Toei 12-000 series

The Toei 12-000 series (東京都交通局12-000形) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei) on the Toei Oedo Line in Tokyo, Japan.

Toei 12-000 series
Set 30 in October 2006
In service	1991–present
Manufacturer	12-000 series: Nippon Sharyo, Hitachi (3rd and 4th batches) 12-600 series: Kawasaki Heavy Industries (1st batch), Nippon Sharyo (2nd batch)
Constructed	12-000 series: 1990–2000, 12-600 series: 2012–present
Entered service	12-000 series: 1991, 12-600 series: 2012
Number built	12-000 series: 424 vehicles (53 sets), 12-600 series: 80 vehicles (10 sets)
Number in service	464 vehicles (58 sets)
Number preserved	2 vehicles
Number scrapped	40 vehicles (5 sets)
Formation	8 cars per trainset
Capacity	780 (328/336 seated)
Operator(s)	Toei
Depot(s)	Kiba
Line(s) served	E Toei Oedo Line
Specifications
Car body construction	Aluminium
Car length	16,750 mm (54.95 ft) (end cars) 16,500 mm (54.1 ft) (intermediate cars)
Width	12-000 series: 2,498 mm (8.196 ft), 12-600 series: 2,490 mm (8.17 ft)
Height	12-000 series: 3,145 mm (10.318 ft), 12-600 series: 3,145 mm (10.318 ft)
Doors	3 pairs per side
Maximum speed	70 km/h (43 mph)
Weight	12-000 series: 200 t (1st-2nd batches), 197 t (3rd-4th batches), 12-600 series: 25.5–25.9 t per car
Traction system	Linear motor (Hitachi GTO-VVVF, IGBT-VVVF and SiC-VVVF)
Power output	1,920 kW
Acceleration	3.0 km/h/s
Deceleration	3.5 km/h/s (4.5 km/h/s for emergency brake)
Electric system(s)	1,500 V DC overhead line
Current collection method	Pantograph
Bogies	T-12D
Braking system(s)	Regenerative brake, Brake-by-wire
Safety system(s)	ATC, ATO
Coupling system	Shibata rotary coupler
Multiple working	Off-service hauling: Toei Class E5000
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)

Formation

Designation	M2c	M1	M2	M1	M1	M2	M1	M2c
Numbering	12-xx1	12-xx2	12-xx3	12-xx4	12-xx5	12-xx6	12-xx7	12-xx8

• Each M1 car is fitted with a lozenge-type pantograph.[1]
• Car 5 is designated as a mildly-air-conditioned car.[1]

Interior

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  Interior view
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  Interior view, showing priority seating

12-600 series

12-600 series set 12-611 in March 2012

A new batch of sets, classified 12-600 series, were delivered from fiscal 2011. Broadly based on the earlier 4th-batch design (sets 16 to 53), these sets included a number of design improvements.[2] The latest batch of sets entered service on 15 February 2019 and use a different headlamp setup, with a dual headlamp-taillamp fixture; as opposed to shield-beam headlamps as used on the first eight sets, these use LED fixtures.

As of 2018, ten sets are in service and are all based at Kiba Depot.

Formation

The 12-600 sets are formed as shown below, with all cars motored.[2]

Car No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Designation	M2c	M1	M2	M1	M1	M2	M1	M2c
Numbering	12-6x1	12-6x2	12-6x3	12-6x4	12-6x5	12-6x6	12-6x7	12-6x8
Weight (t)	25.5	25.9	25.8	25.9	25.9	25.8	25.9	25.7
Capacity (total/seated)	90/36	100/44	100/44	100/40	100/40	100/44	100/44	90/36

• Each M1 car is fitted with a single-arm pantograph.[3]
• Car 5 is designated as a mildly-air-conditioned car.[3]

Interior

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  Interior of a 12-600 series set
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  A wheelchair space at the end of a car
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  Priority seating

Build history

The 12-600 series fleet details are as shown below.[3][4]

Set No.	Manufacturer	Date delivered
12-611	Kawasaki Heavy Industries	20 November 2011
12-621	Kawasaki Heavy Industries	9 April 2012
12-631	Nippon Sharyo	February 2015
12-641	Nippon Sharyo	March 2015
12-651	Nippon Sharyo	November 2015
12-661	Nippon Sharyo	November 2015
12-671	Nippon Sharyo	May 2016[5]
12-681	Nippon Sharyo	June 2016[5]
12-691	Kawasaki Heavy Industries	18 May 2018
12-701	Kawasaki Heavy Industries

History

The prototype two-car set at Magome Depot in May 1989

First-batch set 05 with painted aluminium body in November 2007

Two prototype cars, numbered 12-001 and 12-002, were delivered from Tokyu Car Corporation in April 1986. These cars had stainless steel bodies and were originally built with conventional traction motors. The cars were converted to linear motor propulsion in 1987, with testing conducted on a special test track at Magome Depot. Following successful testing, it was announced in December 1988 that linear motor propulsion would be used for the new Toei Ōedo Line (then Line 12) under construction in Tokyo.

The first production trains were delivered as six-car sets from Nippon Sharyo to Hikarigaoka Depot from September 1990 for testing on the line between Hikarigaoka and Nerima before entering revenue service in December 1991.[6]

A total of 424 vehicles were subsequently built by Nippon Sharyo and Hitachi up until 2001, formed as 53 8-car sets. The production trains featured aluminium bodies, and the first six sets were painted.[1][6]

The first 6th-batch 12-600 series set (cars 12-611 to 12-618) was delivered from the Kawasaki Heavy Industries factory in Hyōgo Prefecture in August 2011.[7] It entered service on 23 February 2012.[8] On 30 March 2015, Toei Subway announced it had ordered a second batch of 12-600 series trains. On these trains, the magenta stripe is located at the height of the windows so it can be seen above the platform edge doors installed at every station. LCD information displays are provided above the doors. The trains entered service on 6 April 2015, with six units to be delivered by June 2016, replacing older 12-000 series trains.[9][10]

The last remaining first-batch trains (sets 01 to 06) are scheduled to be withdrawn by the end of June 2016.[11]

Preserved examples

Preserved prototype car 12-001 at Chihaya Flower Park in Toshima, Tokyo, June 2008

The two prototype cars, 12-001 and 12-002 are preserved at Chihaya Flower Park in Toshima, Tokyo.[12]

Gallery

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  Linear motor as used on the 12-000 series
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  T-12D bogie as used on the Toei 12-000 series. Note the low height of the bogie enabled by the use of linear motors.
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  A 12-000 series EMU (left) and a class E5000 electric locomotive (right). The class E5000 locomotive is used to haul 12-000 series units to Magome depot for major overhauls.

References

1. 私鉄車両編成表 私鉄車両編成表 2010 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2010]. Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. August 2010. p. 30. ISBN 978-4-330-15310-0.
2. "東京都交通局１２－６００形（大江戸線）" [Toei 12-600 series (Ōedo Line)]. Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine. Vol. 41 no. 336. Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. April 2012. p. 82.
3. 私鉄車両編成表 2014 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2014] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 24 July 2014. p. 33. ISBN 978-4-330-48414-3.
4. 私鉄車両編成表 2016 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2016] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 25 July 2016. p. ３４. ISBN 978-4-330-70116-5.
5. 私鉄車両のうごき [Private Railway Rolling Stock Changes]. Tetsudo Daiya Joho Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 45 no. 390. Japan: Kotsu Shimbun. October 2016. p. 127.
6. Kajiwara, Hisashi (July 2009). "公営地下鉄在籍両数ビッグ3 東京都交通局" [Top 3 Subway Vehicle Owners: Toei]. Japan Railfan Magazine. Vol. 49 no. 579. Japan: Kōyūsha. pp. 128–139.
7. 都営大江戸線向け12-600形が甲種輸送される [Toei Oedo Line 12-600 series delivered]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 29 August 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
8. 12-600形 営業運転開始 [12-600 series enters revenue service]. RM News (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. 24 February 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
9. 都営大江戸線、12-600形を増備…ラインカラーは車体上部に [Further 12-600 series trains ordered for Toei Oedo Line] (in Japanese). Japan: IID Inc. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
10. 都営大江戸線に新車両がデビューします。 [New trains to enter service on Toei Oedo Line] (in Japanese). Japan: Toei. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
11. 【東京都】12-000形1次車が6月末で引退 [Toei 12-000 series 1st-batch trains to be withdrawn at end of June]. RM News (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing Co., Ltd. 27 June 2016. Archived from the original on 27 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
12. Okada, Seiichi (September 2012). "魅惑の公園保存車両 4" [Fascinating park-preserved rolling stock (Part 4)]. Japan Railfan Magazine. Vol. 52 no. 617. Japan: Kōyūsha Co., Ltd. pp. 96–97.

External links

• Nippon Sharyo 12-000 series information (in Japanese)
• Nippon Sharyo 12-600 series information (in Japanese)