Japan Transport Engineering Company is a manufacturer of heavy rail cars in Japan, formerly known as Tokyu Car Corporation. The company is based in Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, and a member of East Japan Railway Company 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 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, 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 will be sold to ShinMaywa Industries.
Name after selling divisions
On 2 April 2012, divisions were sold and renamed.
JR East acquired:
* New Tokyu Car Corporation - Name changed to Japan Transport Engineering Company
** Tokyu Car Engineering Corporation - Name changed to J-TREC Design & Service Company
** Keihin Steel Works Corporation
ShinMaywa acquired:
* Tokyu Car SPV Corporation - Name changed to Toho Car Corporation
** Tokyu Car Service Corporation - Name changed to Toho Car Service Corporation
* New Tokyu Parking Corporation - Name changed to Tokyo Engineering Systems Corporation
** Tokyu Parking Systems Corporation - Name changed to Tokyo Parking Systems Corporation
Products
Besides railway rolling stock, Tokyu Car also manufactured special duty motor vehicles, which was sold to ShinMaywa. Some Tokyu Car projects:
Iarnród Éireann/Irish Rail Commuter, both 2600 Class and fleet expansion 2800 Class. with Mitsui
Iarnród Éireann/Irish Rail InterCity fleet replacement. Tokyu Car was the bogie supplier for a fleet of high specialist 22000 Class DMUs capable of 160 km/h operation. These rolled out between 2007 and 2011 and operate services on all Irish Rail routes, except key Cork-Dublin Express services operated by CAF built Mark 4 push-pull trains capable of 200 km/h operation but run at 160 km/h at present and the Dublin-Belfast Enterprise operated by De Dietrich built push-pull stock limited to 145 km/h operating speeds. The lead contractor was Mitsui. Coaches were built by Rotem and specialist diesel-hydraulic power packs were built by MTU Friedrichshafen and Voith.
