Tokyo Metro 7000 series

Tokyo Metro 7000 series
Set 7101 on the Tobu Tojo Line in December 2017
Manufacturer Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kinki Sharyo, Nippon Sharyo and Tokyu Car Corporation
Constructed 1974-1989
Entered service 1974
Number built 340 vehicles
Formation 8/10 cars per trainset
Operator(s) Tokyo Metro
Kereta Commuter Indonesia
Line(s) served
Specifications
Car body construction Aluminium
Car length 20 m (65 ft 7 in)
Maximum speed 80 km/h (on Yurakucho Line), 100 km/h (on Tobu Line)
Traction system Chopper control, IGBT-VVVF
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 overhead
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

The Tokyo Metro 7000 series (東京地下鉄7000系, Tōkyō Chikatetsu 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.[1]

Formations

8-car set 7116 on the Tokyu Toyoko Line in September 2012

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.[1]

10-car sets

Car No.12345678910
Designation CT2M1M2M1Tc2Tc1M2'M1T2CT1
Numbering 7000790078007700760075007400730072007100
  • Cars 2, 4, and 8 are each fitted with two lozenge-type pantographs.[1]
  • Car 9 is designated as a moderately air-conditioned car.[1]

8-car sets

Car No.12345678
Designation CT2M2M1Tc2Tc1M2M1CT1
Numbering 70007800790072007500740073007100
  • Cars 3 and 7 are each fitted with two lozenge-type pantographs.[1]
  • Car 7 is designated as a moderately air-conditioned car.[1]

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.[1] Priority seating is provided at the end of each car.[1]

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.

Overseas operations

A 7000 series set 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.[2] The four sets were reduced to eight-car formations and are formed as follows, based at Depok Depot.[2]

7100 (CT1)7200 (T2)7300 (M1)7400 (M2')7500 (Tc1)7600 (Tc2)7900 (M1)7000 (CM2)
71177217731774177517761779177017
71217221732174217521762179217021
71227222732274227522762279227022
71237223732374237523762379237023

The two M1 cars in each set are equipped with two pantographs.[2]

Accidents and incidents

On December 9, 2013, set 7121 (KRL 1131) collided with a Pertamina tank truck at a level crossing at the Bintaro Permai intersection on the KCJ Serpong - Tanah Abang line near Bintaro, 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.[3][4] Set 7121 was scrapped in December 2014.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 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. 76. ISBN 978-4-330-81317-2.
  2. 1 2 3 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.
  3. ↑ "Seven people killed in accident collision of a tanker truck vs KRL". Indonesia: republika.co.id. 9 December 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "KRL collision fatalities and increased tanker truck". newsandfeaturesonindonesia.blogspot.my.
  5. ↑ 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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