WMATA 7000-Series Trains in Service Operation (Update) (PDF:48.0K )
September 08, 2022 at 08:50 pm EDT
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September 8, 2022
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
WMATA 7000-Series Trains in Service Operation (Update)
On September 2, 2022 (U.S. time), the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) announced that up to 20 of its 7000-series trains (160 cars) manufactured by Kawasaki Rail Car, Inc., up from the current limit of eight trains (64 cars) will return to service on September 12, 2022.
For more information, please refer to the press release* on WMATA's website.
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Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. specializes in manufacturing and marketing of transportation and industrial machines equipments. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- sale of motorcycles and engines (29.8%);
- sale of aerospace equipments (19.9%): aircrafts, helicopters, missiles, electronic equipments, monorails, etc.;
- sale of gas turbines (19.8%): turbines for naval, marines and industrial applications, generators, propulsion systems, etc. The group also develops naval construction activity (construction of ships, submarines, bulk carriers, oil tankers, etc.);
- sale of precision machines (16.8%): primarily hydraulic machines. The group is also developing a manufacturing of industrial machinery activity (tunnel boring machines, curling machines, grinding machines, etc.);
- sale of railway equipments (8.4%): train cars, electric and diesel locomotives, monorails, etc.;
- other (5.3%).
KAWASAKI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. 
