Tokyu Car Corporation (東急車輛製造 Tōkyū 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. Tokyu Car manufactures rail vehicles not only for Tokyu Corporation but for other Japanese operators, including various Japan Railways Group companies and international operators as well.
Tokyu Car Corporation was a licencee of early-generation (early-1960s) 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 will 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 subsidaries of JR East. The remaining parts and machinery manufacturing division will be sold to ShinMaywa Industries.[1][2]
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Besides railway rolling stock, Tokyu car also manufactures special duty motor vehicles (such as dump trucks, trailers and vans).
Some Tokyu Car projects:
Management of Tokyu consist of: