Tokyu Car Corporation
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Tokyu Car Corporation (東急車輛製造 Tokyū Sharyō-seizō?) is a manufacturer of heavy rail cars in Japan. The company is based in Kanazawa Ward, Yokohama, Japan, and a member of Tokyu Group : Tokyo Kyuko Electric Railway. A licencee under Budd Company for stainless steel body manufacturing of Tokyu Series 7000.
[edit] Products
Tokyu manufacturers railway rolling stock and special duty motor vehicles (dump trucks, trailers and vans).
- Metro Rail LRV
- Boston LRV (with Boeing)
- Metro-North Commuter Railroad M4 EMU car
- Shinkansen EMU Cars
- JR East E231 series EMU rail cars
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries C151 Cars with Nippon Sharyo and Kinki Sharyo
[edit] Organization
Management of Tokyu consist of:
- Chairman - Takahisa Tozawa
- President - Takeo Momose
- Vice President - Yasuo Yasujima
- Senior Managing Director - Toshihiro Maruko
- Senior Managing Director - Masayuki Takanashi
Tokyu has supplied LRV cars to Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority's Metro Rail operations and other transit authorities around the world.
