CRRC Sifang

CSR Sifang Co Ltd. (CSR Qingdao Sifang Locomotive & Rolling Stock Co., Ltd.) formerly known as CSR Sifang Locomotive & Rolling Stock Co., Ltd. (renamed 29 December 2008) is a Chinese rolling stock manufacturer based in Qingdao, Shandong province. It was established in 1900 and is now a subsidiary of China South Locomotive & Rolling Stock Corporation Limited.

Products and services

 * manufacture of passenger coaches, bi-level cars, diesel locomotive and DMU
 * manufacture of CRH2 high-speed trains
 * manufacture metro cars for the Beijing Subway
 * manufacture metro cars for the Guangzhou Metro, in a joint venture with Kawasaki Heavy Industries
 * refurbishment of old locomotives
 * manufacture of CRH1 as a joint venture between Bombardier Transportation
 * manufacture of CRH6 high-speed Trains
 * manufacture of C151A in a joint venture with Kawasaki Heavy Industries (project and design)

Bombardier Sifang (Qingdao) Transportation Ltd
Bombardier Sifang (Qingdao) Transportation Ltd was established in 1998 as a joint venture between Bombardier Transportation (Canada) and Sifang Locomotive and rolling stock company limited as a company for the production of high speed trains and high quality coaches.

By 2009 it had delivered over 1000 units, including the Zefiro 250 high speed sleeper trains, and had secured an order for 80 Zefiro 380 very high speed trains in an order estimated to be worth €2.7 billion ($4 billion, 27.4billion RMB) in total.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries with CSR Sifang Co Ltd
Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) co-operated with CSR Sifang Co Ltd. in year 2009 to produce the C151A trains, the fourth generation MRT train for SMRT Trains, in Singapore. A total of 22 trainsets were built with 6 carriages each.

By 2010 half of the trainsets are completed, and testing was done in 2011 by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, before full delivery in December 2011. These trains now serves the East West Line in Singapore.

Another 78 cars (13 trainsets) of C151A trains which in production to be delivered by 2014.

In 2012, KHI and CSR Sifang will collaborate to manufacture the new 132 cars (22 trainsets) of C151B trains.