The is a
tramcar
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type operated by
Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation
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(Toei) on the
Toden Arakawa Line
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in
Tokyo
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, Japan, since May 2016. The planned fleet of eight cars is to be built from former
7000 series 7000 series may refer to:
Japanese trains
* Chichibu Railway 7000 series electric multiple unit (EMU)
* Echizen Railway 7000 series EMU
* Hankyu 7000 series EMU
* Hokushin Kyuko Electric Railway 7000 series EMU operating for the Kobe Municipal S ...
cars, rebuilt with new bogies and electrical equipment.
Design
The 7700 series cars are rebuilt from former
7000 series 7000 series may refer to:
Japanese trains
* Chichibu Railway 7000 series electric multiple unit (EMU)
* Echizen Railway 7000 series EMU
* Hankyu 7000 series EMU
* Hokushin Kyuko Electric Railway 7000 series EMU operating for the Kobe Municipal S ...
cars, which themselves were rebuilt in 1977 from cars dating from the 1950s with new bodies on the original underframes.
The 7700 series cars reuse the bodies and air-conditioning equipment of the 7000 series cars but with new bogies identical to those used on the
8900 series cars and VVVF control equipment.
The interiors have also been completely refurbished with the doorways widened from to .
Interior LED lighting is used.
The cost of building the 7700 series from the earlier 7000 series cars is approximately 130 million yen per car, compared to the cost of approximately 180 million yen for purchasing new 8900 series cars.
Liveries
The individual tramcars are finished in retro-style liveries as follows.
File:Toei 7700 7701 Arakawa-shakomae 20160730 (1).jpg, Green-liveried 7701 in July 2016
File:Toei 7700 7703 Toden-zoshigaya 20160820.jpg, Blue-liveried 7703 in August 2016
File:Toei 7700 7704 Toden-zoshigaya 20160820.jpg, Blue-liveried 7704 in August 2016
File:Toden7707-wiki.jpg, Maroon-liveried 7707 in May 2017
History
Toei announced details of the new 7700 series fleet in March 2016.
The first car, 7701 in green livery, entered service on 30 May 2016.
The two green-liveried cars will be followed by three cars in blue livery and three cars in maroon livery, all entering service by the end of fiscal 2016.
Build history details
The individual build histories of the tramcars are as follows.
References
External links
Toei news release
{{Toei trainsets
Electric multiple units of Japan
Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation
Train-related introductions in 2016
ja:東京都交通局7700形電車
600 V DC multiple units