CRRC Tangshan Co., Ltd., is a manufacturer of

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located in

Tangshan Tangshan () is a coastal, industrial prefecture-level city in the northeast of Hebei province. It is located in the eastern part of Hebei Province and the northeastern part of the North China Plain. It is located in the central area of the Boha ...

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province,

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. While

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built mainline steam locomotives until 1988, Tangshan built steam for industrial use until 1999, becoming the last works in the world to build steam for non-tourist use.

History

The predecessor of the subsidiary, Tangshan Locomotive and Rolling Stock Works was founded before the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949. It was nationalized and remaining as an entity of the

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until 2002, when it was a manufacturing facility of (LORIC). In 2002, LORIC was split into

CNR Group China Northern Locomotive & Rolling Stock Industry (Group) Corporation commonly known as CNR Group was a Chinese locomotive and rolling stock manufacturer, and later holding company of China CNR. CNR Group merged with CSR Group in 2015 to form CRRC ...

and

CSR Group CSR Group Corporation formerly known as China South Locomotive and Rolling Stock Industry (Group) Corporation (abbreviation: CSRG), was a Chinese locomotive and rolling stock manufacturer. In 2007, the major assets of the group was spin-off and f ...

, which Tangshan works belonged to the former due to geographical location. CNR Group and CSR Group also belonged to newly established State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, another department of the

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. Due to the

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, the assets of the works was injected to a newly incorporated subsidiary, which was known as Tangshan Railway Vehicle Co., Ltd.. In November 2005, CNR Group signed a 669 million euro agreement with

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under CEO

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that gave them access to the

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jewels of the latter. The first of these trains were to run in 2008 on the

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route. Only the first three of 60 trains were to be built in Germany. The balance were built at the plant which is now named CRRC Tangshan. After the merger of CSR and CNR to

CRRC CRRC Corporation Limited (known as CRRC) is a Chinese state-owned and publicly traded rolling stock manufacturer. It is the world's largest rolling stock manufacturer in terms of revenue, eclipsing its major competitors of Alstom and Siemens. It ...

, the subsidiary also renamed to , known as just CRRC Tangshan Co., Ltd. in English.

Products

Steam locomotives

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own Tangshan steam locomotives - The New York, Susquehanna and Western Technical and Historical Society (on the

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) and the Valley Railroad

Diesel locomotives

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Passenger coaches

*25B *25G *25K *25T

Multiple units

* TSD09 * CRH3, Chinese version of the

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train set * Two DMUs using

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transmissions for suburban use with

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. * 20 DMU for Bangladesh (2011) * :es:Unidad de tren diésel CNR for

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* High-speed freight train

Metro

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line 1 *

Fuzhou Metro The Fuzhou Metro () is a rapid transit system in Fuzhou Metropolitan Area, Fujian Province, China. The first line was planned to open in 2014. Due to the construction difficulties and accidental archaeologic finding, the southern section () was de ...

line 1 *

Shijiazhuang Metro Shijiazhuang Metro (; branded as SJZ Metro) is a rapid transit system in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, China. Network Line 1 Line 1, opened on 26 June 2017. It is 34.3 kilometers in length with 26 underground stations. Line 2 Line 2, opene ...

line 1 *

Xiamen Metro Xiamen Metro, officially branded as AMTR (Amoy Transit Rail, formerly Across Mass Transit Railway), is a rapid transit system serving Xiamen, Fujian, China. Line 1 began operation on 31 December 2017. Line 2 began operation on 25 December 201 ...

Intercity commuter rail

* CRHCJ-2 * CRHCJ-3

Regional rail

* Bi-Level cars for RTM in Montreal, Canada

LRV

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licensed from

Mobility *

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, Turkey * Trams in İzmir

Maglev

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Medium-low Speed Maglev

References

External links

* CRRC Group {{PRChina-rail-transport-stub