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(EMU) commuter train type operated by the

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operator

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in Japan. First introduced on 10 February 2002, a total of 312 cars were built in eight batches with orders divided between

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, and

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. Originally formed as six- and eight-car trainsets, a further eight cars were built in late 2010 to augment six-car sets to ten cars.

Formations

10-car sets

The 10-car sets, numbered 3081 to 3095, are formed as follows. The M1, T1, M3, and M5 cars each have one single-arm pantograph.

8-car sets 3651–3665

The M1, T1, and M3 cars each have one single-arm pantograph.

6-car sets 3251–3262

The M1 and M3 cars each have one single-arm pantograph. Sets 3252 to 3254 have wider doors.

6-car sets 3263–3282

The M1 and M3 cars each have one single-arm pantograph.

Interior

Passenger accommodation consists of longitudinal bench seating throughout . File:Odakyu-3263_Inside.jpg, Interior File:Odakyu-3263_Inside_Free-space.jpg, Folding seat File:Odakyu-3263_Inside_Priority-seat.jpg, Priority seat

Livery variations

Doraemon-liveried "F-Train"

In August 2011, 10-car set 3093 was reliveried in a

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livery to commemorate the opening of the Fujiko F. Fujio Museum in

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. The train was scheduled to run in its livery for one year, but this was cut short due to complaints from the

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that it violated metropolitan ordinances regulating advertising on train exteriors. The decorated "F-Train" remained in service until 30 September 2011, before the exterior advertising was removed. File:F-Train of OER-3493.jpg, Set 3093 in

livery in September 2011

References

External links

Odakyu 3000 series

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