The is an

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(EMU) train type operated by the Tokyo subway operator

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in Tokyo, Japan, between 1974 and 2022. The design is based on the earlier

Tokyo Metro 6000 series The was an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line in Tokyo, Japan from 1971 to 2018. A number of trainsets have been exported to Indonesia for use by Kereta Commu ...

trains used on the

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Formations

, the fleet consists of six ten-car sets and 15 eight-car sets, formed as shown below with car 1 at the northern end.

10-car sets

only 7102F * Cars 2, 4, and 8 are each fitted with two lozenge-type pantographs. * Car 9 is designated as a moderately air-conditioned car.

8-car sets

* Cars 3 and 7 are each fitted with two lozenge-type pantographs. * Car 7 is designated as a moderately air-conditioned car.

Interior

Passenger accommodation consists of longitudinal bench seating throughout. Cars 2 and 9 in the ten-car sets and cars 2 and 7 in the eight-car sets each have a wheelchair space. Priority seating is provided at the end of each car. File:Tokyo Metro 7105-2005-12-18 1.jpg, Interior of set 7105 which has received type B refurbishment File:Yu-line7126Froom.jpg, Interior of set 7126

History

The 7000 series was introduced into service on 30 October 1974, when the Yurakucho Line first opened. Its design is derived from that of the 6000 series developed for the

Chiyoda Line The is a subway line owned and operated by Tokyo Metro in Tokyo, Japan. On average, the line carries 1,447,730 passengers daily (2017), the second highest of the Tokyo Metro network, behind the Tozai Line (1,642,378). They were initially formed as five-car sets, but after the Yurakucho Line was extended to in 1983, the 7000 series sets were formed as ten-car sets. By 1989, 340 vehicles were built, which were formed into 34 ten-car sets.

Refurbishment

Between 2007 and 2009, the 7000 series fleet was refurbished coinciding with use on

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services. The sets were fitted with new driver's cabs,

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equipment, updated traction and braking systems, automatic train operation, and other miscellaneous technical improvements. Some sets were also shortened to eight cars. The sets were also reliveried with brown, gold, and white stripes coinciding with use on Fukutoshin Line services. They originally sported a yellow bodyside line when used primarily on Yurakucho Line services.

Withdrawal

After the refurbishment programme, a significant portion of the 7000 series fleet was withdrawn; four of these sets were shipped to Indonesia in 2010. In 2020, Tokyo Metro unveiled the 17000 series, which was intended to replace the remaining 7000 series sets by the end of fiscal 2022. As of April 2022, all operations have ended.

Overseas operations

Four 7000 series ten-car sets (7117, 7121, 7122, and 7123) were shipped to Indonesia in 2010 for use on suburban services operated by

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(previously called "KA Commuter Jabodetabek" or "KRL Jabodetabek") in Jakarta. The four sets were reduced to eight-car formations and are formed as follows, based at Depok Depot. The two M1 cars in each set are equipped with two pantographs.

Accidents and incidents

2013 Bintaro train crash: On 9 December 2013, set 7121 (KRL 1131) collided with a

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tank truck at a level crossing at the Bintaro Permai intersection on the Rangkasbitung Line near Bintaro,

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, leading to 7 deaths and 45 injuries. The front two carriages of set 7121 as well as the tank truck were both destroyed in the ensuing fire. Set 7121 was scrapped in December 2014.

References

External links

Tokyo Metro 7000 series information
{{KAI Commuter trainsets Electric multiple units of Japan

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 ...