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(Meitetsu) in Japan from December 2008 until 2021.

Formation

The fleet consisted of four 6-car sets, formed as follows. Cars 1, 4, and 6 each had a single-arm pantograph. File:Meitetsu 2300 series EMU 106.JPG, 2334 (car 6), August 2009 File:Meitetsu 2300 series EMU 105.JPG, 2384 (car 5), August 2009 File:Meitetsu 2300 series EMU 104.JPG, 2484 (car 4), August 2009 File:Meitetsu 2300 series EMU 103.JPG, 2434 (car 3), August 2009 File:Meitetsu 1700 series EMU 102.JPG, 1654 (car 2), August 2009 File:Meitetsu 1700 series EMU 101.JPG, 1704 (car 1), August 2009

Interior

File:Meitetsu 1700 series EMU 001.JPG, Interior of Sa 1650 car showing limited express style seating configuration

History

The six-car trainsets were formed in 2008 by combining two cars from former 1600 series

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EMUs with four newly built 2300 series commuter cars. The trains entered service from the start of the revised timetable on 27 December 2008. The fleet was reliveried from August 2015, starting with set 1701. File:Meitetsu 1600 Series EMU 011.JPG, 1600 series EMU from which 1700 series cars were modified, April 2008 File:Meitetsu 1700 series EMU 027.JPG, 1700/2300 series set 1704 in original livery in August 2009

Withdrawal

Withdrawals of the 1700 series commenced in 2019. The four sets of 2300 series cars were used to form four 2200 series six-car sets. These sets, numbered 2231 to 2234, use two newly built limited express cars and four 2300 series cars originally used with the 1700 series sets. The first of these sets to be formed, 2234, entered service in February 2020, using the 2300 series cars from 1700 series set 1704. All 1700 series limited express cars were scrapped by February 2021.

References

External links

1700 series information on Meitetsu website

* (Japan Railfan Magazine) {{Meitetsu trainsets Electric multiple units of Japan 1700 series Train-related introductions in 2008 Nippon Sharyo multiple units 1500 V DC multiple units of Japan ja:名鉄2200系電車#1700系