Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Works

Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Works
株洲电力机车
Limited liability company
Industry Locomotive and rolling stock manufacturing
Predecessor Zhuzhou Electric Lomocomotive Works (1936)
CSR Group Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co., Ltd. (2005)
Founded 1936
Headquarters Tianxin Subdistrict, Shifeng District, Zhuzhou, People's Republic of China
Owner Majority state owned via China South Locomotive and Rolling Stock Industry (Group) Corporation
Parent China South Locomotive & Rolling Stock Corporation Limited
Website CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive

Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co., Ltd. is one of the major electric locomotive manufacturers in China. It is one of the subsidiary companies of CSR Corporation Limited.

History

6Y1-0001 rolled out in 1958 as the first mainline electric locomotive of China

Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Works was founded in 1936.[1][2]

In 2005 Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Works was formed into CSR Group Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co., Ltd. (as part of the China South Locomotive and Rolling Stock Industry (Group) Corporation CSRG). In December 2007 it was renamed CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co., Ltd.[3]

Joint ventures

Siemens Traction Equipment Ltd. (STEZ), Zhuzhou China, is a joint venture between Siemens, Zhuzhou CSR Times Electric Co., Ltd. (TEC) and CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co which produces AC drive electric locomotives and AC locomotive traction components.[4]

In September 2012, CSR Zhuzhou agreed to build a factory at Batu Gajah in Malaysia.[5]

Products

HXD1D-1898, the Zhuzhou-built locomotive named after Zhou Enlai, entered service in May 2015
The MŽ 411 electric multiple unit built for Macedonian Railways
Shanghai Metro AC05 is the first Zhuzhou-built metro car model

It also has different joint ventures established with Siemens AG' Siemens Transportation Systems to build metro cars for the Guangzhou Metro Line 3, and to deliver 180 new HXd1 BoBo+BoBo EuroSprinter-based freight locomotives.

References

  1. ↑ CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Works (Gofront) , www.chinadaily.com.cn
  2. ↑ CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Company Limited - Introduction Archived March 3, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. www.gofront.com
  3. ↑ CSR Prospectus , 8 August 2008 , CHINA SOUTH LOCOMOTIVE & ROLLING STOCK CORPORATION LIMITED (A joint stock limited company incorporated in the People’s Republic of China with limited liability) , 8 August 2008 , p.91 , www.csrgc.com.cn
  4. ↑ Siemens Traction Equipment Ltd., Zhuzhou Archived September 21, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. cn.siemens.com
  5. ↑ "CSR to open Malaysian rolling stock plant - Railway Gazette". Railway Gazette International. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
  6. ↑ http://www.railwaygazette.com
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