Private company

CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd.

Chinese rolling stock manufacturer

CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd. (Chinese: 中车长春轨道客车股份有限公司) 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 Passenger Car Factory in 1954. The company became a division of CNR Corporation before its merger with CSR to form the present CRRC.2 It employed about 11,000 people.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

Jul 24, 1954Founded1

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Central gate of CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles, Hexin (20220825113654)
Photo: N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd. (Chinese: 中车长春轨道客车股份有限公司) 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 Passenger Car Factory 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.2

Corporate structure

CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd. is part of a group headed by CRRC. 30 entities, 4 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd. reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

Products and brands

Changchun Alstom Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd. (Alstom & Changchun Railway Vehicles)

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.

Domestic

China Railway

Type 25Z AC high-speed passenger cars

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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

CR450BF

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 Class B cars (Line 1, Line 2, Line 3)

Optics Valley Traffic System LRV in Wuhan - 100 cars

Shanghai Metro

03A02, 04A02, 05C02, 06C02, 06C03, 06C04, 08C02, 08C03, 08C04, 15A01 and 17A01

09A01, 07A01, 09A02 and 12A01 licensed from Bombardier Transportation

All Changchun Rail Transit metro and monorail 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

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)

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)

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 (contract cancelled)

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)

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)

2 trainsets of 4-car CRRC Equator EMU for KLIA Ekspres

4 trainsets of 4-car CRRC Equator EMU for KLIA Transit

Colombia Bogota Metro Line 1

Colombia Bogota Western RegioTram

From Wikipedia’s article on CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

Subsidiaries

Also owns

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Timeline

  1. Jul 24, 1954Founded Founded1

Sources

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