Tokyo Metro 7000 series

Tokyo Metro 7000 series
In service 1974–present
Number built 340 vehicles
Formation 8/10 cars per trainset
Operator(s) Tokyo Metro
KA Commuter Jabodetabek
Line(s) served Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line, Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line, Tobu Tojo Line, Seibu Yūrakuchō Line, Seibu Ikebukuro Line, Tokyu Toyoko Line
Specifications
Car body construction Aluminium
Car length 20 m (65 ft 7 in)
Maximum speed 80 km/h (on Yurakucho Line), 105 km/h (on Tobu Line), 110 km/h (on Tokyu line)
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.

Operations

7000 series trainsets operate on the following lines.[1]

Formations

As of 1 April 2013, the fleet consists of six 10-cars sets and 15 eight-car sets. They are formed as shown below with car 1 at the northern end.[1]

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

8-car sets

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

Interior

Passenger accommodation consists of longitudinal bench seating throughout. Cars 2 and 9 in the 10-car sets and cars 2 and 7 in the 8-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 livery on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line, 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 10-car sets (7117, 7121, 7122, and 7123) were shipped to Indonesia in 2010 for use on suburban services operated by KRL Jabotabek (KCJ) in Jakarta.[2] The four sets were reduced to 8-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)
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

Accidents and incidents

On December 9, 2013, set 7121 (KRL 1131) collided with a Pertamina tank truck at a level crossing at Bintaro Permai intersection on the KCJ Jakarta - Tangerang line in 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] As a result of the accident, set 7121 was finally scrapped.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 私鉄車両編成表 2013 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2013]. Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 30 July 2013. pp. 82–83. ISBN 978-4-330-39313-1.
  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). Japan: Denkisha Kenkyūkai. 63 (880): 106–117.
  3. ↑ Seven people killed in accident collision of a tanker truck vs KRL
  4. ↑ KRL collision fatalities and increased tanker truck

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