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Japan Transport Engineering Company

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Japanese heavy rail car manufacturing company

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 as Tokyu Car Corporation (東急車輛製造株式会社, Tōkyū Sharyō-seizō kabushiki gaisha). The company is based in Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, and a member of East Japan Railway Company (JR East) group.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2011Founded1

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J-TREC Car Mark
Photo: Shokawasharyo-commons, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

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 as Tokyu Car Corporation (東急車輛製造株式会社, Tōkyū Sharyō-seizō kabushiki gaisha). 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.2

Corporate structure

Japan Transport Engineering Company is part of a group headed by East Japan Railway Company. 64 entities, 8 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

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)

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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

As Tokyu Car Corporation

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:

Shinkansen EMU Cars

Tokyu Corporation all trains.

JR East 209, E217, E231, E501, 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)

E259 series EMU for Narita Express with Kinki Sharyo

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

Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority Metro Rail LRV

US Standard Light Rail Vehicle (carshells built for 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 Cork and Limerick) 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 2007 and 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 Railways Administration DR2700, DR2800 series

State Railway of Thailand THN diesel railcars, also built by Hitachi and Nippon Sharyo

Metro-North Commuter Railroad (New York) M-4 EMU car for its New Haven Line (1988)

Long Island Rail Road C1 bilevel commuter cars, with Commonwealth Engineering and Mitsui

As J-TREC

JR East E235 and E353 series EMU rail cars

Bangkok MRT Purple Line EMU cars

Shizuoka Railway A3000 series EMU cars

Toei 5500 series EMU cars

Tokyu 2020, 3020 & 6020 Series EMU cars

Philippine National Railways North–South Commuter Railway EM1000 class EMU cars, in a joint venture with Sumitomo Corporation

Collaborations:

Collaborated with PT INKA for PT Kereta Api Indonesia KAI Commuter Bogor Line iE305 series (also known as CLI-225)

From Wikipedia’s article on Japan Transport Engineering Company, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

Subsidiaries

  • Niitsu Rolling Stock Plant

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 2011Founded Founded1

Sources

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