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electric multiple unit
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(EMU) train type operated by the Tokyo subway operator
Tokyo Metro
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on the
Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line
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, commonly known as Odakyū, is a major railway company based in Tokyo, Japan, best known for its ''Romancecar'' series of limited express trains from Tokyo to Odawara, Kanagawa, Odawara, Enoshima, Tama New Town, and Hakone, Kanagawa, Hakone.
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Odakyu Tama Line
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Joban Line ( – )
Design
The 16000 series uses
Toshiba
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-branded
synchronous motors with permanent magnets, offering 10% energy savings compared to the motors used in earlier
10000 series trains.
The first 12 sets were manufactured by
Kawasaki Heavy Industries
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in
Hyogo Prefecture, but sets 16113 to 16128 were built by
Hitachi
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in
Yamaguchi Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Yamaguchi Prefecture has a population of 1,377,631 (1 February 2018) and has a geographic area of 6,112 Square kilometre, km2 (2,359 Square mile, sq mi). Y ...
.
Sets from 16106 onward feature a modified front end design with the emergency door offset to the left-hand side away from the driver's position.
Sets 16117 onward feature wheelchair spaces in all cars, and use LED lighting throughout.
File:Tokyo Metro 16103 Yoyogi-uehara 20110704.jpg, Set 16103 in July 2011, with centrally-positioned cab-end door
File:Tokyo-metro 16108.jpg, Set 16108 in September 2011, with offset cab-end door
File:Tokyometro16000 haruhino.jpg, Set 16122 in February 2016, showing the livery applied to sets delivered from 2015 onward
File:Tokyo-Metro_Series16000-16024_Cab.jpg, Driving cab interior view in April 2022
File:Tokyo-Metro_Series16000_LED.jpg, LED destination indicator panel
Formation
, the fleet consists of 37 ten-car sets,
formed as shown below, with car 1 at the Yoyogi-Uehara (south) end.
Cars 2, 4, 7, and 9 each have one single-arm pantograph.
Interior
File:Tokyo-Metro_Series16000-16024_Inside.jpg, Interior view
File:Tokyo-Metro_Series16000-16924_Priority-seat.jpg, Priority seating
File:Tokyo-Metro_Series16000-16024_Free-space.jpg, Priority seating with wheelchair space
File:Tokyo-Metro_Series16000_Long-seat.jpg, 7-seat longitudinal bench seating
File:Tokyo-Metro_Series16000_LCD.jpg, "TVIS" LCD passenger information display above door
File:Tokyo Metro 16000 Laurel prize plate inside.JPG, Train fleet number with builder's name and Laurel Prize plate
History
The first 16000 series set was delivered in early August 2010.
The type entered service on 4 November 2010.
In May 2011, the 16000 series was awarded the 2011
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 ...
, presented annually by the Japan Railfan Club.
In April 2012, car 8 (16807) of set 16107 was experimentally fitted with LED interior lighting replacing the normal fluorescent tubes used.
The final set on order, 16137, entered service in October 2017.
Fleet details
Official delivery dates as follows.
References
External links
Tokyo Metro 16000 series information
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