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is the

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manufacturing subsidiary of

Kawasaki Heavy Industries (or simply Kawasaki) is a Japanese Public company, public multinational corporation manufacturer of motorcycles, engines, Heavy equipment (construction), heavy equipment, aerospace and Military, defense equipment, rolling stock and ships, headq ...

. 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

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. 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 ...

produces fully completed cars and "knocked down" cars. Because of substantial sales to the

New York City Subway The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the government of New York City and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, an affiliate agency of the state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Opened on October ...

and various commuter lines, an additional assembly plant was established in

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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, 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 l ...

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

JR Central is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu (Nagoya) region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and in Japanese as JR Tōkai ( ja, JR東海, links=no). ''Tōkai'' is a reference to the geographical r ...

: 311 series,

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 2 ...

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 service ...

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 The is an electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter train type operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in the Tokyo area of Japan since 1993. The series was introduced in 1992 for experimental operations (as the 901 series) and in 1993 fo ...

, E231 series,

E233 series The is a commuter and suburban electric multiple unit (EMU) train type developed by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) from the earlier E231 series and the E531 series design. The first train was introduced in December 2006 for use on the C ...

, E331 series, E501 series, E531 series,

701 series 7 (seven) is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8. It is the only prime number preceding a cube (algebra), cube. As an early prime number in the series of positive integers, the number seven has greatly symbolic associations in religion ...

E721 series The is an AC electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) on services in the Sendai area of Japan since February 2007. Variants * E721-0 series 2-car sets, since February 2007 * E721-500 series ...

EMUs **

JR Hokkaido The is one of the constituent companies of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group), and is often referred to using its official abbreviation of . It operates intercity and local rail services in Hokkaido, Japan. The company introduced Kitaca, a sm ...

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, 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 i ...

: 281 series,

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, 287 series, 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, 225 series, 227 series, 521 series,

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 Str ...

: 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 railway o ...

s include: * Hanshin Electric Railway * Keihan Electric Railway * Keihin Electric Express Railway * Nishi-Nippon Railroad *

Odakyu Electric Railway , commonly known as Odakyū, is a major railway company based in Tokyo, Japan, best known for its '' Romancecar'' series of limited express trains from Tokyo to Odawara, Enoshima, Tama New Town, and Hakone. The Odakyu Electric Railway Compa ...

* Tokyo Metro 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 The is a line of Kobe Municipal Subway connecting Tanigami in Kita-ku, Kobe and Shin-Kobe in Chūō-ku, Kobe. The line has only these two stations. Formerly operated by the third-sector Hokushin Kyuko Railway (a subsidiary of Hankyu railway) ...

(All cars) *

Kobe Electric Railway , often called , is a Japanese private railway company in Kobe and surrounding cities. It is a subsidiary of Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group. Lines * Arima Line ( Minatogawa - Arima Onsen is an onsen, or hot springs in Kita-ku, Kobe, Japan. T ...

(All cars) *

Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company The is a third-sector railway operating company in Japan. It was established on 15 March 1991 to construct the 58.3 km Tsukuba Express (then known as the ''Jōban Shinsen'') commuter railway line from in Tokyo to in Ibaraki Prefecture ...

(All cars) *

Saitama Railway The is a mostly underground rapid transit line in Japan operated by the third sector operating company Saitama Railway Corporation. Funded by Saitama Prefecture, local municipal governments, and Tokyo Metro, it forms a continuation of the Toky ...

Sanyo Electric Railway is a Japanese private railway operating company based in western Hyōgo Prefecture. It runs local and express rail service between Himeji and Kobe, and also connects directly with Hanshin Main Line to Osaka. Although the Hanshin Electric R ...

(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 ...

(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 The serves Fukuoka, Japan. It consists of three subway lines, the Kūkō, or Airport Line, the Hakozaki Line and the Nanakuma Line). The lines are operated by the Fukuoka City Transportation Bureau. Unlike most other public operators in Japan ...

* Kobe Municipal Transportation Bureau (All cars) * Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau *

Sapporo City Transportation Bureau Sapporo City Transportation Bureau (札幌市交通局, ''Sapporo-shi Kōtsū-kyoku'') is a public organization of transportation in Sapporo, Japan. The organization operates subways and a tram. It was founded in 1927, when the city took private ...

(All subways, some tramways) *

Sendai City Transportation Bureau is a public transport organization in Sendai, Japan. The organization operates subways and buses within the city. It was founded in 1926. Transport * Sendai City Bus **Sendai Airport bus (Discontinued in 2007) **Loople Sendai (A circle line for ...

Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation The , also known as , is a bureau of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government which operates public transport services in Tokyo. Among its services, the Toei Subway is one of two rapid transit systems which make up the Tokyo subway system, the othe ...

* Yokohama City Transportation Bureau **

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** 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 accurat ...

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 The , also known as , is a monorail line serving the cities of Naha and Urasoe, Okinawa, Japan. Operated by , it opened on 10 August 2003, and is the only public rail system in Okinawa Prefecture. Yui Rail is the first rail line on Okinaw ...

Osaka Monorail The is a monorail system in northern Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by . At long, it is the second longest monorail system in the world after the Chongqing Monorail and the longest monorail system in Japan. It links the three campuses o ...

* Saitama New Urban Transit *

Tama Toshi Monorail The , also referred to as the Tama Monorail, is a monorail system in Western Tokyo. Operated by the Tokyo Tama Intercity Monorail Co., Ltd., the double tracked, 16.0 km monorail line carries passengers between the suburban cities of Higash ...

Overseas clients

* Chinese Ministry of Railways – Type 6K, Type

CRH2 The CRH2 Hexie (simplified Chinese: 和谐号; traditional Chinese: 和諧號; pinyin: Héxié Hào; literally: "Harmony") is one of the high-speed train models in China. The CRH2 is based on the E2-1000 Series Shinkansen design from Japan wi ...

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 List of cities in China, city and Special administrative regions of China, special ...

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 The Long Island Rail Road , often abbreviated as the LIRR, is a commuter rail system in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of New York, stretching from Manhattan to the eastern tip of Suffolk County on Long Island. With an average week ...

– C-3 bilevel cars, M9/M9A cars *

MARC Marc or MARC may refer to: People * Marc (given name), people with the first name * Marc (surname), people with the family name Acronyms * MARC standards, a data format used for library cataloging, * MARC Train, a regional commuter rail system of ...

– 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 ...

– bilevel commuter cars *

– R62, R68A, R110A, R142A, R143, 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 Connectic ...

– 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 ...

* Singapore Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) – C151 with Kinki Sharyo,

Tokyu Car is a manufacturer of heavy rail cars in Japan, formerly known as . 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 Cor ...

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 2 ...

C751B The Kawasaki Heavy Industries & Nippon Sharyo C751B is the third generation electric multiple unit rolling stock in operation on the North South and East West lines of Singapore's Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system since early 2000, manufactur ...

with Nippon Sharyo, C151A, C151B, C151C and CT251 with CSR/CRRC Qingdao Sifang * Keretapi Tanah Melayu – Class 24 *

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

–

Broad Street subway The Broad Street Line (BSL), also known as the Broad Street subway (BSS), Orange Line, or Broad Line, is a subway line owned by the city of Philadelphia and operated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA). The line ru ...

Class B-IV cars; LRV Series 9000 and 100 subway–surface/ suburban trolleys * Taipei Metro – 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 * Taiwan High Speed Rail – 700T *

Virginia Railway Express Virginia Railway Express (VRE) is a commuter rail service that connects outlying small cities of Northern Virginia to Union Station in Washington, D.C. It operates two lines which run during weekday rush hour only: the Fredericksburg Line fro ...

– 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

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 Taipei Metro 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

File:MTA NYC Subway F train arriving at Avenue P.JPG, R160B subway cars on the F service of the

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

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