Japan Transport Engineering Company (J-TREC) (株式会社総合車両製作所,Kabushiki gaisha Sōgō Sharyō Seisakusho, lit. "Stock Company General Rolling Stock Plant") is a manufacturer of heavy rail cars in Japan, formerly known asTokyu Car Corporation (東急車輛製造株式会社,Tōkyū Sharyō-seizō kabushiki gaisha). The company is based inKanazawa-ku, Yokohama, and a member ofEast Japan Railway Company (JR East) group. J-TREC manufactures rail vehicles not only for JR East andTokyu Corporation but for other Japanese operators, including variousJapan Railways Group companies and international operators as well.
Tokyu Car Corporation, the predecessor of J-TREC, was founded on 23 August 1948. Tokyu Car was a licensee of early-generation (early-1960s) stainless-steel commuter EMU train body and relatedbogie technology from theBudd 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 byEast 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 was subsequently sold toShinMaywa Industries.[2][3]
Tokyu Car Corporationmanufacturer's plateTokyu Car Corporation andBudd Company manufacturer plates on a Taiwan Railways Administration DR2800 series DMUTokyu Car Corporationmanufacturer's plate on a C151 Train from Singapore MRT
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 toJapan 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 toJ-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 toToho 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 toToho 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 toTokyo 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 toTokyo Parking Systems Corporation (東京パーキングシステムズ,Tōkyō Pākingu Shisutemuzu)
Besides railway rolling stock, Tokyu Car also manufactured special duty motor vehicles (such asdump trucks,trailers andvans), which was sold toShinMaywa.
Iarnród Éireann/Irish Rail InterCity (National express passenger services) fleet replacement. Tokyu Car was the bogie supplier for a fleet of high specialist22000 Class DMUs capable of 160 km/h operation. These rolled out between 2007 and 2011 and operate services on all Irish Rail routes, except key Cork-Dublin Express services operated by CAF builtMark 4 push-pull trains capable of 200 km/h operation but run at 160 km/h at present and theDublin-Belfast Enterprise operated by De Dietrich built push-pull stock limited to 145 km/h operating speeds. The lead contractor wasMitsui. Coaches were built byRotem and specialist diesel-hydraulic power packs were built byMTU Friedrichshafen (engine) andVoith (transmission system).
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.
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