Tokyu 1000 series


The Tokyu 1000 series is an electric multiple unit train type operated by the private railway operator Tokyu Corporation on the Tokyu Ikegami and Tokyu Tamagawa lines in Japan since 1988.

Design

Based on the earlier Tokyu 9000 series design, the 1000 series trains were built for use on through-running services to and from the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line subway. Cars are 18 metres long and have three pairs of doors per side.

Operations

Three-car sets have operated on the Tokyu Ikegami Line since 1993. Four-car sets formerly operated on the Tokyu Mekama Line, and eight-car formations formerly operated on the Tokyu Toyoko Line, with through-running to and from the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line subway. The former were reformed as three-car sets, and the latter were taken out of use from 15 March 2013. From May 2014, former eight-car Tokyu Toyoko Line sets were reformed into three-car sets and refurbished for use on the Tokyu Tamagawa Line and Tokyu Meguro Line, reclassified as 1000-1500 series.

Formations

3-car sets

, the fleet consists of nine three-car sets, formed as follows, with two motored cars and one non-powered trailer car, and car 1 at the Gotanda/Tamagawa end.
Car No.123
DesignationTcMMc
Numbering100012001300

Sets 1012 and 1014 have end cars with a central gangway door instead of the offset emergency gangway door on other units. These two sets were originally built as four-car sets designed to operate in pairs on Toyoko Line through services.
Cars 2 and 3 are each fitted with a single-arm pantograph.

3-car 1000-1500 series sets

The three-car 1000-1500 series sets are formed as shown below, with two motored cars and one non-powered trailer car.
DesignationMcMTc
Numbering150016001700
Weight 33.434.728.9
Capacity 125135125

The eight-car sets used on the Toyoko Line up until March 2013 were formed as follows, with car 1 at the northern end.
Car No.12345678
DesignationTc2M2M1M2M1M2M1Tc1
Numbering10001250120013501300145014001100

Cars 3, 5, and 7 were each fitted with a lozenge-type pantograph. Cars 2 and 7 included wheelchair spaces.

Interior

Passenger accommodation consists of longitudinal seating throughout, with a mixture of brown and orange seat moquette. The 1000-1500 series sets formed from 2014 have light green seat moquette and a wheelchair space added in the 160x cars.

History

Initially introduced on the Tokyu Toyoko Line from 26 December 1988, they were also introduced on the Mekama Line from 1991. These were transferred to the Ikegami Line from 1992, and further new trains were built for the Ikegami Line in 1993. The last set delivered, 1024, was the first Tokyu EMU to be built with a wheelchair space. The Ikegami Line fleet underwent modifications in 1998 for use on wanman driver only operation services.

Livery variations

From March 2016, three-car set 1017 received a dark blue and yellow retro-style livery based on the livery applied to the 3450 series trains that operated on the Ikegami Line until 1989.

Withdrawal and resale

Withdrawals started in 2008, with some cars being resold to the Ueda Electric Railway and the Iga Railway. Further cars were resold to the Ichibata Electric Railway in 2014, and to Fukushima Transportation in 2017.
Eight former Tokyu Ikegami Line 1000 series end cars were resold to the Ueda Electric Railway in Nagano Prefecture, and reformed as four two-car 1000 series sets.
In 2015, two former Tokyu Toyoko Line 1000 series intermediate cars were resold to the Ueda Electric Railway, which were reformed as a two-car 6000 series set with the addition of new cab ends.

1000 series formations

6000 series formation

Car identities

The former identities of the fleet are as shown below.
Set No.Car No.Tokyu numbering
1001DeHa 1001DeHa 1315
1001KuHa 1101KuHa 1015
1002DeHa 1002DeHa 1318
1002KuHa 1102KuHa 1018
1003DeHa 1003DeHa 1314
1003KuHa 1103KuHa 1014
1004DeHa 1004DeHa 1316
1004KuHa 1104KuHa 1016
6001DeHa 6001DeHa 1305
6001KuHa 6101DeHa 1255

Iga Railway

The Iga Railway in Mie Prefecture operates five two-car 200 series EMUs formed from ten former Tokyu 1000 series cars purchased between 2009 and 2012.
The two end cars from the former eight-car set reformed from two four-car sets 1010 and 1011 were resold to the Iga Railway in 2009 after the set was withdrawn. The six intermediate cars of the set were scrapped. The two intermediate driving cars originally formed in sets 1010 and 1011 before they were combined to become a single eight-car set were also sold to Iga Railway in 2010. Following its withdrawal in June 2009, eight-car set 1006 donated six cars, which were resold to Iga Railway between 2010 and 2012. The other two cars of the set were scrapped.

Formations

Car identities

The former identities of the fleet are as shown below.
Set No.Car No.Tokyu numbering
201Mo 201DeHa 1311
201Ku 101KuHa 1010
202Mo 202DeHa 1310
202Ku 102KuHa 1011
203Mo 203DeHa 1406
203Ku 103KuHa 1106
204Mo 204DeHa 1206
204Ku 104KuHa 1006
205Mo 205DeHa 1306
205Ku 105DeHa 1356

Ichibata Electric Railway

In 2014, four former 1000 series intermediate cars were resold to the Ichibata Electric Railway in Shimane Prefecture, which were reformed as two-car 1000 series sets with the addition of new cab ends. These entered service on 9 February 2015.

Formations

Car identities

The former identities of the fleet are as shown below.
Set No.Car No.Tokyu numbering
1001DeHa 1001DeHa 1405
1001KuHa 1101DeHa 1455
1002DeHa 1002DeHa 1403
1002KuHa 1102DeHa 1453

Fukushima Transportation

In 2017, a number of former 1000 series cars were resold to Fukushima Transportation in Fukushima Prefecture for use on the Fukushima Kōtsū Iizaka Line. Classified as 1000 series, the trains are formed as two- and three-car sets as follows. Two sets were converted in fiscal 2016, entering service on 1 April 2017. Two more sets are scheduled to be introduced during fiscal 2017, followed by two more two-car sets in fiscal 2018, ultimately replacing the entire fleet of 7000 trainsets.

Two-car sets

Three-car sets

Car identities

The former identities of the fleet are as shown below.
Set No.Car No.Tokyu numbering
1107DeHa 1107DeHa 1307
1107KuHa 1208DeHa 1257
1109DeHa 1109DeHa 1308
1109DeHa 1313DeHa 1408
1109KuHa 1210DeHa 1258