Tokyo Metro 15000 series

Tokyo Metro 15000 series
A Tozai Line 15000 series train
In service	May 2010–present
Manufacturer	Hitachi
Built at	Kudamatsu, Yamaguchi
Family name	Hitachi A-train
Replaced	Tokyo Metro 05 series (Batch 1)
Constructed	2010–2017
Entered service	7 May 2010
Number built	160 vehicles (16 sets)
Number in service	160 vehicles (16 sets)
Formation	10 cars per trainset
Fleet numbers	51–66
Capacity	143 (38 seating) (front car), 154 (44 seating) (intermediate cars), 155 (42) (intermediate cars with wheelchair space)
Operators	Tokyo Metro
Depots	Fukagawa Depot
Lines served	T Tokyo Metro Tōzai Line, JB Chūō-Sōbu Line, TR Tōyō Rapid Line
Specifications
Car body construction	Aluminium alloy
Car length	20.520 m (67 ft 4 in) (end cars) 20.000 m (65 ft 7 in) (intermediate cars)
Width	2.850 m (9 ft 4 in)
Height	4.022 m (13 ft 2.3 in), with pantograph: 4.080 m (13 ft 5 in)
Doors	4 pairs per side
Maximum speed	100 km/h (62 mph)
Weight	294.3 t
Traction system	IGBT–VVVF (Mitsubishi Electric)
Traction motors	3-phase AC induction motor (Mitsubishi Electric)
Power output	4.5 MW (6,035 hp)
Acceleration	3.3 km/(h⋅s) (2.1 mph/s)
Deceleration	3.5 km/(h⋅s) (2.2 mph/s) (service) 5.0 km/(h⋅s) (3.1 mph/s) (emergency)
Electric system(s)	1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Current collector(s)	Pantograph
Bogies	FS778
Braking system(s)	Electronically controlled pneumatic brakes with regenerative braking, pure electric braking
Safety system(s)	New CS-ATC/CS-ATC (Tokyo Metro Tozai Line), ATS-P (Chūō-Sōbu Line), WS-ATC (Tōyō Rapid Railway)
Coupling system	Shibata
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

The Tokyo Metro 15000 series (東京メトロ15000系, Tōkyō Metoro 15000-kei) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro on the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line in Tokyo, Japan, since May 2010.

Design

Based on the earlier Tokyo Metro 05 series (13th batch) and Tokyo Metro 10000 series trains, the 15000 series trains have 500 mm (19.7 in) wider doors (1,800 mm (70.9 in) as opposed to 1,300 mm (51.2 in)) to speed up boarding and alighting at stations during rush-hour periods.

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  Exterior view at Fukagawa Depot in April 2010

Operations

The 15000 series trains are used on Tokyo Metro Tozai Line inter-running services, to and from Mitaka on the JR East Chuo-Sobu Line in the west, Tōyō-Katsutadai on the Toyo Rapid Railway Line and Tsudanuma on the Chuo-Sobu Line in the east. The 15000 series trains replaced the first batch of the 05 series trains, which have been in service since 1988.

Formation

As of 1 April 2016, the fleet consists of 13 ten-car sets, numbered 51 to 63, and formed as shown below, with car 1 at the Nishi-Funabashi (west) end.

Cars 2 and 8 each have two single-arm pantographs. Car 5 has one single-arm pantograph.

Interior

Passenger accommodation consists of longitudinal bench seating throughout, with six-person seats between the doors, and two-person seats at the car ends. Passenger information is provided by pairs of 17-inch (432 mm) LCD information screens above each doorway.

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  Interior view
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  Priority seats
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  Interior view showing 1,800 mm (70.9 in) wide doorway
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  LCD passenger information display
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  Driver's cab of the 15000 series

History

The first set was delivered from Hitachi's Kudamatsu factory in February 2010.

The first 15000 series sets entered revenue service on 7 May 2010.

Thirteen sets (15101 to 15113) were delivered by 2011, with a further three sets scheduled to be delivered during fiscal 2016.