# Japan Transport Engineering Company > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Japan_Transport_Engineering_Company > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Japan_Transport_Engineering_Company.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Transport_Engineering_Company > Source revision: 1331282396 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Japanese heavy rail car manufacturing company It has been suggested that this article be split out into a new article titled Tokyu Car Corporation. (Discuss) (February 2025) Japan Transport Engineering Company Corporate wordmark J-TREC manufacturer's tag Trade name J-TREC Native name 株式会社総合車両製作所 Romanized name Kabushiki gaisha Sōgō Sharyō Seisaku-sho Formerly New Tokyu Car Corporation (2011–2012) Type Subsidiary (Kabushiki gaisha) Predecessor Tokyu Car Manufacturing Company, Ltd. Tokyu Car Corporation (~2012) Founded 9 November 2011; 14 years ago (2011-11-09) Headquarters Ōkawa Products Rolling stock Trams Number of employees 1,154 (2015)[1] Parent East Japan Railway 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](/source/Kanazawa-ku%2C_Yokohama), and a member of [East Japan Railway Company](/source/East_Japan_Railway_Company) (JR East) group. J-TREC manufactures rail vehicles not only for JR East and [Tokyu Corporation](/source/Tokyu_Corporation) but for other Japanese operators, including various [Japan Railways Group](/source/Japan_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 related [bogie](/source/Bogie) technology from the [Budd Company](/source/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](/source/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 was subsequently sold to [ShinMaywa Industries](/source/ShinMaywa).[2][3] Tokyu Car Corporation [manufacturer's plate](/source/Builder's_plate) Tokyu Car Corporation and [Budd Company](/source/Budd_Company) manufacturer plates on a Taiwan Railways Administration DR2800 series DMU 1989 Kawasaki-Tokyu Car Corporation builder's plate on a C151 Train from Singapore MRT ## 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 Besides railway rolling stock, Tokyu Car also manufactured special duty motor vehicles (such as [dump trucks](/source/Dump_truck), [trailers](/source/Trailer_(vehicle)) and [vans](/source/Van)), which was sold to [ShinMaywa](/source/ShinMaywa). Some Tokyu Car projects: - [Shinkansen](/source/Shinkansen) EMU Cars - [Tokyu Corporation](/source/Tokyu_Corporation) all trains. - [JR East](/source/JR_East) [209](/source/209_series), [E217](/source/E217_series), [E231](/source/E231_series), [E501](/source/E501_series), [E531](/source/E531_series) and [E233 series](/source/E233_series) EMU rail cars - [JR East](/source/JR_East) [E751 series](/source/E751_series) EMU rail cars for limited express (2000) - [JR Shikoku](/source/JR_Shikoku) [5100 type](/source/5000_series_(JR_Shikoku)) bilevel cab cars (2003) - [E259 series](/source/E259_series) EMU for [Narita Express](/source/Narita_Express) with [Kinki Sharyo](/source/Kinki_Sharyo) - 0 series shinkansen - 100 series shinkansen - 200 series shinkansen - E2 series shinkansen - E926 series shinkansen - JR 253 series EMU (Nagano electric railway 2100 series) - E26 sleeping coach - E259 Narita EXpress - 209 series EMU - E721 series EMU - JR Shikoku 5100 series Marine liner - Kiha E200 hybrid DMU - 103 series EMU - 201 series EMU - Kiha 58 series DMU - Tokyu 5200 series EMU - Tokyu 8000 series - Keio 3000 series - Sotetsu 9000 series - Nankai 50000 series - Type TS701 truck of Mizuma Railway 1000 Series EMU built under license from Budd Company in the early 1960s - Buffalo Metro Rail LRV - [Singapore MRT](/source/Mass_Rapid_Transit_(Singapore)) [Kawasaki Heavy Industries C151](/source/Kawasaki_Heavy_Industries_C151) EMU cars with [Kawasaki Heavy Industries](/source/Kawasaki_Heavy_Industries), [Nippon Sharyo](/source/Nippon_Sharyo) and [Kinki Sharyo](/source/Kinki_Sharyo) - [Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority](/source/Greater_Cleveland_Regional_Transit_Authority) [Red Line](/source/Red_Line_(Cleveland)) heavy rail cars - [Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority](/source/Niagara_Frontier_Transportation_Authority) [Metro Rail LRV](/source/Buffalo_Metro_Rail#Rolling_stock) - [US Standard Light Rail Vehicle](/source/US_Standard_Light_Rail_Vehicle) (carshells built for [Boeing Vertol](/source/Boeing_Rotorcraft_Systems)) - [Iarnród Éireann/Irish Rail](/source/Iarnr%C3%B3d_%C3%89ireann) DART [Dublin Area Rapid Transit](/source/Dublin_Area_Rapid_Transit) fleet expansion EMU railcars [8500, 8510 and 8520 Classes](/source/IE_8500%2C_8510_and_8520_Classes) (Dublin) with [Mitsui](/source/Mitsui) (lead contractor) - [Iarnród Éireann/Irish Rail](/source/Iarnr%C3%B3d_%C3%89ireann) [Commuter (formerly Arrow)](/source/Commuter_(Iarnr%C3%B3d_%C3%89ireann)), both [2600 Class](/source/IE_2600_Class) (original) and fleet expansion [2800 Class](/source/IE_2800_Class). (Operate on Commuter routes in Cork and Limerick) with [Mitsui](/source/Mitsui) (lead contractor) - [Iarnród Éireann/Irish Rail](/source/Iarnr%C3%B3d_%C3%89ireann) InterCity (National express passenger services) fleet replacement. Tokyu Car was the bogie supplier for a fleet of high specialist [22000 Class DMUs](/source/IE_22000_Class) 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](/source/Mark_4_(Iarnr%C3%B3d_%C3%89ireann)) push-pull trains capable of 200 km/h operation but run at 160 km/h at present and the [Dublin-Belfast Enterprise](/source/Enterprise_(train_service)) operated by De Dietrich built push-pull stock limited to 145 km/h operating speeds. The lead contractor was [Mitsui](/source/Mitsui). Coaches were built by [Rotem](/source/Hyundai_Rotem) and specialist diesel-hydraulic power packs were built by [MTU Friedrichshafen](/source/MTU_Friedrichshafen) (engine) and [Voith](/source/Voith) (transmission system). - [Taiwan Railways Administration](/source/Taiwan_Railways_Administration) [DR2700](/source/Taiwan_Railway_DR2700_series), [DR2800 series](/source/Taiwan_Railway_Class_DR2800) - [State Railway of Thailand](/source/State_Railway_of_Thailand) [THN diesel railcars](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=THN_(Diesel_Railcar)&action=edit&redlink=1) [[th](https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%8A%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AD%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%99_(%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%96%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%87))], also built by [Hitachi](/source/Hitachi) and Nippon Sharyo - [Metro-North Commuter Railroad](/source/Metro-North_Commuter_Railroad) (New York) [M-4](/source/M2_(railcar)) EMU car for its [New Haven Line](/source/New_Haven_Line) (1988) - [Long Island Rail Road](/source/Long_Island_Rail_Road) [C1](/source/C1_(railcar)) bilevel commuter cars, with [Commonwealth Engineering](/source/Commonwealth_Engineering) and [Mitsui](/source/Mitsui) - Taiwan DR 2700 DMU - San Francisco Muni Metro - Ireland 8520 EMU - Singapore [C151 train](/source/Kawasaki_Heavy_Industries_C151) - An [RTA Red Line](/source/RTA_Red_Line) train at [Cleveland Hopkins International Airport Station](/source/Airport_station_(GCRTA)) in [Cleveland](/source/Cleveland), [Ohio](/source/Ohio) ([United States](/source/United_States)). - Metro North Railroad M4 series, USA - NFTA LRV in Buffalo, USA As J-TREC: - [JR East](/source/JR_East) [E235](/source/E235_series) and [E353 series](/source/E353_series) EMU rail cars - [Bangkok MRT](/source/MRT_(Bangkok)) [Purple Line](/source/Purple_Line_(Bangkok)) EMU cars - [Shizuoka Railway A3000 series](/source/Shizuoka_Railway_A3000_series) EMU cars - [Toei 5500 series](/source/Toei_5500_series) EMU cars - [Tokyu 2020, 3020 & 6020 Series](/source/Tokyu_2020_series) EMU cars - [Philippine National Railways](/source/Philippine_National_Railways) [North–South Commuter Railway](/source/North%E2%80%93South_Commuter_Railway) [EM1000 class](/source/PNR_EM1000_class) EMU cars, in a joint venture with [Sumitomo Corporation](/source/Sumitomo_Corporation)[4] - E235 series - Bangkok Purple Line's *sustina* EMU cars - A Den-en-toshi Line 2020 series set in August 2021 - Toei 5500 Series In Toei Subway. - PNR EM10000 class in Yokohama, Japan Collaborations: - Collaborated with [PT INKA](/source/PT_INKA) for [PT Kereta Api Indonesia](/source/PT_Kereta_Api_Indonesia) [KAI Commuter Bogor Line](/source/KAI_Commuter_Bogor_Line) [iE305 series](/source/IE305_series) (also known as CLI-225)[5] - KRL INKA iE305 series on a test run in Jayakarta Station ## 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](/source/Japan_Railfan_Magazine)*. Vol. 52, no. 617. Japan: Kōyūsha Co., Ltd. pp. 110–113. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["総合車両製作所－会社案内"](https://www.j-trec.co.jp/company/index.html). *j-trec.co.jp*. Retrieved 23 February 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["東急電鉄、車両製造部門をＪＲ東日本に来春売却へ"](https://web.archive.org/web/20111030003735/http://www.asahi.com/business/update/1027/TKY201110270406.html). *asahi.com*. Archived from [the original](http://www.asahi.com/business/update/1027/TKY201110270406.html) on 30 October 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2011. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["会社分割（吸収分割）および事業譲渡に関するお知らせ"](https://web.archive.org/web/20111125091519/http://www.tokyu-car.co.jp/koukoku/111027_kuusyubunkatu.pdf) (PDF). *Tokyu Car Corporation*. 27 October 2011. 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Retrieved 5 January 2026. ## External links - [Japan Transport Engineering Company](http://www.j-trec.co.jp/eng/) - [Tokyu Car Corporation Profile](http://www.business.com/directory/automotive/manufacturers_and_distributors/commercial_and_specialty_vehicles/tokyu_car_corporation/profile/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20070927205602/http://www.business.com/directory/automotive/manufacturers_and_distributors/commercial_and_specialty_vehicles/tokyu_car_corporation/profile/) 27 September 2007 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) v t e Japan Railways Group Predecessors Ministry of Industry Cabinet Home Ministry Ministry of Communications Ministry of Railways Ministry of Transport and Communications [ja] Ministry of Transport Japanese National Railways Japan Railway Construction Public Corporation JNR Settlement Corporation Passenger Railway Companies JR Hokkaido JR East JR Central JR West JR Shikoku JR Kyushu JR Bus Companies JR Hokkaido Bus JR Bus Tohoku JR Kanto Bus JR Bustech [ja] JR Tokai Bus West JR Bus [ja] West Japan JR Bus Service West Japan JR Bus Service Company Hikari Guru Rin Bus JR Shikoku Bus [ja] JR Kyushu Bus IC cards Kitaca Suica TOICA EX-IC ICOCA ICOCA SUGOCA Shinkansen lines Hokkaido Tōhoku Jōetsu Hokuriku Tokaido Chūō (under construction) San'yō Hokuriku Shikoku (proposed) Kyushu Nishi Kyushu Railway museums Hokkaido Railway Technology Museum [ja] Railway Museum Ome Railway Park SCMaglev and Railway Park Kyoto Railway Museum Tsuyama Railroad Educational Museum Shikoku Railway Cultural Center [ja] Kyushu Railway History Museum Other organizations JR Freight Railway Technical Research Institute Railway Information Systems (JR Systems) Railway Telecommunication ↓ SoftBank Telecom Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency Related topics MARS (ticket reservation system) National Railway Workers' Union Japan Confederation of Railway Workers' Unions Japan Railway Trade Unions Confederation All Japan Construction, Transport and General Workers' Union Sankei Children's Book Award --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Japan Transport Engineering Company](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Transport_Engineering_Company) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Transport_Engineering_Company?action=history)). 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