Union Carriage & Wagon (UCW) is a rolling stock manufacturer in South Africa. It presently functions as one of the two South African subsidiaries of the French rolling stock manufacturer Alstom.
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| Industry | Rolling stock manufacturing |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1957 |
| Founder | Commonwealth Engineering |
| Headquarters | , |
| Parent | Commuter Transport Engineering |
| Website | https://www.alstom.com/alstom-south-africa |
History
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Union Carriage & Wagon was established in 1957. Initial shareholders were Commonwealth Engineering (51%), Budd Company (25%) and Leyland Motors (12%).[1] By 1965, Budd and Metro Cammell Weymann held a combined 41% shareholding which they sold to Anglo American plc and General Mining. In December 1969, Commonwealth Engineering reduced its shareholding to 42% with the other two shareholders each owning 29%.[2][3][4]
Having initially built carriages, in 1964, UCW delivered its first electrical locomotives to the South African Railways, the South African Class 5E1, Series 2.[5] The Class 5E1 was also the first electrical locomotive to be produced in quantity in South Africa.[6]
In 1974, UCW entered the international market with orders from Angola and Zambia.[7] In 1976, UCW received its first Asian order for twenty Type E100 electric locomotives for Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA), based on a GEC design. In addition, the TRA E1000 push-pull trainsets were also manufactured jointly by UCW, GEC-Alsthom, Tang Eng Iron Works of Taiwan and Hyundai Rotem of South Korea.[8] In 1993, UCW formed a joint venture with Siemens Mobility, SGP Verkehrstechnik and China Steel Corporation to manufacture 216 cars (36 6-car sets) of C321 metro cars for the Bannan Line of Taipei Metro, the first of which entered service in 1999.[9]
Rolling stock for Gautrain is assembled at the UCW plant in Nigel under a partnership agreement between Bombardier Transportation and UCW.[10][11][12]
In 1987, Commonwealth Engineering Parent company Australian National Industries sold its shareholding to Malbak Limited.[13] In October 1996, the business was sold to Murray & Roberts.[13][14] In February 2013, UCW was purchased by Commuter Transport Engineering.[15] In April 2016, Alstom acquired 51% shares and renamed the company Alstom Ubunye.[16]
See also
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edit- ^ Com-Eng to Build New Plant in South Africa Railway Transportation July 1958 page 26
- ^ Comeng Sells Interest in Sth African Subsidiary Railway Transportation December 1969 page 41
- ^ Dunn, John (2008). Comeng: A History of Commonwealth Engineering Volume 2 1955-1966. Dural: Rosenberg Publishing. pp. 188–209. ISBN 978-1877058424.
- ^ Dunn, John (2010). Comeng: A History of Commonwealth Engineering Volume 3 1966-1977. Dural: Rosenberg Publishing. pp. 92–106. ISBN 978-1877058738.
- ^ History Union Carriage & Wagon
- ^ South African Railways Index and Diagrams Electric and Diesel Locomotives, 610mm and 1065mm Gauges, Ref LXD 14/1/100/20, 28 January 1975, as amended
- ^ South African rail works is well experienced Rails September 1978 pages 4-6
- ^ 台灣鐵路火車百科：台鐵、高鐵、捷運(第三版)，蘇照旭 著，人人出版2014年2月出版（ISBN 9789865903404
- ^ Yonkers Fighting To Save Rail-Car Jobs Archived 2020-02-16 at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, Elsa Brenner, 25 July 1993
- ^ "assembly process at Union Carriage and Wagon Partnership". Gautrain. 16 October 2008. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
- ^ "Renewed hope for jobs in Nigel as Union Carriage and Wagon Partnership (UCWP) starts assembling Gautrain vehicles". 10 September 2008. Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
- ^ Radebe, Jeff (11 September 2009). "Address at the Union Carriage and Wagon Partnership's (UCWP's) 10M4 launch". Department of Transport. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
- ^ a b Dunn, John (2013). Comeng: A History of Commonwealth Engineering Volume 5 1985-2012. Dural: Rosenberg Publishing. pp. 13–15, 203–219. ISBN 9781922013521.
- ^ UCW Murray & Roberts
- ^ South Africa's CTE acquires Union Carriage & Wagon International Railway Journal 4 February 2013
- ^ "Alstom completes acquisition of CTLE shares, reinforcing its local presence in South Africa". Alstom. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
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