Tokyu 7000 series

Tokyu 7000 series
7000 series set 7101 on the Tamagawa Line in June 2008
Manufacturer Tokyu Car Corporation, J-TREC
Built at Yokohama
Constructed 2007–
Entered service December 2007
Number built 27 vehicles (9 sets)
Number in service 21 vehicles (7 sets)
Formation 3 cars per trainset
Fleet numbers 7101 - 7109
Capacity 378 (137 seated)
Operator(s) Tokyu Corporation
Depot(s) Yukigaya
Line(s) served Tokyu Ikegami Line
Tokyu Tamagawa Line
Specifications
Car body construction Stainless steel
Car length 18,100 mm (59 ft 5 in) (end cars)
18,000 mm (59 ft 1 in) (intermediate car)
Width 2,800 mm (9 ft 2 in)
Height 4,050 mm (13 ft 3 in)
Doors 3 pairs per side
Maximum speed 85 km/h (55 mph)
Power output 190 kW x 8
Acceleration 3.3 km/h/s
Deceleration 3.5 km/h/s (service)
4.5 km/h/s (emergency)
Electric system(s) 1,500 V DC
Current collection method Overhead wire
Safety system(s) Tokyu ATS, ATC-P, TASC
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

The Tokyu 7000 series (東急7000系, Tōkyū 7000-kei) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Tokyu Corporation on the Ikegami and Tamagawa lines in Japan since December 2007.[1]

Design

Based on the 5000 series design, cars are 18 metres long and have three sets of doors per side.[1]

These trains use a Train Automatic Stopping Controller (TASC) system allowing them to stop automatically at all stations.

Formation

As of 1 April 2017, the fleet consisted of seven three-car sets, 7101 to 7107, formed as follows.[2] A further two sets, 7108 and 7109, were delivered from the J-TREC factory in Yokohama in November 2017.[3]

Car No.123
Designation McMTc
Numbering 710072007300

Car 2 is fitted with two single-arm pantographs.[2]

Interior

Seating is predominantly arranged longitudinally, with some transverse seating bays in the centre car.[4]

History

The first sets, 7101 and 7102, on delivery to Tokyu in November 2007

The first two three-car sets were delivered in November 2007.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 私鉄車両年鑑 2013: 大手15社営業用車両完全網羅 私鉄車両年鑑2013 [Japan Private Railways Annual 2013]. Tokyo, Japan: Ikaros Publications Ltd. 20 March 2013. p. 178. ISBN 978-4-86320-693-9.
  2. 1 2 私鉄車両編成表 2017 私鉄車両編成表 2017 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2017] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 25 July 2017. p. 62. ISBN 978-4-330-81317-2.
  3. ↑ 東急7000系6両が甲種輸送される. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 16 November 2017. Archived from the original on 21 November 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō" magazine, January 2008 issue, P.71
  5. ↑ "Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō" magazine, December 2007 issue
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