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{{Short description|Japanese rolling stock manufacturer}}
{{Original research|date=April 2023}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Nippon Sharyo, Ltd.
| native_name = 日本車輌製造株式会社
| native_name_lang = ja
| romanized_name = Nippon Sharyō Seizō kabushiki gaisha
| logo = Nippon Sharyo logo.svg
| logo_size = 225px
| image = Nippon Sharyo headquarters, at Sanbonmatsu-chō, Atsuta, Nagoya (2018-06-01) 02.jpg
| image_caption = Nippon Sharyo's headquarters
| type = [[Public company|Public]] [[kabushiki gaisha|KK]]
| company_slogan = 
| former_name = Nippon Sharyo Seizo Kaisha, Ltd.
| traded_as = {{tyo|7102}}<br />{{NAG|7102}}
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1896|09|df=yes}} [[Japan]] 
| defunct = 
| location = [[Nagoya]], Japan
| industry = Railways, Heavy Equipment, Diesel Generator
| key_people = Tsutomu Morimura (President & CEO), Mikio Tsuge (Senior Managing Director of Nippon Sharyo, Ltd and Chairman of Nippon Sharyo USA, Inc.)
| num_employees = 1,850 (September 2018)
| products = [[Rolling stock]]
| parent = [[Central Japan Railway Company|JR Central]] (50.1%)
| homepage = {{URL|https://www.n-sharyo.co.jp/index_e.html}}
}}
[[File:Nippon Sharyo Toyokawa Factory.jpg|thumb|Nippon Sharyo rolling stock factory in [[Toyokawa, Aichi]]]]
{{Stack|[[File:Nippon Sharyo builder's plate.jpg|thumb|Nippon Sharyo [[builder's plate]]]]}}
[[File:Kawasaki Nippon Sharyo Builder Plate 1987, C151.jpg|thumb|Kawasaki-Nippon Sharyo [[builder's plate]] on a C151 Train (Singapore MRT)]]
[[File:Nippon Sharyo Builder Plate 2000, C751B.jpg|thumb|Nippon Sharyo [[builder's plate]] on a C751B Train (Singapore MRT)]]
[[File:OER 50000 Hakone29 Kaisei7cross 20130306.jpg|thumb|Nippon Sharyo built [[Odakyu 50000 series VSE]] EMU]]
[[File:Shinkansen 700T.jpg|thumb|Taiwan High Speed Railway series 700T, made by a consortium including Nippon Sharyo]]
[[File:CalTrain double decker exterior.jpg|thumb|Caltrain gallery car]]
[[File:Bryn Mawr (Jeffery Blvd) Metra Station.jpg|thumb|Highliner II car]]
[[File:SMART Rail Rolling Stock (Nippon Sharyo DMU).jpg|thumbnail|right|Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) rolling stock, Nippon Sharyo DMU]]
[[File:M4007.jpg|thumb|EMU Linea General Roca Argentina]]
[[File:Kawasaki c751 eunos.jpg|thumb|Singapore MRT [[Kawasaki Heavy Industries & Nippon Sharyo C751B|C751B]]]]
[[File:SRT C56 17 715 at Bangkok Railway Station.jpg|thumb|State Railway of Thailand [[JNR Class C56|C56]] SL]]
[[File:SRT THN 1130 at Bangkok Railway Station.jpg|thumb|State Railway of Thailand [[:TH:ทีเอชเอ็น (รถดีเซลราง)|THN]] DMU]]
[[File:JHR Dampfsonderzug Wadi Rum-Aqaba.jpg|thumb|Hejaz railway [[:TH:เจเอ็นอาร์ คลาสซีเอ็กซ์ 50|CX50]] SL]]

{{nihongo|'''Nippon Sharyo, Ltd. '''|日本車輌製造株式会社|Nippon Sharyō Seizō kabushiki gaisha|literally "Japan Rolling Stock Manufacture Company" and formerly known outside Japan as '''Nippon Sharyo Seizo Kaisha, Ltd.'''}}, formed in 1896, is a major [[rolling stock]], [[Heavy equipment|heavy equipment]], [[Diesel generator|generator]], [[Special-purpose entity|special purpose vehicle]] and [[bridge]] manufacturer based in [[Nagoya]], Japan. In 1996, it abbreviated its name to "日本車両" Nippon Sharyō. Its shortest abbreviation is Nissha "日車". It was a listed company on [[Nikkei 225]] until 2004. It is listed on the [[Tokyo Stock Exchange]] and [[Nagoya Stock Exchange]] as ticker 7102. In 2008, [[Central Japan Railway Company]] (JR Central) became the majority shareholder (50.1%) of the financially struggling Nippon Sharyo making the firm a "consolidated subsidiary" of JR Central. In July 2012 Nippon Sharyo USA started production in their new facility in [[Rochelle, Illinois]]. The facility closed at the end of October 2018 due to a lack of orders.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.railjournal.com/|title=Home|website=International Railway Journal}}</ref><ref name=rgi20081001>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/jr-central-takes-majority-stake-in-train-builder.html| title=JR Central takes majority stake in train builder | date=1 October 2008  | magazine=[[Railway Gazette International]]}}</ref>

==Notable projects==

===Rolling Stock===
==={{JPN}}===
* [[Shinkansen]] ("bullet train") trainsets
** [[0 Series Shinkansen|0 series]]
** [[100 Series Shinkansen|100 series]]
** [[200 Series Shinkansen|200 series]]
** [[300 Series Shinkansen|300 series]]
** [[500 Series Shinkansen|500 series]]
** [[700 Series Shinkansen|700 series]]<ref name=rgi20081001 />
** [[N700 Series Shinkansen|N700 series]]
** [[E2 series]]
* [[Odakyu Electric Railway]] trainsets
** [[Odakyu 1000 series]]
** [[Odakyu 2000 series]]
** [[Odakyu 3000 series]]
** [[Odakyu 4000 series]]
** [[Odakyu 30000 series EXE]]
** [[Odakyu 50000 series VSE]]
** [[Odakyu 60000 series MSE]]
** [[Odakyu 70000 series GSE]]
* [[Linimo]] [[maglev train]]
* [[Keisei Electric Railway]] trainsets
** [[Keisei 3000 series]]
** [[Keisei 3050 series]]
** [[Keisei AE100 series]]
** [[Keisei AE series (2009)|Keisei AE series]]
* Nearly all [[Meitetsu]] trains

==={{ARG}}===
* [[Roca Line]]
** [[Toshiba EMU (Roca Line)|Toshiba EMU]]
* [[Buenos Aires Underground]]
** [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Nagoya_250/300/1200_(Buenos_Aires_Metro) Nagoya 250/300/1200 series] (Retired in 2019)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.enelsubte.com/noticias/retiraran-de-servicio-todos-los-trenes-nagoya/|title=Retirarán de servicio todos los trenes Nagoya|date=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
** [[Nagoya Municipal Subway 5000 series|Nagoya 5000 series]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.enelsubte.com/noticias/finalmente-seran-30-coches-los-nagoya-5000-la-linea-c-2997/|title=Finalmente serán 30 coches los nuevos Nagoya para la línea C|date=December 18, 2013}}</ref>

==={{BRA}}===
* [[SuperVIA Série 500]]
* [[Porto Alegre Metro]] EMUs

==={{CAN}}===
* [[Toronto Transit Commission]] work cars
** RT10 Garbage car 1967 – Tokyo Rose retired in 2000 and scrapped
** RT12 Electric locomotive 1968 (design similar to JNR Class DE locomotive), retired 2009 and scrapped
** RT13 Centre cab crane 1968 – with car and crane cabs
** RT22 Flat car 1973 – formerly wash car RT-17 and rebuilt 1996
** RT54 flat car 1973
* [[Union Pearson Express]] [[Diesel Multiple Units]]
** [[Nippon Sharyo DMU]] (jointly with [[Sumitomo Corporation]]) 2014

==={{PHI}}===
* [[Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 1]] (jointly with [[Kinki Sharyo]])
** [[LRTA 1200 class]]

==={{SIN}}===
* Singapore [[Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)|MRT]] [[Electrical Multiple Unit|EMU]]
** [[Kawasaki Heavy Industries & Nippon Sharyo C751B|C751B]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.n-sharyo.co.jp/business/tetsudo_e/pages/zsingapole.htm |title=Subway Car for Singapore Mass Rapid Transit Corporation(MRT) |access-date=2012-03-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716193155/http://www.n-sharyo.co.jp/business/tetsudo_e/pages/zsingapole.htm |archive-date=2012-07-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
** [[Kawasaki Heavy Industries C151|C151]]

==={{ROC}}===
* [[Taiwan Railway Administration]]
** [[Taiwan Railway DR1000 gasoline railcar (first generation)|DR1000]] gasoline railcar
** [[Taiwan Railway EMU700 series|EMU700]] local/commuter train
** [[Taiwan Railways EMU800 series|EMU800]] local/commuter train
** DMU3100 express train
** [[Puyuma Express|TEMU 2000]] Tilting trains<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/taiwan-railway-administration-orders-tilting-trains.html| title=Taiwan Railway Administration orders tilting trains | date=6 January 2011 | magazine=[[Railway Gazette International]]}}</ref>
*[[Taiwan High Speed Rail]]
** [[THSR 700T]]

==={{USA}}===
* [[Next Generation Bi-Level Passenger Rail Car]]
*[[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles County]] [[Los Angeles Metro Rail|Metro Rail]] [[Nippon Sharyo P865|P865 and P2020]]
* Northern Indiana [[South Shore Line]] EMUs
* Maryland [[MARC Train]] single-level [[push-pull train|push-pull]] coaches (jointly with Sumitomo Corporation)
* Bi-level gallery cars<ref name=rgi20101220 /> for Chicago [[Metra]], Virginia [[Virginia Railway Express|VRE]], and San Francisco Bay Area [[Caltrain]]
* [[Highliner]] bi-level EMUs for Metra and South Shore Line
* [[Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit]] [[Nippon Sharyo DMU]] (jointly with Sumitomo Corporation)<ref name=rgi20101220>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/sonoma-marin-orders-commuter-dmu-cars.html| title=Sonoma-Marin orders commuter DMU cars | date=20 December 2010 | magazine=[[Railway Gazette International]]}}</ref>

==={{VEN}}===
I.F.E EMUs Working on Caracas-Cua commuter line Railway System Ezequiel Zamora (Central)

==={{IDN}}===
Rheostatic series ([[:id:Kereta rel listrik Rheostatik|KRL Rheostatik Mild Steel and Stainless]]) (The train was also made by [[Kawasaki Heavy Industries]] and [[Hitachi]]):
* Built 1976: Has 2 doors and uses mild steel body types
* Built 1978,1983,1984: Has 3 doors and uses mild steel body types
* Built 1986,1987: Has 3 doors and uses stainless steel body types
All Rheostatic EMUs have stopped operating in the Jabodetabek lines and is currently waiting to be scrapped.

Shinko Diesel Multiple Units (a.k.a. [[:id:Kereta rel diesel MCW|KRD MCW 301 and KRD MCW 302]]{{Circular reference|date=November 2017}}) are used for short-distance lines such as Surabaya-Lamongan, Surabaya-Sidoarjo, etc.

* KRD MCW 301 Built 1976: Has 2 doors and uses mild steel body types
* KRD MCW 302 Built 1978,1980,1982,1987: Has 3 doors and uses mild steel body types

KRD MCW 301 and 302 initially uses the Shinko DMH17H engine and Niigata TCR 2.5 transmission

Note: The DMUs built in 1976 are now used as regular loco-hauled trains without engines. The DMUs made in 1978, 1980, & 1982 upwards are refurbished with a Cummins Engine (NT885-R) and Voith turbo (T211re.3) transmission.

The new rolling stock, known as the [[MRTJ 1000 series|MRTJ 1000]], was built specifically for the [[Jakarta MRT]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Nippon Sharyo, Produsen Shinkasen Sekaligus Kereta MRT Jakarta - Industri - Bisnis.com | website=Bisnis.com | date=2019-08-20 | url=http://industri.bisnis.com/read/20161023/98/595095/nippon-sharyo-produsen-shinkasen-sekaligus-kereta-mrt-jakarta | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820114537/http://industri.bisnis.com/read/20161023/98/595095/nippon-sharyo-produsen-shinkasen-sekaligus-kereta-mrt-jakarta | archive-date=2019-08-20 | url-status=dead | language=id | access-date=2021-08-08}}</ref>

==={{THA}}===
* [[State Railway of Thailand]]
** [[Steam locomotive|SL]]
*** [[JNR Class C56|C56]] (Numbers 715-716 and 723-729 or formerly owned by [[Japanese Government Railways]], numbers 17-18 ,28 ,30-32 ,34 and 36-37 In 1979, Japan asked to buy back the steam locomotive C56, number 725, original C56 31, back to its homeland of Japan. It is on display at the [[Yūshūkan]] Museum. But there are traces of having been used in Thailand. The driver's cab has the number 725 and the transport vehicle has Thai letters (ร.ฟ.ท.) SRT.)
*** [[:TH:เจเอ็นอาร์ คลาสดีเอ็กซ์ 50|DX50]] (Numbers 351-352 and 363-364)
*** [[:TH:เจเอ็นอาร์ คลาสซีเอ็กซ์ 50|CX50]] (Numbers 288-292 ,821-834 ,837-841 and 850)
** [[Diesel multiple unit|DMU]]
*** [[:TH:อาร์เอชเอ็น (รถดีเซลราง)|RHN]] (jointly with [[Hitachi]])
*** [[:TH:ทีเอชเอ็น (รถดีเซลราง)|THN]] (Numbers 1128-1140)
*** [[:TH:เอ็นเคเอฟ (รถดีเซลราง)|NKF]] (Numbers 1201-1212 and 1217-1224)

==={{JOR}}===
Nippon Sharyo Seso Kraisha Co., Ltd. originally built 5 CX50 Steam locomotives in 1953 and was ready to sell them to the State Railway of Thailand using numbers 851 - 855 as reserve vehicles. But the railway did not accept the locomotive, so it was sold to [[Hejaz railway]] in Jordan in 1959<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Steam Locomotives in Jordan, 2015|url=https://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/trains/jordan01.htm|website=www.internationalsteam.co.uk}}</ref>

* [[:TH:เจเอ็นอาร์ คลาสซีเอ็กซ์ 50|CX50]] (Numbers 81-85)

==Other Products==

[[File:Nippon-Sharyo LD-3V ULD 001.JPG|thumb|Nippon Sharyo LD3 Unit Load Device]]

[[File:Buffer stop for train manufactured by Nippon Sharyo and Kayaba Industries.jpg|thumb|Buffer Stop manufactured by Nippon Sharyo together with [[KYB Corporation|Kayaba Industries]]]]

* [[Unit load device]]
** [[Buffer stop]]
** Earth Drill Machine

===Diesel Generators===

* [[Diesel generator]]
* [[Engine–generator|Portable Generators]]
* Electric Welding Machine

===Transport Equipment===

* [[Tank container]]
* [[Tank truck]]
*  [[Semi-trailer|Trailer Trucks]]
* [[LNG storage tank|LNG/LPG Storage Tanks]]

===Bridges===

* [[Keisei Oshiage Line|Keisei Oshiage Line Arakawa Bridge]]
* [[Chubu Centrair International Airport|Bridges for Chubu Centrair International Airport]]
* [[Akashi Kaikyo Bridge]]
*[[Rainbow Bridge (Tokyo)|Rainbow Bridge]]
* [[Port of Nagoya|Nagoya Port Triton]]

==Wartime involvement==
[[File:Yushukan07.JPG|thumb|Nippon Sharyo-built C56 31 preserved at Yasukuni War Museum in Tokyo]]
Nippon Sharyo, in 1936, built the [[JNR Class C56]] steam locomotive number [[C56 31]], which was used in 1943 to open the infamous [[Thai-Burma Railway]], as stylized in the movie [[The Bridge Over the River Kwai]], built by over 100,000 Allied POW and other slave labourers. This restored steam engine now sits in the foyer of the [[Yūshūkan|Yasukuni War Museum]] in Tokyo. Japanese veteran groups raised funds to return the locomotive from Thailand to Japan in 1979.

During World War II, Nippon Sharyo, like many major Japanese companies, drew upon [[prisoner of war]] labour to maintain war production. The POW camp at Narumi provided Allied POW forced labour for Nippon Sharyo.<ref>[http://www.mansell.com/pow_resources/camplists/osaka/narumi/narumi_11B_main.html Narumi POW Camp] Retrieved 27 June 2010.</ref>
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==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Nippon Sharyo}}
* {{Official website|http://www.n-sharyo.co.jp/index_e.html}} {{in lang|en}}
* [https://www.steamlocomotive.info/locobrowse.cfm?bn=Nippon%20Sharyo Existing steam locomotives built by Nippon Sharyo]

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