The (Multi Super Express) is a

Romancecar The is Odakyu Electric Railway's name for its limited express luxury tourist services south-west of Tokyo, to mountain resorts such as Hakone and Gotemba (Mount Fuji), and beaches such as Odawara and Enoshima. When the service started in 195 ...

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(EMU) train type operated by the

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operator

Odakyu Electric Railway , commonly known as Odakyū, is a major railway company based in Tokyo, Japan, best known for its ''Romancecar'' series of limited express trains from Tokyo to Odawara, Enoshima, Tama New Town, and Hakone. The Odakyu Electric Railway Company fo ...

in Japan since March 2008. The trains are used on

Odakyu , commonly known as Odakyū, is a major railway company based in Tokyo, Japan, best known for its '' Romancecar'' series of limited express trains from Tokyo to Odawara, Enoshima, Tama New Town, and Hakone. The Odakyu Electric Railway Company ...

through service to the

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, making it the first

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train with reserved seats to operate through a subway line in Tokyo.

Operations

Weekdays

* '' Mt. Fuji'' * '' Metro Sagami'' * ''

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Weekends/holidays

* '' Metro Sagami'' * '' Bay Resort'' * '' Metro Hakone'' * ''

Formations

Model 60000 of Odakyu Electric Railway 6

, the fleet consists of five 6-car sets and three 4-car sets (42 vehicles in total), formed as follows, with car 1 at the Odawara end and car 10 at the Shinjuku (Tokyo) end. Cars 2, 3, 8, and 9 each have one single-arm pantograph.

Interior

Accommodation is monoclass, with seating arranged 2+2 at a seat pitch of . All passenger saloons are designated no-smoking. cars 2, 5, and 8 are equipped with toilets. Refreshment counters are provided in cars 3 and 9. File:OER-60101 inside.jpg, Interior view File:Seat of Odakyu RomanceCar MSE.JPG, Seating detail

History

Two six-car sets and one four-car set were ordered in September 2006, with the first six-car set delivered from

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in October 2007.Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine, November 2007 issue The trains entered service on 15 March 2008. In 2009, the 60000 series MSE was awarded the Blue Ribbon Award, presented annually in Japan by the Japan Railfan Club for railway vehicles voted as being the most outstanding design of the year. A third six-car set was delivered in October 2009. From the start of the revised timetable on 17 March 2012, 60000 series six-car sets were introduced on ''Asagiri'' services between and , replacing the

Odakyu 20000 series RSE The (Resort Super Express) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated between 1991 and March 2012 by the private railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway on '' Asagiri'' limited express services in Japan. Operations Up until 16 Mar ...

and JR Central

371 series The is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) in Japan between 1991 and 2014. Originally used on '' Asagiri'' limited express services in conjunction with Odakyu Electric Railway, from 2012 ...

EMUs currently used. A fifth six-car set (60255) was delivered from Nippon Sharyo in late October 2015, followed by a third four-car set (60053) in November 2015.

References

External links

Odakyu Romancecar MSE

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