The or GSE (Graceful 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 19 ...
electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the
private railway
A private railway is a railroad run by a private business entity (usually a corporation but not need be), as opposed to a railroad run by a public sector.
Japan
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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 Compa ...
on the
Odakyu Odawara Line
, 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 ...
in Japan since 17 March 2018. Two 7-car trainsets were built by
Nippon Sharyo between 2017 and 2018, replacing the
7000 series "LSE" sets.
Design
Two seven-car trainsets were built by
Nippon Sharyo, with the design overseen by
Noriaki Okabe Architecture Network
is a Japanese architect.
He was born in Shizuoka, Japan. He worked with Renzo Piano for twenty years in Europe, from the designing construction supervision of the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.
In 1988, Okabe, then the representative of Ren ...
.
The total cost of the two trains was approximately 4 billion yen.
The trains are finished in a "Rose vermillion" livery with "Romancecar vermillion" and grey body side stripe.
Individual cars are equipped with electro-hydraulic full-active suspension to minimize lateral vibration.
The 70000 series was among the
Good Design Best 100 for 2018,
eventually receiving the
Good Design Gold Award for that year, and the
Blue Ribbon Award in 2019.
Operations
The trains primarily operate on the
Odakyu Odawara Line
, 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 ...
between in Tokyo and in
Kanagawa Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest at . Its geographic area of makes it fifth-smallest. Kanag ...
.
Formations
The trains are formed as seven-car sets of bogie cars, as follows, with four motored ("M") cars and three non-powered trailer ("T") cars, and car 1 at the western (Hakone/Odawara) end.
Cars 2, 4, and 6 each have one single-arm
pantograph
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.
Interior
16-seat observation saloons are located at either end of the train, and the side windows of the passenger saloons have one-metre high windows.
History
Initial details of the trains on order were published by Odakyu on 20 October 2016.
The first trainset was delivered from Nippon Sharyo in December 2017,
and formally unveiled to the media on 5 December 2017.
The second set was delivered from Nippon Sharyo in June 2018.
The first set entered service on 17 March 2018,
with the second set entering service on 11 July of that year.
References
External links
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Electric multiple units of Japan
70000 series
Train-related introductions in 2018
1500 V DC multiple units of Japan
Nippon Sharyo multiple units