譲渡に関するお知らせ |url=http://www.tokyu-car.co.jp/koukoku/111027_kuusyubunkatu.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125091519/http://www.tokyu-car.co.jp/koukoku/111027_kuusyubunkatu.pdf |archive-date=25 November 2011 |access-date=2011-11-30 |website=Tokyu Car Corporation}}
File:Igatetsu-200 maker plate.JPG]]
File:TRA DR2857 Tokyu Car plate and Budd licensed plate 20101125.jpg manufacturer plates on a Taiwan Railways Administration DR2800 series DMU]]
File:Kawasaki Tokyu Car Corp. Builder Plate 1989, C151.jpg on a C151 Train from Singapore MRT]]
Name after selling divisions
On 2 April 2012, divisions (were inherited by subsidiaries) were sold and renamed.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tokyu-car.co.jp/koukoku/20120306.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723221010/http://www.tokyu-car.co.jp/koukoku/20120306.pdf |archive-date=23 July 2013 |date=2011-10-27 |title=吸収分割および株式譲渡に伴う東日本旅客鉄道株式会社の完全子会社となる会社の概要について |website=Tokyu Car Corporation}}
- JR East acquired:
- {{nihongo|New Tokyu Car Corporation|新東急車輛|Shin Tōkyū Sharyō}} (founded on 9 November 2011, inherited rolling stock manufacturing division on 1 April 2012) - Name changed to {{nihongo|Japan Transport Engineering Company (J-TREC)|総合車両製作所|Sōgō Sharyō Seisakusho}}
- {{nihongo|Tokyu Car Engineering Corporation|東急車輛エンジニアリング|Tōkyū Sharyō Enjiniaringu}} - Name changed to {{nihongo|J-TREC Design & Service Company (J-TREC D & S)|J-TRECデザインサービス}}
- {{nihongo|Keihin Steel Works Corporation|京浜鋼板工業|Keihin Kōban Kōgyō}}
- ShinMaywa acquired:
- {{nihongo|Tokyu Car SPV Corporation|東急車輛特装|Tōkyū Sharyō Tokusō}} - Name changed to {{nihongo|Toho Car Corporation|東邦車輛|Tōhō Sharyō}}
- {{nihongo|Tokyu Car Service Corporation|東急車輛サービス|Tōkyū Sharyō Sābisu}} - Name changed to {{nihongo|Toho Car Service Corporation|東邦車輛サービス|Tōhō Sharyō Sābisu}}
- {{nihongo|New Tokyu Parking Corporation|新東急パーキング|Shin Tōkyū Pākingu}} (founded on 9 November 2011, inherited parking machinery manufacturing division on 1 April 2012) - Name changed to {{nihongo|Tokyo Engineering Systems Corporation|東京エンジニアリングシステムズ|Tōkyō Enjiniaringu Shisutemuzu}}
- {{nihongo|Tokyu Parking Systems Corporation|東急パーキングシステムズ|Tōkyū Pākingu Shisutemuzu}} - Name changed to {{nihongo|Tokyo Parking Systems Corporation|東京パーキングシステムズ|Tōkyō Pākingu Shisutemuzu}}
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Products
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
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
File:AmherstStStation.jpg|Buffalo Metro Rail LRV
- 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
- 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: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, Ohio (United States).
File:M4s in New Haven Yard.JPG|Metro North Railroad M4 series, USA
File:NFTAMetroRail.jpg|NFTA LRV in Buffalo, USA
History
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Further reading
- {{cite magazine| last = Matsumura| first = Hiroshi| title = 東急車輌製造株式会社 63年余の車両製造史 －その1|trans-title=Tokyu Car Corporation: 63 Years of Rolling Stock Building History (Part 1)|magazine=Japan Railfan Magazine | volume = 52| issue = 617|pages=110–113| publisher = Kōyūsha Co., Ltd.| location = Japan | date = September 2012}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.tokyu-car.co.jp Tokyu Car Corporation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628235534/http://www.tokyu-car.co.jp |date=June 28, 2010 }}
- [http://www.business.com/directory/automotive/manufacturers_and_distributors/commercial_and_specialty_vehicles/tokyu_car_corporation/profile/ Tokyu Car Corporation Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927205602/http://www.business.com/directory/automotive/manufacturers_and_distributors/commercial_and_specialty_vehicles/tokyu_car_corporation/profile/ |date=27 September 2007 }}
{{Draft categories|
:Category:Manufacturing companies based in Yokohama
:Category:Rolling stock manufacturers of Japan
:Category:Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1948
:Category:Japanese companies established in 1948
:Category:Electric vehicle manufacturers of Japan
:Category:Rail infrastructure manufacturers
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