The Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing Company (川崎車両, Kawasaki Sharyō) is the Japanese rolling stock manufacturing subsidiary of Kawasaki Heavy Industries. Since beginning operations in 1906, the company has produced more than 90,000 railroad cars.
Products
As indicated by the company name, the company mainly produces railroad vehicles. Since the early-1980s, Kawasaki has received orders from customers in foreign countries, including Bangladesh, Republic of Ireland and the United States. All products manufactured for the US rail market are sold through Kawasaki Rail Car Inc., another division of Kawasaki Heavy Industries. An assembly plant in Lincoln, Nebraska produces fully completed cars and "knocked down" cars. Because of substantial sales to the New York City Subway and various commuter lines, an additional assembly plant was established in Yonkers, New York in 1986 for final assembly of cars built in Lincoln, at the site of a former Otis Elevator Company factory.[1] The rolling stock of the Dhaka Metro Rail's first line, MRT Line-6, is made by Kawasaki.
In November 2020, Kawasaki Heavy Industries announced that it would spin off some of its businesses, including the rolling stock division from October 2021.[2]
Japan Railways Group
Products produced for the Japan Railways Group, or JR Group, include:
- Shinkansen: All types except N700A series, N700S series and 800 series
- JR / JNR local lines:
- Former JNR: 103 series, 201 series, 203 series, 207-900 series, 211 series EMUs
- JR Central: 311 series, 371 series, 383 series EMUs
- JR East: 651 series, 209 series, E231 series, E233 series, E331 series, E501 series, E531 series, 701 series, E721 series EMUs
- JR Hokkaido: 721 series, 731 series, 785 series, 789 series EMUs
- JR West: 281 series, 283 series, 285 series, 287 series, 681 series, 683 series, 207 series, 323 series, 223 series, 225 series, 227 series, 521 series, 125 series EMUs, 87 series (KiSaINe 86 type Sleeping cars) Hybrid MU
- JR Shikoku: 5000 series (5000 type cab cars, 5200 type intermediate cars), 8600 series EMUs, 2600 series, 2700 series DMUs
- JR Kyushu: JR Kyushu Class DF200-7000 diesel locomotive, YC1 series Hybrid MU
- JR Freight: JR Freight Class EF510 electric locomotives, JR Freight Class DF200 diesel locomotives
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JNR class C57 steam locomotive -
JNR class EF65 locomotive -
class DF200 diesel locomotive -
JNR 63 series EMU -
JNR 583 series sleeping EMU -
GV-E400 series DMU -
383 series tilting EMU -
0series shinkansen -
Doctor Yellow Shinkansen -
container carrier car koki104
Major private railway corporation
Production for the following private railways include:
- Hanshin Electric Railway
- Keihan Electric Railway
- Keihin Electric Express Railway
- Nishi-Nippon Railroad
- Odakyu Electric Railway
- Tokyo Metro
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Hanshin Electric 9000 series EMU -
Keihin Electric Railway (Keikyu) 2100 series -
Tokyo Metro 16000 series EMU
Other railway companies in Japan
- Hokushin Kyuko Electric Railway (All cars)
- Kobe Electric Railway (All cars)
- Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company (All cars)
- Saitama Railway
- Sanyo Electric Railway (All cars)
- Semboku Rapid Railway
- Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit (All cars)
- Osaka Metro (30000 series)
Public transportation bureaus
- Fukuoka City Transportation Bureau
- Kobe Municipal Transportation Bureau (All cars)
- Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau
- Sapporo City Transportation Bureau (All subways, some tramways)
- Sendai City Transportation Bureau
- Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation
- Yokohama City Transportation Bureau
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Sapporo Municipal Subway -
Yokohama Municipal Subway
Monorails & ATGs
Production for Monorails and Automated guideway transits (ATG) include:
- Hiroshima Rapid Transit
- Kobe New Transit (All cars)
- Kitakyushu Urban Monorail
- Okinawa Urban Monorail
- Osaka Monorail
- Saitama New Urban Transit
- Tama Toshi Monorail
Overseas clients
- Dhaka Metro Rail – Green Train
- Chinese Ministry of Railways – Type 6K, Type CRH2
- Hong Kong MTR – SP1900 EMU
- Hong Kong MTR Light Rail – Phase II LRV power cabs/trailers
- Long Island Rail Road – C-3 bilevel cars, M9/M9A cars
- MARC – MARC III bilevel commuter cars (ex-VRE C Cars refurbished by Bombardier Transportation)
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority MBTA Commuter Rail – BTC-4, CTC-4, BTC-4A/4B/4C bi-level commuter cars
- New York City Subway – R62, R68A, R110A, R142A, R143, R160B, R188, R211 cars
- Metro-North Railroad – M8, M9/M9A cars
- PATH – PA4 and PA5 cars
- Panama Canal Authority – Towing locomotives along with Toyo Denki Seizo K.K. and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries[3]
- Singapore Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) – C151 with Kinki Sharyo, Tokyu Car and Nippon Sharyo, C751B with Nippon Sharyo, C151A, C151B, C151C and T251 with CSR/CRRC Qingdao Sifang
- Keretapi Tanah Melayu – Class 24 Diesel-electric locomotives with Toshiba Corporation
- SEPTA – Broad Street subway Class B-IV cars; LRV K Series 9000 and 100 subway–surface / suburban trolleys
- Taipei Metro – C301 with Union Rail Car Partnership, C371 and C381 with Taiwan Rolling Stock Company
- Taoyuan Airport MRT – commuter trains with Taiwan Rolling Stock Company, express trains
- Taiwan High Speed Rail – 700T
- Virginia Railway Express – C Car bilevel commuter cars, since sold to MARC Train
- Washington Metro – 7000 series cars
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Towing locomotives at Panama Canal -
Hong Kong Light Rail Phase II LRV cab car and trailer -
A C371 train on the Taipei Metro Songshan–Xindian line -
Taiwan Highspeed Rail 700T -
China CRH2 -
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Metro North Railroad M8 -
Washington Metro 7000 series -
Long Island Railroad C3 Bilevel
References
- ^ "From Otis to Kawasaki, a legacy of industry in Yonkers". 6 December 2021.
- ^ "Policy Decision: Rolling Stock and Motorcycle & Engine Businesses to be Spun Off, Ship & Offshore Structure and Energy System & Plant Engineering Businesses to be Integrated" (PDF). Kawasaki Heavy Industries. 2 November 2020.
- ^ "Towing Locomotives for the Panama Canal Authority". Japan Overseas Railway System Association.
