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Japan Transport Engineering Company
J-TREC
Native name
株式会社かぶしきがいしゃ総合そうごう車両しゃりょう製作所せいさくしょ
Kabushiki gaisha Sōgō Sharyō Seisaku-sho
FormerlyNew Tokyu Car Corporation (2011–2012)
Company typeSubsidiary (Kabushiki gaisha)
Predecessor
  • Tokyu Car Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
  • Tokyu Car Corporation (~2012)
Founded9 November 2011; 12 years ago (2011-11-09)
Headquarters,
Japan
Products
Number of employees
1,154 (2015)[1]
ParentEast Japan Railway Company
WebsiteOfficial site

Japan Transport Engineering Company (J-TREC) (株式会社かぶしきがいしゃ総合そうごう車両しゃりょう製作所せいさくしょ, 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 (東急とうきゅう車輛しゃりょう製造せいぞう株式会社かぶしきがいしゃ, 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.

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 technology from the 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 (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.[2][3]

Tokyu Car Corporation manufacturer's plate
Tokyu Car Corporation and Budd Company manufacturer plates on a Taiwan Railways Administration DR2800 series DMU
Tokyu Car Corporation manufacturer's plate on a C151 Train from Singapore MRT

Name after selling divisions

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On 2 April 2012, divisions (were inherited by subsidiaries) were sold and renamed.

  • JR East acquired:
    • New Tokyu Car Corporation (しん東急とうきゅう車輛しゃりょう, 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) (総合そうごう車両しゃりょう製作所せいさくしょ, Sōgō Sharyō Seisakusho)
      • Tokyu Car Engineering Corporation (東急とうきゅう車輛しゃりょうエンジニアリング, 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 (京浜けいひん鋼板こうはん工業こうぎょう, Keihin Kōban Kōgyō)
  • ShinMaywa acquired:
    • Tokyu Car SPV Corporation (東急とうきゅう車輛しゃりょうとくそう, Tōkyū Sharyō Tokusō) - Name changed to Toho Car Corporation (東邦とうほう車輛しゃりょう, Tōhō Sharyō)
      • Tokyu Car Service Corporation (東急とうきゅう車輛しゃりょうサービス, Tōkyū Sharyō Sābisu) - Name changed to Toho Car Service Corporation (東邦とうほう車輛しゃりょうサービス, Tōhō Sharyō Sābisu)
    • New Tokyu Parking Corporation (しん東急とうきゅうパーキング, Shin Tōkyū Pākingu) (founded on 9 November 2011, inherited parking machinery manufacturing division on 1 April 2012) - Name changed to Tokyo Engineering Systems Corporation (東京とうきょうエンジニアリングシステムズ, Tōkyō Enjiniaringu Shisutemuzu)
      • Tokyu Parking Systems Corporation (東急とうきゅうパーキングシステムズ, Tōkyū Pākingu Shisutemuzu) - Name changed to Tokyo Parking Systems Corporation (東京とうきょうパーキングシステムズ, Tōkyō Pākingu Shisutemuzu)

Products

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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:

As J-TREC:

Further reading

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  • Matsumura, Hiroshi (September 2012). "東急車輌製造とうきゅうしゃりょうせいぞう株式会社かぶしきがいしゃ 63年余ねんよ車両しゃりょう製造せいぞう -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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