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The six-car sets were formed as shown below with four motored ("M") cars and two non-powered trailer ("T") cars.
* Cars 2 and 4 were each equipped with two lozenge-type pantographs.
* Car 2 was designated as a mildly air-conditioned car.
Seating consisted of longitudinal bench seating throughout. Priority seats were provided at the end of each car.
File:Seibu-Kuha3011 Yokose 20101003.jpg, KuHa 3011 (Ikebukuro end) of set 3011 in ''Galaxy Express 999'' livery, October 2010
File:Seibu-Kuha3012-Bushi-20090501.jpg, KuHa 3012 (Hanno end) of set 3011 in ''Galaxy Express 999'' livery, May 2009
File:Seibu-Kuha3016-LionsDesign-Kyujomae-20100710.jpg, Set 3015 in Saitama Seibu Lions livery, July 2010
Seibu 3000 series train information
{{Seibu trainsets Electric multiple units of Japan 3000 series Train-related introductions in 1982 1500 V DC multiple units of Japan Tokyu Car multiple units
electric multiple unit
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(EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway
is a conglomerate based in Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan, with principal business areas in railways, tourism, and real estate. Seibu Railway's operations are concentrated in northwest Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture; the name "Seibu" is an abbreviati ...
on commuter services in the Tokyo area of Japan from 1982 until 2014.
Design
Nine 8-car sets (72 vehicles) were built between 1982 and 1987, intended for use on all-stations "Local" services on theSeibu Ikebukuro Line
The is a railway line of the Japanese private railway operator Seibu Railway. It originates at Ikebukuro Station, a large railway junction in north-western Tokyo, extending to northwest suburbs as far as Tokorozawa, Saitama, and nominally term ...
. The trains combined 20 m long steel bodies with three pairs of sliding doors per side, based on the New 101 series design with similar underframes as the 2000 series trains. The trains were originally painted in the same livery applied to the 101 and 301 series trains, consisting of "lemon yellow" with a "warm grey" band around the windows, and unpainted stainless steel doors, but by 1999, the fleet was repainted in all-over yellow. The trains were air-conditioned from new.
Fleet
By 2014, the fleet consisted of two 8-car sets, based at Kotesashi and Minami-Iriso depots for use onSeibu Ikebukuro Line
The is a railway line of the Japanese private railway operator Seibu Railway. It originates at Ikebukuro Station, a large railway junction in north-western Tokyo, extending to northwest suburbs as far as Tokorozawa, Saitama, and nominally term ...
and Seibu Shinjuku Line workings respectively, and two 6-car sets based at Minami-Iriso. These sets were withdrawn from service by December 2014.
Formations
8-car sets
The eight-car sets were formed as shown below with six motored ("M") cars and two non-powered trailer ("T") cars. * Cars 2, 4, and 6 were each equipped with two lozenge-typepantographs
A pantograph (, from their original use for copying writing) is a mechanical linkage connected in a manner based on parallelograms so that the movement of one pen, in tracing an image, produces identical movements in a second pen. If a line dr ...
.
* Car 2 was designated as a mildly air-conditioned car.
6-car sets
The six-car sets were formed as shown below with four motored ("M") cars and two non-powered trailer ("T") cars.
* Cars 2 and 4 were each equipped with two lozenge-type pantographs.
* Car 2 was designated as a mildly air-conditioned car.
Interior
Seating consisted of longitudinal bench seating throughout. Priority seats were provided at the end of each car.
History
In 2010, sets 3005 and 3007 were reduced from eight to six cars, and the surplus cars scrapped. In December 2014, set 3009 was also reduced from eight to six cars. The last two remaining sets, eight-car sets 3009 and 3011, were withdrawn from service in December 2014.Livery variations
Ikebukuro Line set 3011 was repainted in a ''Galaxy Express 999
is a Japanese manga series. It is written and illustrated by Leiji Matsumoto, later adapted into a number of anime films and television series. It is set in a spacefaring, high-tech future in which humans have learned how to transfer ...
'' livery from May 2009, and set 3015 was repainted in a Saitama Seibu Lions
The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based north of Tokyo in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture. Before 1979, they were based in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture in Kyushu. The team is owned by a subsidiary of Seibu Railway, wh ...
baseball team livery from July 2010 and branded "L-train".
Resale
Six-car set 3007 and six cars of former eight-car set 3009 were transferred to theOhmi Railway
is a Japanese private railway company which operates in Shiga Prefecture, and a member of the Seibu group since 1943. The company is named after the Ōmi Province, the former name of the present-day Shiga. The railway is nicknamed by local users ...
in Shiga Prefecture following their withdrawal in November and December 2014, respectively.
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Seibu 3000 series train information
{{Seibu trainsets Electric multiple units of Japan 3000 series Train-related introductions in 1982 1500 V DC multiple units of Japan Tokyu Car multiple units