CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles explained

CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd.
Native Name:	Chinese: 中车长春轨道客车股份有限公司
Type:	State-owned Company
Former Names:	CNR Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd. (1954–2015)
Location City:	Changchun, Jilin
Location Country:	China
Locations:	Hefei, Wuhan, Chongqing, Xi'an, Nanchang, Huhhot, Shanghai, Jinhua
Industry:	Rail transport
Parent:	China CNR (1954–2015) CRRC (2015–)

CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd. is a Chinese rolling stock manufacturer and a division of the CRRC. While the CRV emerged in 2002, the company's roots date back to the establishment of the Changchun Car Company in 1954. The company became a division of CNR Corporation before its merger with CSR to form the present CRRC. It has produced a variety of rolling stock for customers in China and abroad, including locomotives, passenger cars, multiple units, rapid transit and light rail vehicles. It has established technology transfer partnerships with several foreign railcar manufacturers, including Bombardier Transportation, Alstom, and Siemens Mobility.

Joint Ventures

In 2004 Alstom won the first high speed train contract in China, supporting CRRC to build 60 CRH5 high speed trains.^[1]

In November 2016, CRRC won the contract to build the High Capacity Metro Train for the Melbourne suburban train network, as part of Evolution Rail, a public–private partnership including the Downer Group and the Plenary Group.

Changchun Alstom Railway Vehicles Co. Ltd. (CARC)

In 1996, CRRC and Adtranz (later Bombardier Transportation then Alstom) established a joint venture. Since 2000, CARC has built cars for domestic use in Shanghai Metro, Guangzhou Metro, Shenzhen Metro and since 2015 exported trains for Singapore's Mass Rapid Transit (MRT).

Clients and products

Note: the information below is based on CNR Changchun Simplified Chinese website.^[2]

Domestic

• China Railway
  • Type 25Z AC high-speed passenger cars
  • NZJ2 "Shenzhou" Double Deck DMU
  • "Jinlun" Double Deck DMU
  • SYZ25 “Lushan” Double-deck DMU
  • Type SYZ25B AC Double Deck Coach
  • China Railways CRH3 High Speed Trains - with Tangshan Railway Vehicle and based on the Siemens Velaro platform
  • China Railways CRH5 High Speed Trains - based on Alstom's New Pendolino ETR 600
  • China Railways CRHCJ-1
  • CR400BF
  • China Railways CRHCJ-5
• Beijing Subway (Line 1, Line 2, Line 5, Line 6, Line 9, Line 10, Line 13, Line 14, Line 15, Line 16, Yizhuang line, Fangshan line, Yanfang line and Airport Express)
• Tianjin Metro (Line 1, Line 9)
• Shenzhen Metro (Line 1, Line 2, Line 3, Line 5, Line 7, Line 9) licensed from Bombardier Transportation
• Chongqing Rail Transit
  • monorail cars for Line 2 and Line 3 with Hitachi
  • heavy-rail cars for Line 1 & Line 6
• Guangzhou Metro - Movia metro cars licensed from Bombardier Transportation
• Wuhan Metro Type B cars (Line 1, Line 2, Line 3)
• Optics Valley Traffic System LRV in Wuhan - 100 cars
• Shanghai Metro (Line 3, Line 4, Line 6, Line 7, Line 8, Line 9, Line 12, Line 17)^[3] licensed from Bombardier Transportation
• All Changchun Rail Transit metro and light rail trains
• Shenyang Metro (Line 1)
• Shenyang Modern Tram
• Guangfo Metro (Line 1)
• Xi'an Metro (Line 2)
• Harbin Metro
• Nanchang Metro (Line 1, Line 2)
• Chengdu Metro (Line 3, Line 4)
• Lanzhou Metro (Line 1)

Export

• Pyongyang Metro (North Korea) - DK4 (archived)
• Tehran Metro (Iran) - Line 1 and Line 4
• Colombia: Teamed with Bombardier to supply metro cars and equipment to Bogotá Metro^[4]
• Passenger cars for Sri Lanka
• BTS Skytrain
  • Silom line 17 4-car sets (Bangkok, Thailand)
  • Sukhumvit line 24 4-car sets for the north extensions in Sukhumvit Line (Bangkok, Thailand)
• Mashhad Light Rail (Iran)
• Mecca Metro and Al Mashaaer Al Mugaddassah Metro Southern Line (Saudi Arabia)^[5]
• Hong Kong MTR
  • Urban Lines C-train (8-car sets for Kwun Tong line, 3-car variant for South Island line)
  • TML C-train (8-car sets for Tuen Ma line)
• Passenger cars for Argentina
• Sydney Trains (Australia) - A & B-set double-deck EMUs (final assembly by Downer Rail's Cardiff Locomotive Workshops)^[6]
• Rio de Janeiro Metro (Brazil) - Line 1A metro cars
• SuperVia (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) - Commuter EMUs
• Buenos Aires Underground (Argentina) - Buenos Aires Underground 200 Series for Line A
• Addis Ababa Light Rail (Ethiopia)
• The following are built at the Springfield, Massachusetts factory:
  • Red and Orange line cars for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)
  • Double-deck car for SEPTA Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
  • HR4000 cars for Los Angeles Metro Rail B and D lines
• Tel Aviv (Israel) - Red Line for NTA
• Metro Trains Melbourne (Australia) - High Capacity Metro Trains (final assembly at Newport Workshops, Melbourne)^{[7] [8]}
• Double-deck passenger cars for Iran
• Passenger cars for Pakistan
• Passenger cars for Bangladesh
• KiwiRail (New Zealand) - 50 passenger car bogies
• MRT (Singapore)
  • Bombardier Movia C951/C951A cars for Downtown line with Bombardier Transportation (owned by Land Transport Authority and operated by SBS Transit)
  • Alstom Movia R151 cars for North South line & East West line with Alstom, initially Bombardier (owned by Land Transport Authority and operated by SMRT Trains)
• Express Rail Link (Malaysia)^{[9] [10] [11] [12]}
  • 2 trainsets of 4-car CRRC Equator EMU for KLIA Ekspres
  • 4 trainsets of 4-car CRRC Equator EMU for KLIA Transit
• Columbia Bogota Metro Line 1
• Columbia Bogota Western RegioTram

References

Literature

Notes and References

1. Web site: Alstom in China.
2. Web site: 长春轨道客车股份有限公司 . 2010-05-26 . 2011-07-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110707015139/http://www.cccar.com.cn/product_intro.asp?nlid=59 . dead .
3. News: Bombardier to supply 246 Movia cars for Shanghai Line 12. 2009-12-18. Railway Gazette International. 2010-03-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20110616034610/http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view//bombardier-to-supply-246-movia-cars-for-shanghai-line-12.html. 2011-06-16. dead.
4. Web site: Chan. D. M.. 2019-10-21. Chinese firms team up for Colombia subway. 2020-07-05. Asia Times. en-US.
5. News: Makkah metro contracts signed. 2009-06-24. Railway Gazette International. 2010-03-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20100228180304/http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/makkah-metro-contracts-signed.html. 2010-02-28. dead.
6. http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/australia-nz/nsw-orders-more-waratah-emus-for-sydney.html NSW orders more Waratah EMUs for Sydney
7. http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/1100-jobs-with-65-new-trains-built-in-victoria-for-victoria/ 1,100 Jobs with 65 New Trains Built in Victoria, For Victoria
8. http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/traction-rolling-stock/single-view/view/evolution-rail-to-supply-melbourne-high-capacity-emus.html Evolution Rail to supply Melbourne high capacity EMUs
9. Express Rail Link & Changchun Railway Ink Agreement for Purchase of New Trains . prnewswire.com . 2014-11-27.
10. Web site: Express Rail Link signs deal for six new trains. globalairrail.com. 2014-11-26. 2017-12-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20171215054030/https://www.globalairrail.com/news/entry/express-rail-link-signs-deal-for-six-new-trains. dead.
11. Web site: China's rail carmaker to supply Malaysia with six trains . usa.chinadaily.com.cn/ . 2014-11-26.
12. Web site: ERL buys 6 new trains from China's CRC . myrapid.com.my . 2014-11-26.