Tokyo Metro 7000 series

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Tokyo Metro 7000 series
Tokyo-Metro-Series7104.jpg
Set 7104 on the Tokyu Toyoko Line in March 2021
In service1974–present
ManufacturerKawasaki Heavy Industries, Kinki Sharyo, Nippon Sharyo and Tokyu Car Corporation
Constructed1974–1989
Entered service1974
Refurbished2007
Scrapped2007–2009, 2021–
Number built340 vehicles (34 10-car sets)
Number in service142 vehicles (17 sets) (Japan)[1]
16 vehicles (2 sets) (Indonesia)
Number scrapped138 vehicles (Japan)
16 vehicles (2 sets) (Indonesia)
SuccessorTokyo Metro 17000 series, Tokyo Metro 10000 series
Formation8/10 cars per trainset (Japan) and 8 cars per trainset (Indonesia)
Capacity136 (48 seating) (end cars), 144 (51/54 seating) (intermediate cars)
Operator(s)Tokyo Metro
KAI Commuter
Depot(s)Wakoshi (Japan) and Depok (KAIC)
Line(s) servedY Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line,
F Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line,
TJ Tobu Tojo Line,
SeibuIkebukuro.svg Seibu Yurakucho Line,
SeibuIkebukuro.svg Seibu Ikebukuro Line,
TY Tokyu Toyoko Line,
Number prefix Minatomirai.PNG Minatomirai Line (Japan)
KRL:
Loop Line
Red Line (seasonal)
Former operations:
Green Line (until 2016)
Blue Line (end unknown)
Tangerang Line (end unknown)
(Indonesia)
Specifications
Car body constructionAluminium
Car length20 m (65 ft 7 in)
Width2.8 m (9 ft 2 in)
Height4.145 m (13 ft 7.2 in)
Maximum speed80 km/h (on Yurakucho Line), 100 km/h (on Tobu Line)
Traction systemChopper control, IGBT-VVVF
Power output160 kW or 165 kW, previously 150 kW
TransmissionWestinghouse-Natal Drive;
Gear ratio: 6.53 : 1
Acceleration3.3 km/h/s
Deceleration3.5 km/h/s (4.5 km/h/s for emergency brake)
Electric system(s)1,500 V DC overhead
BogiesFS-388, FS-388, FS-515
Braking system(s)Electronically controlled pneumatic brakes with regenerative braking
Safety system(s)New CS-ATC, ATO, ATC-P, T-DATC, Tobu ATS, Seibu ATS
Coupling systemShibata coupler
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

The Tokyo Metro 7000 series (東京メトロ7000系, Tōkyō Metoro 7000-kei) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro in Tokyo, Japan, since 1974. The design is based on the earlier Tokyo Metro 6000 series trains used on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line.

Operations[]

7000 series trainsets operate on the following lines.[2]

Formations[]

8-car set 7130 on the Tokyu Toyoko Line in August 2019

As of 1 April 2017, the fleet consists of six ten-car sets and 15 eight-car sets, formed as shown below with car 1 at the northern end.[2]

10-car sets[]

Car No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Designation CT2 M1 M2 M1 Tc2 Tc1 M2' M1 T2 CT1
Numbering 7000 7900 7800 7700 7600 7500 7400 7300 7200 7100

only 7102F

Car No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Designation CM2 M1 T2 Tc2 M2 M1 Tc1 M2' M1 CT1
Numbering 7002 7902 7202 7602 7802 7702 7502 7402 7302 7102
  • Cars 2, 4, and 8 are each fitted with two lozenge-type pantographs.[2]
  • Car 9 is designated as a moderately air-conditioned car.[2]

8-car sets[]

Car No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Designation CT2 M2 M1 Tc2 Tc1 M2 M1 CT1
Numbering 7000 7800 7900 7200 7500 7400 7300 7100
  • Cars 3 and 7 are each fitted with two lozenge-type pantographs.[2]
  • Car 7 is designated as a moderately air-conditioned car.[2]

Interior[]

Passenger accommodation consists of longitudinal bench seating throughout. Cars 2 and 9 in the ten-car sets and cars 2 and 7 in the eight-car sets each have a wheelchair space.[2] Priority seating is provided at the end of each car.[2]

  • Interior of set 7105 which has received type B refurbishment

  • Interior of set 7126

History[]

7000 series set 7134 in original Yurakucho Line livery on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line in March 2008

The sets originally sported a yellow bodyside line when used on Yurakucho Line services, but were gradually reliveried with brown, gold, and white stripes coinciding with use on Fukutoshin Line services. The remaining 7000 series sets will be replaced by the 17000 series.

Overseas operations[]

A 7000 series set 7117 operated in Jakarta, Indonesia

Four 7000 series ten-car sets (7117, 7121, 7122, and 7123) were shipped to Indonesia in 2010 for use on suburban services operated by Kereta Commuter Indonesia (previously called "KA Commuter Jabodetabek" or "KRL Jabodetabek") in Jakarta.[3] The four sets were reduced to eight-car formations and are formed as follows, based at Depok Depot.[3]

7100 (CT1) 7200 (T2) 7300 (M1) 7400 (M2') 7500 (Tc1) 7600 (Tc2) 7900 (M1) 7000 (CM2)
7117 7217 7317 7417 7517 7617 7917 7017
7121 7221 7321 7421 7521 7621 7921 7021
7122 7222 7322 7422 7522 7622 7922 7022
7123 7223 7323 7423 7523 7623 7923 7023

The two M1 cars in each set are equipped with two pantographs.[3]

Accidents and incidents[]

On 9 December 2013, set 7121 (KRL 1131) collided with a Pertamina tank truck at a level crossing at the Bintaro Permai intersection on the Rangkasbitung Line near , South Tangerang, Indonesia, leading to 7 deaths and 45 injuries. The front two carriages of set 7121 as well as the tank truck were both destroyed in the ensuing fire.[4][5] Set 7121 was scrapped in December 2014.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "東京メトロ7000系 編成表（最新版）" (in Japanese). Japan. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h 私鉄車両編成表 2017 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2017] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 25 July 2017. p. 76. ISBN 978-4-330-81317-2.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c Saito, Miko (October 2013). インドネシアを走る日本の電車2013 [Japanese Trains Operating in Indonesia 2013]. The Railway Pictorial (in Japanese). 63 (880): 106–117.
  4. ^ "Seven people killed in accident collision of a tanker truck vs KRL". Indonesia: republika.co.id. 9 December 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  5. ^ "KRL collision fatalities and increased tanker truck". newsandfeaturesonindonesia.blogspot.my. 10 December 2013.
  6. ^ Takagi, Satoru (January 2018). ジャカルタ　東京地下鉄関連の車両 [Tokyo Metro rolling stock in Jakarta]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 58 no. 681. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. p. 120.

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