Seibu 30000 series


The Seibu 30000 series is an electric multiple unit train type operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway on commuter services in the Tokyo area of Japan since April 2008, replacing older three-door 101 series and 301 series sets. It is nicknamed the "Smile Train".

Design

Sets are formed as two-, eight-, and ten-car units, consisting of aluminium wide-bodied 20 m long four-door cars with no end gangway doors. Six-car sets were also scheduled to be built by fiscal 2011, but none was ultimately delivered.

Fleet

, the fleet consists of six ten-car sets, 17 eight-car sets, and six two-car sets, based at Kotesashi, Minami-Iriso, Musashigaoka, and Tamagawa-Josui depots for use on Seibu Shinjuku Line and Seibu Ikebukuro Line workings.
The last set ordered, eight-car set 38118, was delivered in June 2016, bring the total size of the fleet to 216 vehicles.

Formations

Sets are formed as shown below.

2-car sets

DesignationTc1M1M2T1T3M5M6Tc2
Numbering3810038200383003840038500386003870038800

Car No.12345678910
DesignationTc1M1M2T1M3T2T3M5M6Tc2
Numbering30100302003030030400305003060030700308003090030000

Seating consists of longitudinal bench seating throughout. Wheelchair spaces are provided in the two outermost cars at each end of eight-car sets and in the 32100 cars of two-car sets. Priority seats are provided at the end of each car. Sets built from fiscal 2013 feature LED lighting and transparent overhead luggage racks in place of the earlier stainless steel pipe racks.

History

The first train entered service on the Seibu Shinjuku Line on 26 April 2008.

Fleet history

The fleet history details are as shown below.

2-car sets

BatchSet No.ManufacturerDate delivered
232101Hitachi
232102Hitachi
232103Hitachi
632104Hitachi2 November 2012
632105Hitachi19 November 2012
632106Hitachi10 December 2012

8-car sets

BatchSet No.ManufacturerDate delivered
138101Hitachi
138102Hitachi
138103Hitachi
238104Hitachi
238105Hitachi
338106Hitachi
338107Hitachi
438108Hitachi
438109Hitachi
538110Hitachi
538111Hitachi
638112Hitachi2 November 2012
638113Hitachi19 November 2012
638114Hitachi10 December 2012
738115Hitachi23 December 2013
838116Hitachi1 December 2014
938117Hitachi19 January 2016
1038118HitachiJune 2016

10-car sets

BatchSet No.ManufacturerDate delivered
730101Hitachi23 December 2013
730102Hitachi24 December 2013
830103Hitachi27 October 2014
830104Hitachi17 November 2014
930105Hitachi14 October 2015
930106Hitachi26 October 2015