Seibu-101 last run event Yokoze Rail yard 20121209

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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 types operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway in Japan.

Original 101 series

The 101 series began service in 1969, in conjunction with the opening of the Seibu Chichibu Line.

New 101 series and 301 series

The New 101 series features changes in design. The 301 series is based on the New 101 series, and were formed as eight-car sets. File:Seibu-Series-New101_Inside.jpg, Interior view File:Seibu-Series-New101_Inside_Priority-seat.jpg, Priority seating File:Seibu-Series-New101_Inside_Free-space.jpg, Wheelchair space

Resale

The

Chichibu Railway 6000 series The is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type for express services on the Chichibu Main Line operated by the private railway operator Chichibu Railway in Japan since 2006. Formation The three three-car sets are formed as shown below, with ...

trains were rebuilt from former Seibu New 101 series trains.

Sangi Railway is a private railway company in Mie Prefecture, Japan, which also operates bus lines. The company was founded in 1928 and its initial line, the Sangi Line, originally functioned as a freight line transporting cement, but in recent years it beca ...

operates former New 101 series trains as Sangi Railway 751 series. Former Seibu New 101 series trains were also transferred to

Ryutetsu The is a commuter rail line in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by between Mabashi Station in Matsudo and Nagareyama Station in Nagareyama. The line and the operator company was called the and respectively until the renaming on August 1, ...

, becoming Ryutetsu 5000 series trains. File:Chichibu Railway 6000.jpg, Chichibu Railway 6000 series File:0903150740 hobo sangi S751.jpg, Sangi Railway 751 series File:Ryutetsu5001-20100829.jpg, Ryutetsu 5000 series

Livery variations

In 2018, one set received a livery resembling the Ohmi Railway 100 series. Other livery variations include a set in

Izuhakone Railway The is a private railway company in Kanagawa Prefecture and Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The company also operates excursion ships, and the group companies operate buses and taxis. The company has its roots in founded in 1893. Izuhakone Railway ...

livery, and a set in red and beige livery. File:Series New101 1251F Ohmi-Umikaze 20180726.jpg, 101 series in Ohmi Railway livery File:Series New101 1249F Izuhakone 1300 20171030.jpg, Set 1249 in Izuhakone Railway-style livery File:Seibu101n-akaden.jpg, Red and beige livery

Preserved examples

*KuHa 1150: used as a library room at the Kumegawa Train Library in Higashimurayama, Tokyo. *KuHa 1224: preserved at Yokoze yard. *KuHa 1262: exhibited outside the MetLife Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama. File:Kumegawa Train Library.JPG, Kumegawa Train Library File:Seibu-Kuha 1224 Yokoze Rail yard 20121209.jpg, KuHa 1224 at Yokoze yard in December 2012 File:20210502 L-Train101.jpg, KuHa 1262 in May 2021

References

External links

Seibu Railway website
Electric multiple units of Japan

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