Tokyo Metro 10000 series

Tokyo Metro 10000 series

10000 series set 10101 at Shinkiba depot, December 2006
In service 2006Present
Manufacturer Hitachi
Family name A-train
Replaced Tokyo Metro 7000 series
Constructed 20062010
Number built 360 vehicles (36 sets)
Number in service 360 vehicles (36 sets)
Formation 8/10 cars per trainset
Fleet numbers 41-76
Capacity 1,518 passengers
522 seated
(10 car configuration)
Operator Tokyo Metro
Line(s) served Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line
Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line
Tōbu Tōjō Line
Seibu Yūrakuchō Line
Seibu Ikebukuro Line
Tōkyū Tōyoko Line
Specifications
Car body construction Aluminium
Car length 20,470 mm (end cars)
20,000 mm (intermediate cars)
Width 2,800 mm
Height 4,045 mm
Doors 4 pairs per side
Maximum speed 80 km/h (Tokyo Metro lines)
105 km/h (Seibu lines)
100 km/h (Tōbu lines)
Weight 294.8 t
Traction system IGBT-VVVF
(Mitsubishi Electric)
Power output 3,300 kW
Acceleration 3.3 km/h/s
Deceleration 3.5 km/h/s (4.5 km/h/s for emergency brake)
Electric system(s) 1,500 V DC
Current collection method Overhead catenary
Safety system(s) ATC (ATO), Tōbu ATS, Seibu ATS
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

The Tokyo Metro 10000 series (東京地下鉄10000系 Tōkyō Chikatetsu 10000-kei) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type which operates on the Yūrakuchō and Fukutoshin subway lines of Tokyo Metro in Japan.

Design

The trains are manufactured by Hitachi with aluminium bodies to its "A-train" concept.

The 10000 series was the first new model to be built for Tokyo Metro following privatization. The front-end design is intended to evoke the appearance of the 300 series trains, which were the first trains used on the Marunouchi Line.[1] The train whistles also use the same type as the old train used on the Ginza Line.

On set numbers 10105 onward, built from 2007, the gold colour line was omitted on the front ends.

Operations

The fleet of 10-car sets operate on the Yūrakuchō and Fukutoshin lines, including inter-running services over the Tōbu Tōjō Line between Wakōshi Station and Shinrinkōen Station, and also services over the Seibu Yūrakuchō and Ikebukuro Lines between Kotake-mukaihara Station and Hannō Station.

The trains were designed to allow two intermediate cars (cars 4 and 5) to be removed easily to create 8-car sets when through-running commences from the Fukutoshin Line to the Tōkyū Tōyoko Line in 2013. Five sets (10101 to 10105) were reformed as 8-car sets from the start of Fukutoshin Line services in June 2008 to cover for a shortage in 8-car 7000 series trainsets. These sets are identified by the addition of "8 CARS" stickers on the cab windows.[2]

From 7 September 2012, 8-car 10000 series sets were introduced on Tōkyū Tōyoko Line and Minatomirai Line services, several months before the planned start of through-running operations.[3]

Formation

Designation CT1 M1' MC2 TC1 MC1 TC2 T M1 M2 CT2
Numbering 10100 10200 10300 10400 10500 10600 10700 10800 10900 10000

Cars 10200 and 10800 each have two single-arm pantographs. Car 10500 has one single-arm pantograph.[4]

Interior

History

8-car set 10104 on a Tokyu Toyoko Line service September 2012

The first set was delivered in May 2006, and entered service on the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line and Tōbu Tōjō Line in September 2006. 10000 series sets entered service on the Seibu Line in February 2007. At the start of Fukutoshin Line services in June 2008, a total of 22 sets had been delivered.[5]

8-car 10000 series sets entered service on the Tokyu Toyoko Line and Minatomirai Line from 7 September 2012.[3]

References

  1. "東京メトロ、民営化後初の新型車両「10000系」を車両基地で一般公開", 2 October 2006
  2. Japan Railfan Magazine (Japan: Kōyūsha): p.62–63. September 2008. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 東京メトロ10000系が東横線・みなとみらい線で営業運転を開始 [Tokyo Metro 10000 series enters revenue service on Tokyu Toyoko and Minato Mirai Line]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 8 September 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  4. 私鉄車両編成表 2010 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2010]. Japan: JRR. August 2010. p. 64. ISBN 978-4-330-15310-0.
  5. Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine (Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun): p.39. July 2008. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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