Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Works

Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Works
株洲电力机车

Gate of Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co,, Ltd.
Type	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

• Electric locomotives
• Shaoshan series electric locomotives
  • SS1
  • SS3
  • SS4
  • SS5
  • SS6 - SS6B
  • SS8
  • SS9
• Power cars for high speed trains
  • DJJ1 "Blue Arrow"
  • DJJ2 "China Star"
• VVVF control electric locomotives
  • DJ "Gofront"
  • DJ1
  • DJ2 "Olympic Stars"
  • HXD1
  • HXD1B
  • HXD1C
  • HXD1D
• Export products
  • TM1 (Iran)
  • TM2 (Iran)
  • TM3 (Iran)
  • O'zbekiston (Uzbekistan)
  • KZ4A (Kazakhstan)
  • KTM Class 92 (Malaysia)
  • KTM Class 93 (Malaysia)
  • TFR Class 20E AC/ DC electric locomotives ^[6](South Africa)
• Subway clients
  • Kunming Rail Transit
  • Shanghai Metro (Line 1, Shanghai Metro (First Generation), Line 4, Shanghai Metro, Line 11, Shanghai Metro, Line 16, Shanghai Metro)
  • Wuhan Metro (Line 1, Wuhan Metro, Line 2, Wuhan Metro)
  • Guangzhou Metro (Line 2, Guangzhou Metro, Line 3, Guangzhou Metro, Line 8, Guangzhou Metro)
  • Shenzhen Metro (Luobao Line, Shenzhen Metro, Huanzhong Line, Shenzhen Metro)
  • Istanbul Metro

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

External links

• Official website