The is an
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 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
In Japan, , commonly simply ''private railway'', refers to a public transit railway o ...
operator
Sanyo Electric Railway
is a Japanese private railway operating company based in western Hyōgo Prefecture. It runs local and express rail service between Himeji and Kobe, and also connects directly with Hanshin Main Line to Osaka.
Although the Hanshin Electric Rai ...
in Japan since 1964. The 3000 series also includes the , and the .
Formation
The trains are formed as three-car and four-car sets.
Technical specifications
The trains have
aluminium
Aluminium (aluminum in American and Canadian English) is a chemical element with the symbol Al and atomic number 13. Aluminium has a density lower than those of other common metals, at approximately one third that of steel. I ...
and
steel
Steel is an alloy made up of iron with added carbon to improve its strength and fracture resistance compared to other forms of iron. Many other elements may be present or added. Stainless steels that are corrosion- and oxidation-resistant ty ...
car bodies. Steel-bodied trains had a cream and blue two-tone livery, and now carry an ivory livery with a black and red stripe.
Most cars with aluminium bodies were unpainted with a red stripe. Aluminium cars which ran together with steel-bodied cars carried a livery.
History
The trains entered service in 1964, and were the recipient of the 1965
Laurel Prize
The is an award presented annually in Japan since 1961 by the Japan Railfan Club. It is awarded for railway vehicles that entered service in the previous year and voted by the selection committee as having the most outstanding functional and des ...
.
133 cars were built until 1985.
They are being gradually replaced by
6000 series trains.
A special "''Sayonara No. 3000''" event was held for the withdrawal of set 3000 on November 23, 2017.
The set, consisting of cars 3000, 3001 and 3600, entered service in 1965,
and was withdrawn from regular service on November 22,
followed by special runs on November 23, 2017.
During its 53 years in service it ran a distance of about 6.42 million kilometers.
Cars 3001 and 3600 were removed from Higashi-Futami depot for scrapping in March 2018.
Set 3030 was repainted into its original two-tone livery in 2019. It is scheduled to carry this livery until its planned withdrawal from service in 2021.
References
External links
Sanyo Electric Railway official website
{{Sanyo Electric Railway rolling stock
Electric multiple units of Japan
Train-related introductions in 1964
Kawasaki multiple units
1500 V DC multiple units of Japan