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), 100 km/h (on Tobu 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]

• Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line (10-car sets)
• Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line (8/10-car sets)
• Tobu Tojo Line between Wakōshi and Shiki (8-car sets) or Kawagoeshi (10-car sets)
• Seibu Yūrakuchō Line
• Seibu Ikebukuro Line between Kotake-Mukaihara and Hannō
• Tokyu Toyoko Line (since 16 March 2013)
• Minatomirai Line (since 16 March 2013)

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

• Cars 2, 4, and 8 are each fitted with two lozenge-type pantographs.^[1]

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

• Cars 3 and 7 are each fitted with two lozenge-type pantographs.^[1]

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]

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  Interior of set 7105 which has received type B refurbishment

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  Interior of set 7126

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

• 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 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]

References

1. 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. 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

External links

• Tokyo Metro 7000 series information (Japanese)