Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing
Native name
川崎車両株式会社
Kawasaki Sharyō kabushiki gaisha
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryRolling stock manufacturing
Founded1906
HeadquartersHyōgo-ku, Kobe, Japan
ProductsElectric trains (including Shinkansen trains)
Monorails
Passenger coaches and freight cars
Diesel locomotives
Electric locomotives
Platform screen door systems
Passenger coaches and freight cars integrated transit systems
ParentKawasaki Heavy Industries
Websitewww.khi.co.jp/english/index.html
kawasaki.com
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 Sifang C151A train approaching Expo.
A Kawasaki Heavy Industries-CSR Qingdao Sifang C151A train approaching Expo MRT station.

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, 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:

Major private railway corporation

Production for the following private railways include:

Other railway companies in Japan

Public transportation bureaus

Monorails & ATGs

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

Overseas clients

References

  1. ^ https://www.wagmag.com/from-otis-to-kawasaki-a-legacy-of-industry-in-yonkers/
  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. ^ "Towing Locomotives for the Panama Canal Authority". Japan Overseas Railway System Association.

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