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Kinki Sharyo

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Kinki Sharyo Co., Ltd.
Native name
近畿車輛株式会社
Kinki Sharyō kabushiki gaisha
Company typePublic
TYO: 7122
IndustryRolling stock manufacturing
FoundedDecember 19, 1920 (1920-12-19)
Headquarters,
Japan
Key people
Itsuo Morishita (President)
Number of employees
1,000
ParentKintetsu Group Holdings Co.
Websitewww.kinkisharyo.co.jp/english/

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.

Kinki Sharyo manufacturer's plate on a C151 Train from Singapore MRT

Clients

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North America

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Kinki Sharyo Type 7 on the MBTA Green Line (Boston, MA)

Japan

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Asia

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Hong Kong MTR SP1900 at Tai Wai
Singapore C151 Train on the Singapore MRT

Elsewhere

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Products

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

See also

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References

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