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| Industry | Rail Transportation |
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| Founded | October 16, 2002 |
| Headquarters | Hukou,Hsinchu County,(Taiwan) |
Key people | Chairman: M.K. Huang President: C.S. Hsu |
| Products | Rail vehicles |
Number of employees | 255 |
| Website | http://www.trsc.com.tw/ |
Taiwan Rolling Stock Company (TRSC) is a rail vehicle company. TRSC is located in Hukou, Hsinchu County, nearXinfeng railway station. It was previously a rolling stock production division ofTang Eng Iron Works before 2002. Afterprivatization, the company received several orders fromTaiwan Railways Administration and alsoKawasaki Heavy Industries. For example, some vehicles (type C371, C381) of theTaipei Metro system were built by TRSC.[1]
TRSC cooperated withNippon Sharyo in several products, such as DHL100, Alishan Forest locomotive,EMU700,[2][3]EMU800.[4]
There was a dispute regarding the EMU800 at its beginning stage. The brake system differed from specifications because the supplier made a mistake on the type of brake system. After the dispute was solved, the TRSC started to deliver EMU800 trains to theTaiwan Railways Administration.[5][6] On 29 May 2015, the TRSC delivered the 37th train to TRA, which marks a milestone of Taiwanese rail-vehicle industry. Furthermore, the TRSC is anticipated to be the future of manufacturing industry.[7]
In recent years, TRSC cooperated withVoith Engineering Services for theDanhai Light Rail Transit system.[8] On 26 August 2015, TRSC got additional order ofEMU800. The total number of this order is 48 cars.[9]
TRSC is now owned byChina Steel Corporation since 2015.[10][11] TRSC's products range from locomotives, cabs, EMUs, trams and it receives more and more orders from customers. It is one of the only companies that can design, manufacture and maintain rolling stock in Taiwan (some freight wagons are built and maintained by another company in DaHu near LuZhu in the North of Kaohsiung).