Tokyu 3000 series

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Tokyu 3000 series
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3000 series set on the Tokyu Meguro Line approaching Tamagawa in April 2023
Manufacturer Tokyu Car Corporation
J-TREC (set lengthening cars)
Constructed1999–2001
2022–2023 (set lengthening cars)
Entered service16 April 1999
Number built104 vehicles (13 sets)
Number in service104 vehicles (13 sets)
Formation8 cars per set
Originally: 8, then 6 cars per set
Fleet numbers3001–3013[ needs update ]
Operator(s) Tokyu Corporation
Depot(s) Motosumiyoshi
Line(s) served
Specifications
Car body construction Stainless steel
Car length20.3 m (66 ft 7+1⁄4 in) (end cars)
20 m (65 ft 7+3⁄8 in)(intermediate cars) [1]
Width2,820 mm (9 ft 3 in) [1]
Height4,065 mm (13 ft 4 in) [1]
Doors4 pairs per side
Maximum speed110 km/h (68.4 mph)(service) [1]
120 km/h (74.6 mph)(design) [1]
Traction system Variable frequency (IGBT) [1]
Acceleration 3.3 km/(h⋅s) (2.1 mph/s) [1]
Deceleration 3.5 km/(h⋅s) (2.2 mph/s)(service)
4.5 km/(h⋅s) (2.8 mph/s)(emergency) [1]
Electric system(s) 1,500 V DC Overhead wire
Current collector(s) Pantograph
Bogies TS-1019 (motored) [1]
TS-1020 (trailer) [1]
Safety system(s)ATC-P, Tokyu ATS, ATO [1]
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

The Tokyu 3000 series (東急3000系, Tōkyū 3000-kei) is a Japanese commuter electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by Tokyu Corporation in the Tokyo area of Japan. Introduced into service on 16 April 1999 on the Tokyu Toyoko Line as a sole eight-car set, a total of 78 vehicles, which would form 13 six-car sets, were built by Tokyu Car Corporation between 1999 and 2001 for use on Tokyu Meguro Line inter-running services to the Tokyo Metro Namboku Line, Toei Mita Line, and Saitama Rapid Railway Line. Between 2022 and 2023, 26 new cars were built to lengthen all 13 sets into eight-car sets ahead of the opening of Tokyu Shin-Yokohama Line and inter-running with Sotetsu lines via the Shin-Yokohama Line.

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Operations

The 3000 series sets are used on Tokyu Meguro Line and Tokyo Metro Namboku Line, Toei Mita Line, and Saitama Rapid Railway Line inter-running services. [2] In March 2023, they began running on the Tokyu Shin-Yokohama Line, the Sotetsu Shin-Yokohama Line, the Sotetsu Main Line, and the Sotetsu Izumino Line.

Formations

As of 1 April 2016, the fleet consists of 13 six-car sets based at Motosumiyoshi Depot, formed as follows with three motored (M) cars and three unpowered trailer (T) cars. Car 1 is at the Meguro (northern) end, and car 6 is at the Hiyoshi (southern) end. [3]

Car No.123456
DesignationTc2M2M1TMTc1
Numbering30xx325x32xx35xx34xx31xx

Original 8-car formation

The first set, 3001, initially ran as an eight-car formation on the Tokyu Toyoko Line, as shown below, with the Tc2 car at the Shibuya (northern) end. [1]

DesignationTc2M2M1TT'M2M1Tc1
Numbering30013251320135013502325235023101
Capacity (seated/total)48/14151/15154/15151/15154/15148/141

The two M1 cars each had two single-arm pantographs. [1]

Interior

Seating is longitudinal bench seating throughout. [2] Wheelchair spaces are provided in cars 2 and 5. [3]

Driver's cab

History

The first 3000 series set, 3001, entered service in 1999, initially as an eight-car formation used on the Tokyu Toyoko Line. [2] This was subsequently reformed as a six-car set following delivery of the rest of the fleet destined for the Meguro Line. [2] A total of 13 six-car sets (78 vehicles) were built by 2001. [2]

On 26 March 2019, Tokyu Corporation announced that the entire Meguro Line fleet, including the 3000 series fleet, would be lengthened from six cars to eight cars from the first half of fiscal 2022. [4] Six of the additional cars were completed in late March 2022 and transported to Nagatsuta depot. As of February 2023, all sets have been lengthend to eight cars. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 東急3000系[Tokyu 3000 series]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 39, no. 458. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. June 1999. p. 70–77.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 私鉄車両年鑑 2012: 大手15社営業用車両完全網羅私鉄車両年鑑2012[Japan Private Railways Annual 2012] (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: Ikaros Publications Ltd. February 2012. p. 144. ISBN   978-4-86320-549-9.
  3. 1 2 3 4 私鉄車両編成表 2016[Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2016] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 25 July 2016. p. 67. ISBN   978-4-330-70116-5.
  4. ↑ "目黒線の混雑緩和と快適性向上を実現 当社保有車両の８両編成化による輸送力増強と新型車両３０２０系の導入" [Achieving congestion mitigation and comfort improvement on the Meguro Line by increasing transportation capacity with eight-car formations of our vehicles and introduction of the new 3020 series](PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). Tokyu Corporation. 26 March 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  5. ↑ "東急3000系増結用中間車6両が甲種輸送される" [6 Tokyu 3000 series additional intermediate cars will be transported]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). 24 March 2022. Archived from the original on 24 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
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