Disclosed herein is a transversal switched reluctance motor including: a rotor assembly formed by arranging a plurality of rotors including a rotor pole mounting part having a shaft coupled to an inner portion thereof and a plurality of rotor poles coupled to the rotor pole mounting part along an outer peripheral surface thereof in a direction of the shaft; and a stator assembly including a plurality of stators each including a coil enclosing an outer peripheral surface of the rotor assembly so that the rotor assembly is rotatably received in an inner portion thereof and a plurality of stator cores fitted with the coil from one side direction thereof along an outer peripheral surface thereof to thereby face the plurality of rotor poles, wherein the stator core has a C shaped cross section with respect to the direction of the shaft around which the rotor assembly rotates.