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services in Japan from June 2018.

Design

The 5500 series were built by

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(J-TREC) as part of its "Sustina S13 Series" family of 18-metre-long, three-door stainless steel-bodied trains. The new trains have a maximum operating speed of , compared to on the majority of the earlier Toei 5300 series fleet. In addition, they use energy-efficient three-phase induction motors controlled by two-level variable frequency drives using

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Operations

These trains are being used on the

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, the Hokuso Line and the Keisei Line through services since 30 June 2018. They were introduced on

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services on 26 February 2022.

Formation

As of July 2021, the fleet consists of 27 eight-car trainsets. The formations consist of 6 motored ("M") cars, and two non-powered trailer ("T") cars. Car 1 is on the south end. * Cars 3 and 6 each have two single-arm type

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Interior

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History

Toei officially announced initial details of the new trains on 6 December 2016. One eight-car set was delivered during fiscal 2017, and was to enter service in fiscal spring 2018. This will be followed by seven more sets in fiscal 2018, with 19 further sets delivered in subsequent years. The trains entered service on 30 June 2018.

Gallery

File:Toei 5501 Magome Depot 20170930.jpg, Toei 5500 series at Magome Depot, 2017

References

External links

Toei news release published in December 2016

J-TREC news release
{{Toei trainsets Electric multiple units of Japan 5500 Train-related introductions in 2018 J-TREC multiple units 1500 V DC multiple units of Japan