Kawasaki subway skybridge from Bashford Pl Yonkers jeh

is the

rolling stock The term rolling stock in the rail transport industry refers to railway vehicles, including both powered and unpowered vehicles: for example, locomotives, freight and passenger cars (or coaches), and non-revenue cars. Passenger vehicles can ...

manufacturing subsidiary of

Kawasaki Heavy Industries (or simply Kawasaki) is a Japanese public multinational corporation manufacturer of motorcycles, engines, heavy equipment, aerospace and defense equipment, rolling stock and ships, headquartered in Chūō, Kobe and Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It ...

. Since beginning operations in 1906, the company has produced more than 90,000

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Products

As indicated by the company name, the company mainly produces railroad vehicles. Recently Kawasaki has received orders from customers in foreign countries, including Ireland and the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., federal district, five ma ...

. All products manufactured for the US rail market are sold through Kawasaki Rail Car Inc., another division of Kawasaki Heavy Industries. An assembly plant in

Lincoln, Nebraska Lincoln is the capital city of the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Lancaster County. The city covers with a population of 292,657 in 2021. It is the second-most populous city in Nebraska and the 73rd-largest in the United St ...

produces fully completed cars and "knocked down" cars. Because of substantial sales to the New York City Subway and various commuter lines, an additional assembly plant was established in

Yonkers, New York Yonkers () is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States. Developed along the Hudson River, it is the third most populous city in the state of New York (state), New York, after New York City and Buffalo, New York, Buffalo. The popul ...

in 1986 for final assembly of cars built in Lincoln. In November 2020, Kawasaki Heavy Industries announced that it would spin off some of its businesses, including the rolling stock division from October 2021.

Japan Railways Group

Products produced for the

Japan Railways Group The Japan Railways Group, more commonly known as the or simply JR, consists of seven for-profit stock companies that took over most of the assets and operations of the government-owned Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. Most ...

, or JR Group, include: *

Shinkansen The , colloquially known in English as the bullet train, is a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan. Initially, it was built to connect distant Japanese regions with Tokyo, the capital, to aid economic growth and development. Beyond ...

： All types except N700A series and 800 series * JR / JNR local lines: ** Former JNR: 103 series, 211 series EMUs ** JR Central:

311 series 311 may refer to: * 311 (number), a natural number * AD 311, a year of the Julian calendar, in the fourth century AD * 311 BC, a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar * 311 (band), an American band ** ''311'' (album), band 311's self-titled alb ...

371 series The is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) in Japan between 1991 and 2014. Originally used on '' Asagiri'' limited express services in conjunction with Odakyu Electric Railway, from 2012 ...

383 series The is a tilting DC electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) on the Chūō Main Line, Shinonoi Line and Shinetsu Main Line. The 383 series service the '' Shinano'' limited express services ...

EMUs **

JR East The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters ar ...

: 651 series, 209 series, E231 series, E233 series, E331 series, E501 series, E531 series, 701 series, E721 series EMUs ** JR Hokkaido:

721 series The is an AC electric multiple unit (EMU) operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido) on Sapporo area suburban services in Hokkaido, Japan since 1988. Design The trains were built jointly by Hitachi, JR Hokkaido (Naebo Factory), Kawas ...

, 731 series,

785 series __NOTOC__ Year 785 ( DCCLXXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. The article denomination 785 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent m ...

, 789 series EMUs **

JR West , also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, and ...

281 series 81 may refer to: * 81 (number) * one of the years 81 BC, AD 81, 1981, 2081 * Nickname for the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club. "H" is the eighth letter of the alphabet, and "A" is the first. See also * * List of highways numbered A ''list'' is ...

283 series The is a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR-West) on limited express services on the Kinokuni Line (Kisei Main Line) in Japan. Design Built jointly by Hitachi, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, and ...

285 series The is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated jointly by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) and West Japan Railway Company (JR-West) on the overnight ''Sunrise Izumo'' and ''Sunrise Seto'' limited express services in Japan ...

287 series The is a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR-West) in Japan on limited express services such as the '' Kinosaki'' and '' Kounotori'' from Kyoto and Osaka since 12 March 2011. 287 series EMUs we ...

, 681 series,

683 series The is a dual-voltage electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR-West) and Hokuetsu Express on limited express services in Japan since 2001. Variants * 683-0 series (''Thunderbird'') * 683-1000 series (' ...

, 207 series,

323 series The is a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) on the Osaka Loop Line in Osaka, Japan, since December 2016. The trains replaced the ageing 103 series and 201 series trains. Design The eigh ...

223 series The is a suburban electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR-West) in the Kansai Region, Chūgoku region and Shikoku of Japan. Multiple batches of the train have been built with varying differences (part ...

, 225 series, 227 series,

521 series The is a dual-voltage AC/DC outer-suburban electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and third-sector railway operators IR Ishikawa Railway and Ainokaze Toyama Railway on local services in the Fuk ...

125 series The is a single-car DC electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR-West) on local services in Japan since March 2003. Design The 125 series design is based on the 223-2000 series EMU design, with stainl ...

EMUs, 87 series (KiSaINe 86 type Sleeping cars) Hybrid MU ** JR Shikoku: 5000 series (5000 type cab cars, 5200 type intermediate cars),

8600 series The is a tilting limited express electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku) in Shikoku, Japan, on ''Ishizuchi'' limited express services between and since June 2014, replacing ageing 2000 series ...

EMUs, 2600 series, 2700 series DMUs **

JR Kyushu The , also referred to as , is one of the seven constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It operates intercity rail services within Kyushu, Japan and the JR Kyushu Jet Ferry Beetle hydrofoil service across the Tsushima Stra ...

: JR Kyushu Class DF200-7000 diesel locomotive,

YC1 series The is a hybrid diesel-electric multiple unit (DMU) train type operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) in Japan since 14 March 2020. One two-car train was delivered in June 2018 for testing in preparation for full production and entry in ...

Hybrid MU ** JR Freight: JR Freight Class EF510 electric locomotives, JR Freight Class DF200 diesel locomotives File:C571 SL Yamaguchi 20170506.jpg, JNR class C57 steam locomotive File:JNR EL EF65-86.jpg, JNR class EF65 locomotive File:Freight DF200 105.JPG, class DF200 diesel locomotive File:JNR EC TYPE63 Prototype.jpg, JNR 63 series EMU File:JNR 583 raicho kuhane581-27 osaka.jpg, JNR 583 series sleeping EMU File:JR East GV-E400 Niitsu Station 20200404.jpg, GV-E400 series DMU File:JRC 383 Shinano 201200913.jpg, 383 series tilting EMU File:Shinkansen type 0 Hikari 19890506a.jpg, 0series shinkansen File:Type923-T4.jpg, Doctor Yellow Shinkansen File:JRF-Koki104-2078.jpg, container carrier car koki104

Major private railway corporation

Production for the following

private railway A private railway is a railroad run by a private business entity (usually a corporation but not need be), as opposed to a railroad run by a public sector. Japan In Japan, , commonly simply ''private railway'', refers to a public transit railwa ...

s include: *

Hanshin Electric Railway is a Japanese private railway company of Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group that links Osaka and Kobe. It also owns the Hanshin Tigers baseball team. The first character for Kobe (神戸) and the second character for Osaka is a designated cit ...

* Keihan Electric Railway *

Keihin Electric Express Railway (), also known as or, more recently, , is a private railroad that connects inner Tokyo to Kawasaki, Yokohama, Yokosuka and other points on the Miura Peninsula in Kanagawa Prefecture. It also provides rail access to Haneda Airport in Tokyo. mean ...

* Nishi-Nippon Railroad * Odakyu Electric Railway *

Tokyo Metro The is a major rapid transit system in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo Metro Co. With an average daily ridership of 6.84 million passengers, the Tokyo Metro is the larger of the two subway operators in the city; the other being the Toe ...

File:Hanshin-Series9000-9201.jpg, Hanshin Electric 9000 series EMU File:Keikyu-Type2100-73.jpg, Keihin Electric Railway (Keikyu) 2100 series File:TokyoMetro-16000-01.jpg, Tokyo Metro 16000 series EMU

Other railway companies in Japan

* Hokushin Kyuko Electric Railway (All cars) * Kobe Electric Railway (All cars) * Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company (All cars) * Saitama Railway * Sanyo Electric Railway (All cars) * Semboku Rapid Railway *

Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit The is a railway line in Tokyo, Japan. It is the only line operated by the third-sector company Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit. It connects central Tokyo to the artificial islands of Aomi and Odaiba. The line is served by some trains on th ...

(All cars) *

Osaka Metro The is a major rapid transit system in the Osaka Metropolitan Area of Japan, operated by the Osaka Metro Company, Ltd. It serves the city of Osaka and the adjacent municipalities of Higashiosaka, Kadoma, Moriguchi, Sakai, Suita, and Yao. ...

( 30000 series)

Public transportation bureaus

* Fukuoka City Transportation Bureau * Kobe Municipal Transportation Bureau (All cars) * Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau * Sapporo City Transportation Bureau (All subways, some tramways) * Sendai City Transportation Bureau * Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation *

Yokohama City Transportation Bureau The Yokohama City Transportation Bureau, legally the is the local government administrative agency in charge of public transport services in the city of Yokohama, Japan. Subway operations The Yokohama Municipal Subway consists of the following ...

** 4000 series ** 10000 series File:ST SN5000 20061102 001.jpg, Sapporo Municipal Subway File:Yokohama-City-Subway 10061.jpg, Yokohama Municipal Subway

Monorails & ATGs

Production for

Monorail A monorail (from " mono", meaning "one", and " rail") is a railway in which the track consists of a single rail or a beam. Colloquially, the term "monorail" is often used to describe any form of elevated rail or people mover. More accura ...

s and

Automated guideway transit An automated guideway transit (AGT) or automated fixed-guideway transit or automatic guideway transit system is a type of fixed guideway transit infrastructure with a riding or suspension track that supports and physically guides one or more dr ...

s (ATG) include: * Hiroshima Rapid Transit * Kobe New Transit (All cars) * Kitakyushu Urban Monorail * Okinawa Urban Monorail * Osaka Monorail * Saitama New Urban Transit * Tama Toshi Monorail

Overseas clients

* Chinese Ministry of Railways – Type 6K, Type CRH2 *

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...

MTR The Mass Transit Railway (MTR) is a major public transport network serving :Hong Kong. Operated by the MTR Corporation Limited (MTRCL), it consists of heavy rail, light rail, and feeder bus service centred on a 10-line rapid transit network ...

– SP1900 EMU * Hong Kong MTR Light Rail – Phase II LRV power cabs/trailers * Long Island Rail Road – C-3 bilevel cars, M9/M9A cars * MARC – bilevel commuter cars *

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (abbreviated MBTA and known colloquially as "the T") is the public agency responsible for operating most public transportation services in Greater Boston, Massachusetts. The MBTA transit network i ...

– bilevel commuter cars * New York City Subway – R62, R68A, R110A, R142A,

R143 The R143 is a class of New Technology Train cars built by Kawasaki Rail Car Company for the New York City Subway's B Division. Delivered between 2001 and 2003, the cars displaced R40/As and R42s that operated on the in conjunction with the ...

, R160B, R188, future R211 cars *

Metro-North Railroad Metro-North Railroad , trading as MTA Metro-North Railroad, is a suburban commuter rail service run by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), a public authority of the U.S. state of New York and under contract with the Connecticut ...

– M8, future M9/M9A cars * PATH – PA4 and PA5 cars * Panama Canal Authority – Towing locomotives along with Toyo Denki Seizo K.K. and

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is a Japanese multinational engineering, electrical equipment and electronics corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. MHI is one of the core companies of the Mitsubishi Group and its automobile division is the predecessor of Mitsubishi Moto ...

* Singapore Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) –

C151 The Kawasaki Heavy Industries C151 is the first generation electric multiple unit (EMU) rolling stock in operation on the North South and East West lines of Singapore's Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system, manufactured by a consortium led by Kawas ...

with

Kinki Sharyo is a Japanese manufacturer of railroad vehicles based in Osaka. It is an affiliate company of Kintetsu Corporation. In business since 1920 (as Tanaka Rolling Stock Works) and renamed The Kinki Sharyo Co., Ltd in 1945. They have produced light ...

, Tokyu Car and

Nippon Sharyo , formed in 1896, is a major rolling stock manufacturer based in Nagoya, Japan. In 1996, it abbreviated its name to "日本車両" Nippon Sharyō. Its shortest abbreviation is Nissha "日車". It was a listed company on Nikkei 225 until ...

, C751B with Nippon Sharyo, C151A, C151B,

C151C The Kawasaki Heavy Industries & CRRC Qingdao Sifang C151C is the sixth generation electric multiple unit rolling stock in operation on the North South line of Singapore's Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system, manufactured by a consortium of Kawasa ...

and CT251 with CSR/CRRC Qingdao Sifang *

Keretapi Tanah Melayu Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) (Jawi: كريتاڤي تانه ملايو برحد) or Malayan Railways Limited is the main rail operator in Peninsular Malaysia. The railway system dates back to the British colonial era, when it was firs ...

– Class 24 *

SEPTA The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) is a regional public transportation authority that operates transit bus, bus, rapid transit, commuter rail, light rail, and electric trolleybus services for nearly 4 million people ...

– Broad Street subway Class B-IV cars; LRV Series 9000 and 100 subway–surface/ suburban trolleys *

Taipei Metro Taipei Mass Rapid Transit (MRT), branded as Metro Taipei, is a rapid transit system serving the areas of Taipei and New Taipei in Taiwan, operated by the government-owned Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation, which also operates the Maokong Gondola ...

– C301 with Union Rail Car Partnership, C371 and C381 with Taiwan Rolling Stock Company * Taoyuan Airport MRT – commuter trains with Taiwan Rolling Stock Company,

express trains An express train is a type of passenger train that makes a small number of stops between its origin and destination stations, usually major destinations, allowing faster service than local trains that stop at most or all of the stations along ...

Taiwan High Speed Rail Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) is the high-speed railway of Taiwan consisting of one line that runs approximately along the west coast, from the capital Taipei to the southern city of Kaohsiung. With construction and operations managed by a pr ...

– 700T * Virginia Railway Express – bilevel commuter cars *

Washington Metro The Washington Metro (or simply Metro), formally the Metrorail,Google Books search/preview

– 7000 series cars File:New Lots ShenanigansR62 (3) Train.jpg, A train of Kawasaki R62 subway cars on the 3 service of the New York City Subway File:Exclusa Miraflores Canal de Panama Panorama.jpg, Towing locomotives at Panama Canal File:Kcr lrt 1090+1205.jpg, Hong Kong Light Rail Phase II LRV cab car and trailer File:C371 approaching Platform 2, CKS Meml Hall 20110225.jpg, A C371 train on the

Songshan–Xindian line File:THSR 700T TR17 20130907.jpg, Taiwan Highspeed Rail 700T File:CRH2A-4028 at Pearl River West Bridge (20180924125904).jpg, China CRH2 File:Woodlawn Bound (2).jpg, R142A subway cars on the 4 service of the New York City Subway File:MTA NYC Subway F train arriving at Avenue P.JPG, R160B subway cars on the F service of the New York City Subway File:M8 9101 at New Haven Yard, September 2016.jpg, Metro North Railroad M8 File:WMATA Kawaski Consists on the Green Line at Fort Totten.jpg, Washington Metro 7000 series

References

External links

Rolling Stock official webpage

Official website
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