Woojin Industrial Systems

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- Name
- Woojin Industrial Systems Company Limited
- Founded
- 1974
- Headquarters
- Goesan County
- Products
- rapid transit
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• Name — Woojin Industrial Systems Company Limited • Native Name — 우진산전 • Type — Private • Founder — Kim Young-chang • Hq Location — Goesan, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea • Area Served — Worldwide • Industry — * Railways • Buses • Products — Metros, buses, monorails • Website — https: www.wjis.co.kr/en/
Key facts
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• Hangul — ^우진_산전 • Hanja — 宇進産電 Woojin Industrial Systems is a South Korean manufacturer of rolling stock including metro, electric bus, peoplemover and monorail vehicles. Its main business is the development of rolling stocks and their core electrical components.
History
History
Woojin Industrial Systems was founded in 1974. In 2011, the company established a local corporation and production plant in Los Angeles, and has since supplied broadcasting display devices, driver cabin devices, and auxiliary power devices to the Washington, Oregon, Massachusetts, and Utah Department of Transportation. Woojin was selected by Los Angeles Metro in 2024 to refurbish the Breda A650 rail fleet in time for the 2028 Summer Olympics. In 2016, the company entered the electric bus sector. In 2024, an electric bus factory capable of producing 1,500 buses per year was completed in Gimcheon, North Gyeongsang Province.
Railway products
Railway products
• Illustration — Soekarno–Hatta Airport Skytrain • Illustration — Busan Metro EMU Class 4000 • Illustration — Daegu Metro Class 3000 monorail
Electric multiple units
Electric multiple units
• South Korea • Korail Class 312000 • Korail Class 3000 • Seoul Metro 4000 series • Seoul Metro 5000 series • Seoul Metro 7000 series • Seoul Metro 8000 series • Busan Metro 1000 series
Diesel multiple units
Diesel multiple units
• Indonesia – Kualanamu Airport Rail Link
Peoplemovers / Rubber-tyred metro
Peoplemovers / Rubber-tyred metro
• Indonesia – Soekarno–Hatta Airport Skytrain • South Korea • Busan Metro 4000 series • Sillim Line, Seoul • Incheon International Airport automated peoplemover
Monorails
Monorails
• South Korea – Daegu Metro Class 3000 (straddle-beam monorail, with components supplied by Hitachi Rail)
Trams
Trams
• South Korea – Wirye Line (low-floor tram, 5 modules each 7.6 m, total length 33.9, battery powered)
Core and auxiliary electrical components
Core and auxiliary electrical components
• Philippines – Manila LRT LRTA 2000 class • Provision of new train propulsion and monitoring systems for three trainsets • Taiwan – Taiwan Railway EMU500 trains • Provision of new static inverters for upgrade of 63 trainsets (sub-contracted by Mitsubishi Electric)
Major train refurbishment
Major train refurbishment
• Malaysia – KTM Class 83 • Refurbishment of 16 trainsets • United States – LA Metro Breda A650 trains • Refurbishment of 74 cars (37 trainsets)
Electric buses
Electric buses
• Illustration — Apollo 1100 Woojin Apollo is a plug-in electric low-floor bus series. It was first unveiled at the 2017 Daegu International Future Auto Expo held at EXCO in Daegu, and is produced at the Ochang Plant in Cheongju City, North Chungcheong Province. • Woojin Apollo 700 • Woojin Apollo 900 • Woojin Apollo 1100 • Woojin Apollo 1200 An electric bus smart factory has been in operation at the Industrial Complex in Gimcheon City since 2024. The company has been mass producing electric buses at the factory since the second half of 2024, and plans to invest about 40 billion won in 2025 to produce more than 1,500 units per year. In South Korea, the factory is the second largest in terms of production capacity, following Hyundai Motor Company, the country's other bus manufacturer.

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Goyang city town bus Line 098(Woojin Industrial Systems APOLLO 900), Operated by "Seongwoo Transportation/성우교통"
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- 1.Woojin Industrial Systems CO, Ltd.
- 2.(주)우진산전 - Company profile - Company history.
- 3.김천, 전기버스 완성차 도시로. Korea Economic Daily. 12 April 2023.
- 4.우진산전, 3천억원 규모 '美 LA 메트로 전동차 개량사업' 수주. Yonhap News. 2024-05-20.
- 5.Bovenizer, Noah. Los Angeles finalises metro car refurbishment contract with Woojin. Railway Technology. May 29, 2024.
- 6.우진산전, 경전철 제작 노하우 앞세워 전기버스 사업 진출. Korea Economic Daily. 11 April 2018.
- 7.우진산전, 김천에 연산 1천500대 전기버스 공장 준공.이달 가동. Yonhap News. 3 May 2024.
- 8.(주)우진산전 - Business field - New transit system.
- 9.https://www.railwaygazette.com/sillim-line-automatic-rubber-tyre-metro-line-opens-in-seoul/61743.article
- 10.Wirye line tram. WOOJIN.
- 11.de Guzman, Robie. LRT-2 eyes deployment of additional trains by April. UNTV News. March 12, 2021.
- 12.編輯部. 老舊設備大換血 EMU500動力系統改造. 鐵道情報. 32. 245. p.7-p.11. 2020. 2073-2163.
- 13.Barrow, Keith. Woojin to upgrade Malaysian EMUs. International Railway Journal. 26 April 2018.
- 14.2023-0495 - A650 HEAVY RAIL VEHICLE (HRV) REFURBISHMENT - Metro Board. boardagendas.metro.net. February 2024.
- 15.우진산전, 김천에 연산 1천500대 전기버스 공장 준공…이달 가동. Yonhap News. 2024-05-03.
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