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Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing

Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing

Japanese rolling stock manufacturer

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.

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The Kawasaki Heavy Industries factory in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan (April 2007)
Aerial view of the Kawasaki Rail Plant in Yonkers, New York, USA (May 2011)
The Yonkers, USA factory in September 2014
Completed M9 bodyshells at the Yonkers factory in May 2021
A Kawasaki Heavy Industries-CSR Qingdao Sifang C151A train approaching Expo MRT station.

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:

  • 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 9000 series EMU
  • Keihin Electric Railway (Keikyu) 2100 series
  • Tokyo Metro 16000 series EMU

Other railway companies in Japan

Public transportation bureaus

  • Sapporo Municipal Subway
  • Yokohama Municipal Subway

Monorails & ATGs

Production for Monorails and Automated guideway transits (ATG) include:

Overseas clients

References

  1. [1]
    "From Otis to Kawasaki, a legacy of industry in Yonkers". 6 December 2021.
  2. [2]
    "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.
  3. [3]
    "Towing Locomotives for the Panama Canal Authority". Japan Overseas Railway System Association.
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