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electric multiple unit An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a numbe ...

(EMU) train type for express services on the Chichibu Main Line operated by the private railway operator Chichibu Railway in Japan since 2006.

Formation

The three three-car sets are formed as shown below, with two motored ("M") cars and one non-powered trailer ("T") car. The DeHa 6100 car is fitted with two lozenge-type pantographs.

History

Three 3-car trains were converted from 2005 from former Seibu 101 series 4-car EMUs. Conversion involved sealing the centre pair of side doors and installing transverse seating displaced from

Seibu 10000 series The is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway on limited express services in the Tokyo area of Japan since 1993. Operations Branded as "NRA" or "New Red Arrow", the trains are used o ...

limited express EMUs when they were refurbished. The seats are arranged in facing bays, and no longer rotate. File:Seibu 101 Hirosegawara Depot open day 20060513.jpg, Former Seibu 101 series at the Chichibu Railway Hirosegawara Depot in May 2006 awaiting conversion to become 6000 series trains File:Chichibu-6000-syanai.jpg, Interior view

Special liveries

In October 2014, set 6003 was repainted in a revival beige and brown livery based on that carried by the former 300 series trains.

References

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