TRTA 3000 series

The TRTA 3000 series (営団3000系, Eidan 3000-kei) was an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by TRTA (present-day Tokyo Metro) on the then TRTA Hibiya Line from 1961 to 1994.

Operations

This train was fitted with safety systems compatible with the Tōkyū Tōyoko Line and Tobu Isesaki Line. This train was also compatible with driverless operation on the Hibiya Line section experimented starting from February 1962 by retrofitting car no. 3015 with autopilot equipment and was extended to the entire Hibiya Line by October 1970, with two additional cars, nos. 3057 and 3035 retrofitted with autopilot equipment in January and November 1963. The autopilot trials were stopped by 1987, and despite the autopilot equipment occupying a large space in these three cars these experiments subsequently became the basis of operating the Namboku Line in driverless mode. Some cars were also fitted with smaller door windows as well. The 3000 series ran as full 8-car sets and also as 4+4-car sets.

History

The 3000 series trains were gradually phased out from 1988 following the introduction of new 03 series EMUs. The last sets ran in revenue service on 22 July 1994, with a special "sayonara" run for rail enthusiasts on the following day using set 3055, specially decorated in a "whale" colour scheme and carrying a "Sayonara 3000 series" headboard.^[1]

Resale

Some trains were sold to the Nagano Electric Railway where they operate as 3-car sets reclassified as 3500 and 3600 series.^[1]

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  Nagano Electric Railway 3500 series, November 2010

Pantographs and traction motors from withdrawn 3000 series cars were also reclaimed for use on Choshi Electric Railway 1000 series electric cars.^[2]

Preserved examples

Two cars are preserved at Tokyo Metro's Ayase Depot.

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  Driver's cab of preserved car 3001, November 2010

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  Preserved 3000 series cars at Ayase Depot, December 2007

See also

• List of driverless trains

References

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