Japan Transport Engineering Company

Japan Transport Engineering Company
株式会社総合車両製作所

Trading name	J-TREC
Type	KK
Predecessor	Tokyu Car Corporation
Founded	2011
Headquarters	Yokohama, Japan
Products	Rolling stock Trams
Number of employees	1,154 (2015)[1]
Parent	East Japan Railway Company
Website	j-trec.co.jp (en)

Tokyu Car Corporation manufacturer's plate

Japan Transport Engineering Company (J-TREC) (株式会社総合車両製作所 Kabukishi-kaisha Sōgō Sharyō Seisakusho) is a manufacturer of heavy rail cars in Japan, formerly known as Tokyu Car Corporation (東急車輛製造 Tōkyū Sharyō-seizō). 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. It was founded on 23 August 1948.

Tokyu Car Corporation, the root of J-TREC, 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 will be sold to ShinMaywa Industries.^[2][3]

Name after selling divisions

On 2 April 2012, divisions (were inherited by subsidiaries) were sold and renamed.

• JR East acquired:
  • 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 Japan Transport Engineering Company (J-TREC) (総合車両製作所 Sōgō Sharyō Seisakusho)
    • Tokyu Car Engineering Corporation (東急車輛エンジニアリング Tōkyū Sharyō Enjiniaringu) - Name changed to J-TREC Design & Service Company (J-TREC D & S) (J-TRECデザインサービス)
    • Keihin Steel Works Corporation (京浜鋼板工業 Keihin Kōban Kōgyō)
• ShinMaywa acquired:
  • Tokyu Car SPV Corporation (東急車輛特装 Tōkyū Sharyō Tokusō) - Name changed to Toho Car Corporation (東邦車輛 Tōhō Sharyō)
    • Tokyu Car Service Corporation (東急車輛サービス Tōkyū Sharyō Sābisu) - Name changed to Toho Car Service Corporation (東邦車輛サービス Tōhō Sharyō Sābisu)
  • 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 Tokyo Engineering Systems Corporation (東京エンジニアリングシステムズ Tōkyō Enjiniaringu Shisutemuzu)
    • Tokyu Parking Systems Corporation (東急パーキングシステムズ Tōkyū Pākingu Shisutemuzu) - Name changed to Tokyo Parking Systems Corporation (東京パーキングシステムズ Tōkyō Pākingu Shisutemuzu)

Products

E231 series, built by Tokyu Car Corp.

Type TS701 truck of Tokyu 7000 Series EMU built under license from Budd Company in the early 1960s

NFTA LRV in Buffalo, USA

Irish Rail / Iarnród Éireann DART 8510 Class EMU

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:

• Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority Metro Rail LRV
• Boston LRV (with 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 Dublin and Cork) 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 2006 to 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 Railway Administration DMU2900/3000 classes
• Metro-North Commuter Railroad M-4 EMU car for its New Haven Line (1988)
• Shinkansen EMU Cars
• JR East 209, E217, E231, 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)
• 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
• E259 series EMU for Narita Express with Kinki Sharyo

As J-TREC:

• JR East E235 and E353 series EMU rail cars
• Bangkok MRT Purple Line EMU cars

Further reading

• Matsumura, Hiroshi (September 2012). "東急車輌製造株式会社 63年余の車両製造史 －その1" [Tokyu Car Corporation: 63 Years of Rolling Stock Building History (Part 1)]. Japan Railfan Magazine. Vol. 52 no. 617 (Japan: Kōyūsha Co., Ltd.). pp. 110–113.

References

1. "総合車両製作所－会社案内". www.j-trec.co.jp. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
2. http://www.asahi.com/business/update/1027/TKY201110270406.html. Retrieved 2011-11-30.
3. http://www.tokyu-car.co.jp/koukoku/111027_kuusyubunkatu.pdf. 2011-10-27. Retrieved 2011-11-30.

External links

• Japan Transport Engineering Company
• Tokyu Car Corporation Profile