Taiwan Rolling Stock Company (TRSC) is a rail vehicle company. TRSC is located in Hukou, Hsinchu County, near

Xinfeng railway station Xinfeng railway station () is a railway station located in Xinfeng Township, Hsinchu County, Taiwan. It is located on the West Coast line and is operated by Taiwan Railways. History The railway station building was completed on 30 October 18 ...

. It was previously a rolling stock production division of

Tang Eng Iron Works Tang Eng Iron Works () is a steelmaking company in Taiwan. Its headquarters is in Siaogang District of Kaohsiung. History The company was established by in May 1940. It was once the largest steel company in the Japanese-ruled Taiwan. It transfo ...

before 2002. After

privatization Privatization (also privatisation in British English) can mean several different things, most commonly referring to moving something from the public sector into the private sector. It is also sometimes used as a synonym for deregulation when ...

, the company received several orders from

Taiwan Railways Administration Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) is a railway operator in Taiwan. It is an agency of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, responsible for managing, maintaining, and running conventional passenger and freight railway services ...

and also

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 ...

. For example, some vehicles (type C371, C381) of the Taipei Metro system were built by TRSC. TRSC cooperated with

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 ...

in several products, such as DHL100, Alishan Forest locomotive, EMU700, EMU800. There was a dispute regarding the EMU800 at its beginning stage. The brake system differed from specifications because the supplier made a mistake on the type of brake system. After the dispute was solved, the TRSC started to deliver EMU800 trains to the

. On 29 May 2015, the TRSC delivered the 37th train to TRA, which marks a milestone of Taiwanese rail-vehicle industry. Furthermore, the TRSC is anticipated to be the future of manufacturing industry. In recent years, TRSC cooperated with Voith Engineering Services for the Danhai Light Rail Transit system. On 26 August 2015, TRSC got additional order of EMU800. The total number of this order is 48 cars. TRSC is now owned by China Steel Corporation since 2015. TRSC's products range from locomotives, cabs, EMUs, trams and it receives more and more orders from customers. It is one of the only companies that can design, manufacture and maintain rolling stock in Taiwan (some freight wagons are built and maintained by another company in DaHu near LuZhu in the North of Kaohsiung).

Products

* Taiwan Railways EMU1200 * Alishan Forest Locomotive 7th generation * DHL100 * Taiwan Railways EMU700 (with

) *

Taipei Metro C371 The Taipei Metro C371 is the fourth generation of heavy-capacity rolling stock used on the Taipei Metro in Taipei, Taiwan. Built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Taiwan Rolling Stock Company between 2005 and 2009, it was introduced on the Xindian ...

(with Kawasaki) *

Taipei Metro C381 The Taipei Metro C381 is the fifth and the latest generation of heavy-capacity electric multiple units on the Taipei Metro in Taipei, Taiwan. They are designed to increase the capacity of the expanded network with the opening of the Xinyi and S ...

(with Kawasaki) * Taoyuan Airport MRT commuter EMU (with Kawasaki) * Taiwan Railways EMU800 (with

) * Danhai LRV

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Taiwanese companies established in 2002 Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 2002 Manufacturing companies of Taiwan Rolling stock manufacturers of Taiwan

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