Sotetsu 8000 series


The Sotetsu 8000 series is a DC electric multiple unit train type operated by the private railway operator Sagami Railway in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, since 1990.

Body

The trains use a lightweight aluminium body.

Interior design

Some cars have transverse seating.

Electrical equipment

The motor system is based on the New 7000 series.
This series adopted variable-frequency drive motors named "Hitachi HSV-03"; the motor power is 150 kW and installed as 4 motors per car. Power cars are two cars as one pair. The 8100 car establishes the VFD-controller, and the 8200 car establishes a compressor, etc.
The brake system was finished with Hitachi HSC and adopted brake by wire with regenerative brake.
Bogies are based on the New 7000 series, too. The name is "KH132B" and "KH135B".

Safety system

The safety system uses a dead man's switch and automatic train stop.

Formation

, the fleet consists of 12 ten-car sets, formed as follows.

8701 - 8707

8708 – 8713

Key:
A total of 130 cars were built between 1990 and 2000 by Hitachi in Yamaguchi Prefecture. They replaced many of the aging 6000 series and new 6000 series sets.
Set 8707 was involved in a collision with a track maintenance vehicle in March 2004, at Shonandai Station, and was scrapped in 2006. The set was replaced by a newer Sotetsu 10000 series set.

Refurbishment

Body