Kinki Sharyo

Kinki Sharyo Co., Ltd. (近畿車輛株式会社, Kinki Sharyō kabushiki gaisha) is a Japanese manufacturer of railroad vehicles based in Osaka. It is an affiliate company of Kintetsu Corporation. In business since 1920 as Tanaka Rolling Stock Works, and renamed The Kinki Sharyo Co., Ltd in 1945, they produce rolling stock for numerous transportation agencies, ranging from Shinkansen high-speed trains to light rail vehicles. Kinki Sharyo is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange as TYO: 7122.

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Kinki Sharyo Co., Ltd.

Native name	近畿車輛株式会社
Romanized name	Kinki Sharyō kabushiki gaisha
Company type	Public
Traded as	TYO: 7122
Industry	Rolling stock manufacturing
Founded	December 19, 1920 (1920-12-19)
Headquarters	Osaka , Japan
Key people	Itsuo Morishita (President)
Number of employees	1,000
Parent	Kintetsu Group Holdings Co. 14.2% direct ownership another 30.4% through Kintetsu Railway, held as investment trust managed by MTBJ
Website	www.kinkisharyo.co.jp/english/

Kinki Sharyo also produces steel doors, known as the KJ series, for public housing in Japan.

LRTA Line 1 Manila, Philippines
- LRTA Class 1200
Railway Transportation in the United States
- VTA San Jose
  Unnamed Low Floor LRV – Santa Clara County, California
- Green Line (MBTA) Type 7 Light Rail Vehicle – Boston, Massachusetts
- HB Series (informal name) low-floor light rail vehicle – Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Newark & Hudson County, New Jersey^[5]
- Super LRV (semi-formal name for rebuilt product) – Dallas, Texas
  DART Dallas
- Kinkisharyo-Mitsui LF LRV – Sound Transit Link light rail, Seattle, Washington
- Valley Metro Rail LF LRV – Phoenix, Arizona (entered service 2008)
- LFX-300 – marketed as AmeriTRAM™^[6] and tested on Charlotte Area Transit System network in 2011.
- P3010 – LA Metro, Los Angeles, California
- Refurbishment of the Hitachi Rail CQ311 used by MARTA
- Refurbishment of the AnsaldoBreda P2550 used by LA Metro
Cairo Metro
- M, N1 and N2 Cars for No.1 Line
- M, N1,N2 and T Cars for No.2 Line
KCR in Hong Kong (merged with MTR in 2007)
- EMU SP1900/SP1950
- KTT passenger coaches for Guangdong Through Train
  - T1 Premium Class bi-level Coaches
  - T2 First Class bi-level Coaches
Ferrocarriles Argentinos
- EMU Linea Roca Argentina
  Sub-urban "Toshiba" EMUs of Buenos Aires, Argentina (with Toshiba's electrical equipments)
  - For Sarmiento Line
  - For Mitre Line
  - For Urquiza Line
  - For Roca Line
JR Group
- Shinkansen (West Japan Railway)
  - Lineup of JR West Shinkansen trains, October 2008
    W7 Series Shinkansen
  - N700 Series Shinkansen
  - 700 Series (Rail-Star) Shinkansen
  - 500 Series Shinkansen
  - 100 Series (Grand Hikari) Shinkansen
- Shinkansen (Central Japan Railway)
  - 300 Series Shinkansen
  - 100 Series Shinkansen
- Shinkansen (Kyushu Railway)
  - N700 Series Shinkansen
- JR Central
  - 313 series – Central Japan Railway Suburban Electric Train
- JR East
  - E257 series – East Japan Railway Limited Express
- JR West
  - 223 series – West Japan Railway Suburban Electric Train
  - 225 series – West Japan Railway Suburban Electric Train
  - 227 series – West Japan Railway Suburban Electric Train
  - 271 series – West Japan Railway limited express train
  - 273 series – West Japan Railway limited express train
  - 287 series – West Japan Railway limited express train
  - 285 series – West Japan Railway and Central Japan Railway Electric Sleeping car
  - 321 series – West Japan Railway Commuter Electric Train
  - 323 series – West Japan Railway Commuter Electric Train
  - 681 series – West Japan Railway Company and Hokuetsu Express Limited Express
  - 683 series – West Japan Railway Limited Express
  - 87 series (KiITe 87, KiSaINe 86-501, KiRa 86, KiShi 86) – West Japan Railway Diesel Sleeping car
- JR Shikoku
  - 7000 series – Shikoku Railway Suburban Electric Train
  - 1500 series – Shikoku Railway Diesel Train
- JR Kyushu
  - 303 series – Kyushu Railway Commuter Electric Train
  - 813 series – Kyushu Railway Suburban Electric Train
Private Railways in Japan
- Kintetsu Railway
  - Double decker cars "Vista Car" – Kintetsu
  - 21020 series – Limited Express Electric Train "Urban Liner Next"
  - 23000 series – Limited Express Electric Train "Ise-Shima Liner"
  - 22600 series/16600 Series – Limited Express Electric Train "Ace"
  - 50000 series – Limited Express Electric Train "Shimakaze"
    Kinki Sharyo built Kintetsu 50000 series EMU
  - 3220, 5820, 6820, 9020 and 9820 Series – "Series 21" Commuter Electric Car
- Hanshin Electric Railway
  - 1000 series – Commuter Train
  - 5700 series – Commuter Train
- Nankai Electric Railway
  - 8300 series – Commuter Train
- Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway
  - 9000 series – Electric Train
Municipal Railways in Japan
- Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau
  - 10 series – Subway train for the Karasuma Line
  - 20 series – Subway train for the Karasuma Line
  - 50 series – Subway train for the Tozai Line
- Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau / Osaka Metro
  - 22 series – Subway Cars
  - 80 series – Linear Motor Subway Cars for Imazatosuji Line
  - 30000 series – Subway Cars for Tanimachi Line and Midosuji Line
- Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation
  - 5300 series – Subway Cars for the Toei Asakusa Line
- Tokyo Metro
  - 05 series – Tokyo Metro for Tozai Line and Chiyoda Line (Ayase Branch)
- Hiroshima Electric Railway
  - LF LRV 5100 series
- Sendai City Transportation Bureau
  - 2000 series – Sendai Subway for Tozai Line
- Fukuoka Municipal Transportation Bureau
  - 2000 series – Stainless Steel Electric Train
    Builder's plate of Kinki Sharyo
Prototype(s)
- Smart BEST hybrid Battery electric multiple unit

Clients

North America

United States

Asia

Japan

Africa

Australia

South America

Products

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