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Woojin Industrial Systems
South Korean rolling stock manufacturer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Woojin Industrial Systems (Korean: 우진산전) is a South Korean manufacturer of rolling stock including metro, electric bus, peoplemover and monorail vehicles. Its main business is the development of rolling stocks and their core electrical components.[3]
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History
Woojin Industrial Systems was founded in 1974.
In 2011, the company established a local corporation and production plant in Los Angeles, and has since supplied broadcasting display devices, driver cabin devices, and auxiliary power devices to the Washington, Oregon, Massachusetts, and Utah Department of Transportation.[4]
In 2016, the company entered the electric bus sector.[5] In 2024, an electric bus factory capable of producing 1,500 buses per year was completed in Gimcheon, North Gyeongsang Province.[6]
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Railway products
Rolling stock
Electric multiple units
- South Korea
- Korail Class 312000[7]
- Korail Class 3000[7]
- Seoul Metro 5000 series[7]
- Seoul Metro 7000 series[7]
- Seoul Metro 8000 series[7]
Diesel multiple units
Peoplemovers / Rubber-tyred metro
Monorails
- South Korea – Daegu Metro Class 3000 (straddle-beam monorail, with components supplied by Hitachi Rail)
Core and auxiliary electrical components
- Philippines – Manila LRT LRTA 2000 class
- Provision of new train propulsion and monitoring systems for three trainsets[9]
- Taiwan – Taiwan Railway EMU500 trains
- Provision of new static inverters for upgrade of 63 trainsets (sub-contracted by Mitsubishi Electric)[10]
Major train refurbishment
- Malaysia – KTM Class 83
- Refurbishment of 16 trainsets[11]
- United States – LA Metro Breda A650 trains
- Refurbishment of 74 trainsets[12]
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Electric buses
Woojin Apollo is a plug-in electric low-floor bus series. It was first unveiled at the 2017 Daegu International Future Auto Expo held at EXCO in Daegu, and is produced at the Ochang Plant in Cheongju City, North Chungcheong Province.
An electric bus smart factory has been in operation at the Industrial Complex in Gimcheon City since 2024. The company has been mass producing electric buses at the factory since the second half of 2024, and plans to invest about 40 billion won in 2025 to produce more than 1,500 units per year.[13]
In South Korea, the factory is the second largest in terms of production capacity, following Hyundai Motor Company, the country's other bus manufacturer.[13]
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