Keio 7000 series explained

Keio 7000 series
Imagealt:White commuter train with purple stripe
Manufacturer:Nippon Sharyo,
Tokyu Car Corporation[1]
Yearconstruction:1984 - 1996
Yearservice:9 March 1984
Numberbuilt:190 vehicles
Numberservice:160 vehicles
Numberscrapped:30 vehicles
Formation:2/4/6/10 cars per trainset
8 cars per trainset (former)
Fleetnumbers:7701–7708 6-car sets
7721–7728 10-car sets
7801–7807 4-car sets
7421–7425 2-car sets
Operator:Keio Corporation
Carbody:Stainless steel
Carlength:200NaN0
Doors:4 pairs per side
Maxspeed:110km/h
Acceleration:2.5km/h/s
Electricsystem: (overhead catenary)
Collectionmethod:Pantograph
Multipleworking:9000 series, 6000 series

The is a Japanese electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter train type operated by the private railway operator Keio Corporation on commuter services in the western suburbs of Tokyo.

Technical details

Body

The body is stainless steel. Early sets used corrugated panels, while sets made after 1987 had a beaten style. (Some corrugated-style cars were made after 1987 as middle cars for sets made early in production.) The sides were not painted. Fronts of early sets were the same color as the sides. The front designs are of two types, but the difference is minor.

Driver's cab

The driver's cab contains a T-shaped, one-handle master-controller system. The speedometer is analog, providing information up to 1400NaN0.

Formations

Current formations

6-car formations

Sets are formed as follows:[2]

DesignationTc1<--1-->M1<--1-->T<--2-->M1<--1-->M2<--2-->Tc2<--2-->
Capacity (total)150170170170170150
Numbering7701
:
7705
7001
:
7005
7551
:
7555
7101
:
7105
7151
:
7155
7751
:
7755

10-car formations

Sets are formed as follows:[3]

DesignationTc1<--1-->M1<--1-->M2<--2-->T1<--1-->M1<--2-->T2<--1-->T2<--2-->M1<--2-->M2<--2-->Tc2<--2-->
Capacity (total)150170170170170170170170170150
Numbering7721
:
7729
7021
:
7029
7071
:
7079
7521
:
7529
7121
:
7129
7571
:
7579
7671
:
7679
7221
:
7229
7271
:
7279
7771
:
7779

4-car formations

Sets are formed as follows:[5]

DesignationTc1<--1-->M1<--1-->M2<--2-->Tc2<--1-->
Capacity (total)150170170150
Numbering7801
:
7807
7201
:
7207
7251
:
7257
7851
:
7857

2-car formations

Sets are formed as follows:[7]

DesignationMc<--1-->Tc<--1-->
Capacity (total)150150
Numbering7421


7425

7871


7875

Past formations

8-car formations

Sets were formed as follows:

DesignationTc1<--1-->M1<--1-->M2<--2-->T1<--1-->T2<--2-->M1<--1-->M2<--2-->Tc2<--2-->
Capacity (total)150170170170170170170150
Numbering7706
:
7709
7006
:
7009
7056
:
7059
7506
:
7509
7556
:
7559
7106
:
7109
7156
:
7159
7756
:
7759

Interior

Seating consists of longitudinal bench seats, arranged 4-7-7-7-4 in intermediate cars. Original sets have no passenger information displays, but refurbished sets feature 3-color LED information displays (four per car).[9]

Operations

Used on all Keio Corporation lines. (excluding Inokashira Line)

History

The 7000 series began service in 1984. The 7000 series was built for local train service, and the first sets were five-car sets, rather than 4, 6 or 10 cars. The running performance of the new series was nearly the same as the Keio 6000 series.[10] By 1996, 190 cars of the 7000 series had been built.

From 2001, 7000 series sets were introduced on Special Express, Semi Special Express, Express, and Rapid trains.[11]

Keio announced in 2010 that 18 more of its 7000 series cars would be converted to VVVF inverter control.[12] By 2012, the entire fleet was retrofitted with VVVF inverter control.[13]

Notes and References

  1. Book: 特集 京王電鉄. July 2003. 鉄道ピクトリアル. 2003. 734. Japan. ja. Special Feature Keio Electric Railway.
  2. Book: 特集 京王電鉄. July 2003. 鉄道ピクトリアル. 2003. 734. Japan. ja. Special Feature Keio Electric Railway.
  3. Book: 各社別新造・改造・廃車一覧. 2011. 鉄道ピクトリアル. 855. Japan. 210–222. ja. List of new construction/modified/scrapped vehicles by each company".
  4. Book: 大手私鉄車両ファイル2020. Japan Railfan Magazine. 2020. Japan. ja. Major Railway Vehicle File 2020. B08BCBQL7F. August 2020.
  5. Book: 各社別新造・改造・廃車一覧. 2013. 鉄道ピクトリアル. 881. Japan. 217–218. ja. List of new construction/modified/scrapped vehicles by each company".
  6. Web site: 1 April 2011. 京王7000系7801編成が「TAMA%20ZOO%20TRAIN」に. https://web.archive.org/web/20210516002237/https://railf.jp/news/2011/04/01/204600.html. 16 May 2021. 31 January 2022. Japan Railfan Magazine Online.
  7. Book: 各社別新造・改造・廃車一覧. 2010. 鉄道ピクトリアル. 840. Japan. 212–225. ja. List of new construction/modified/scrapped vehicles by each company".
  8. Book: 小林, 範夫. 京王7000系6両編成を増強. March 2018. 鉄道ピクトリアル. 2018. 943. Japan. 95. ja. Reinforcement of Keio 7000 series 6-car train.
  9. Book: 岸上, 明彦. 2008年度民鉄車両動向. 2009. 鉄道ピクトリアル. 825. Japan. 108–134. ja. Trends in Private Railway Vehicles in 2008".
  10. May 1984. 京王初のステンレスカー 7000系誕生. Keio's first stainless steel car 7000 series birth. 鉄道ファン. ja. 277. 52–56.
  11. Book: Modelers File 京王電鉄 8000系. とれいん. Eliei Press Eisenburn. 2008. 397. Japan. 32–43. ja. Modelers File Keio Electric Railway 8000 series.
  12. http://www.keio.co.jp/english/pdf/2009kimatu_ir_E.pdf Investors' Guide 2010
  13. From"京王電鉄完全データDVDBOOK"by "株式会社メディアクス".The book was made in 2014 January 30th. The book is in Japanese.