Tokyo Metro 01 series

The Tokyo Metro 01 series (東京メトロ01系, Tōkyō Metoro 01-kei) was an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line subway in Tokyo, Japan, from 1983 until March 2017. A total of 38 six-car trainsets (228 cars) were built between 1983 and 1997 in five batches, and the design received the 25th Laurel Prize of the Japan Railfan Club in 1985.

Tokyo Metro 01 series
01 series train at Shibuya Station
In service1984–2017
ManufacturerKawasaki Heavy Industries, Nippon Sharyo, Tokyu Car Corporation, Kinki Sharyo
ReplacedTRTA 2000 series
Constructed1983–1997
Entered serviceJanuary 1984–March 2017
Refurbished1990–1995 (air-conditioning retrofit on sets 01-23)
2008–2010 (seat replacement)
Scrapped2013–2017
Number built228 vehicles (38 sets)
Number in service4 vehicles (as Kumamoto Electric Railway 01 series)
Number preserved4 vehicles
SuccessorTokyo Metro 1000 series
Formation6 cars per trainset
Fleet numbers1-38
Capacity100 (36 seating) (end cars),
102 (42/44 seating) (intermediate cars)
Operator(s)Tokyo Metro (previously TRTA)
Depot(s)Ueno
Line(s) servedG Tokyo Metro Ginza Line
Specifications
Car body constructionAluminium
Car length16,000 mm (52 ft 6 in)
Width2,550 mm (8 ft 4 in)
Height3,465 mm (11 ft 4.4 in)
3,485 mm (11 ft 5.2 in) (set 01)
Doors3 per car
Maximum speed60 km/h (35 mph)
Weight23.5-29.3t per car (chopper control)
21.5-26.8t per car (VVVF)
Traction systemChopper control (sets 01-36)
IGBT-VVVF (sets 37-38)
Power output120kW
TransmissionWestinghouse Natal (WN) drive;
Gear ratio: 6.73 : 1
Acceleration3.0 km/h/s
Deceleration4.0 km/h/s (4.5 km/h/s for emergency brake)
Electric system(s)600 V DC, 3rd rail
BogiesFS-520 / FS-020 (chopper control)
SS-130A / SS-030A (VVVF)
Braking system(s)Electronically controlled pneumatic brakes with regenerative braking
Safety system(s)CS-ATC, TASC,
Automatic train stop (Obsolete)
Coupling systemTomlinson
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)

The trains used a Train Automatic Stopping Controller (TASC) system allowing them to automatically stop at stations.

Formations

The six-car sets were formed as shown below, with three motored (M) cars and three non-powered trailer (T) cars, and car 1 at the Shibuya end.[1]

Car No.123456
Designation CT1MTM'MCT2
Numbering 01-1xx01-2xx01-3xx01-4xx01-5xx01-6xx

Interior

Passenger accommodation consisted of longitudinal bench seating throughout. Each car had priority seats at one end, and wheelchair spaces were provided in car 2 and 5 in sets 32 onward.[2]

Interior of a Tokyo Metro 01 series

History

The TRTA 01 series won the 1985 Laurel Prize from the Japan Railfan Club.

From 1990 until 1995, sets 01 to 23 were retrofitted with Mitsubishi Electric CU-741 air-conditioning units originally designed for the similarly smaller loading gauge 70 series trains of the Osaka Municipal Subway Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line. These sets were initially built without air conditioning as the restricted loading gauge of the Ginza Line made installation of then-available conventional air-conditioning units impossible. Sets 24 to 38 were built from the start with similar air-conditioning units.

In 2007, car 01-238 of set 38 was experimentally fitted with permanent-magnet synchronous motors.[3] From January 2011, the four intermediate cars of set 38 were experimentally fitted with LED lighting.[3]

Withdrawal

Car 01-121 being cut up in March 2014

The 01 series trains began to be replaced by new 1000 series trains from spring 2012.[4] The first set to be withdrawn, set 38, was removed for scrapping in August 2013.[3] By 1 April 2016, nine sets remained in service.[1] The last remaining 01 series train was withdrawn from regular service on 10 March 2017, with a special commemorative final run for invited guests on 12 March.[5]

Resale

Former 01 series cars 01-135 and 01-635 as a Kumamoto Electric Railway 01 series in May 2016

In February 2015, driving cars 01-136 and 01-636 were sold to the Kumamoto Electric Railway in Kyushu and were also regauged to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in),[6] where they became the Kumamoto Electric Railway 01 series, entering service in March 2015 following the addition of pantographs and new bogies.[7] Two more cars, 01-135 and 01-635, were sold to the Kumamoto Electric Railway during fiscal 2015.[8]

Preserved examples

Car No.Set No.Location
01-1011Nakano Depot in Tokyo
01-201
01-601
01-12929Metro Museum in Edogawa, Tokyo (cab end only)
01-63030University of Tokyo Institute of Industrial Science Chiba Experiment Station

Three cars of former set 1 (01-101, 01-201, and 01-601), withdrawn from revenue service in 2013, are kept for training purposes at Nakano Depot in Tokyo.[9]

The cab end of car 01-129 is preserved inside the Metro Museum in Edogawa, Tokyo.[10]

Car 01-630 was donated to the University of Tokyo's Institute of Industrial Science Chiba Experiment Station in Chiba Prefecture in 2017 for use on its 333 m long research test track.[11]

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References

  1. 私鉄車両編成表 2016 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2016] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 25 July 2016. p. 68. ISBN 978-4-330-70116-5.
  2. 私鉄車両編成表 2013 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2013] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 30 July 2013. p. 74. ISBN 978-4-330-39313-1.
  3. 東京メトロ01系第38編成が搬出される [Tokyo Metro 01 series set 38 transported]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  4. 銀座線:12年から新型車両 開業時のレモンイエロー復活 [New trains for Ginza Line from 2012 - Reviving original lemon yellow colour]. Mainichi.jp (in Japanese). The Mainichi Newspapers. 17 February 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
  5. 東京を走り33年…地下鉄銀座線01系が営業運転終了 12日ラストラン [Tokyo Metro Ginza Line 01 series ends revenue service after running in Tokyo for 33 years - Final run on 12 March]. Iza (in Japanese). Japan: Sankei Digital Inc. 10 March 2017. Archived from the original on 11 March 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  6. もと東京メトロ01系が熊本へ [Ex-Tokyo Metro 01 series moved to Kumamoto]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 22 February 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  7. Kekke, Manabu (June 2015). 熊本電気鉄道01形 [Kumamoto Electric Railway 01 series]. Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 44 no. 374. Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. pp. 44–47.
  8. 東京メトロ銀座線と熊本電鉄で01系車両譲渡記念列車を運行します [01 series commemorative trains to run on Tokyo Metro Ginza Line and Kumamoto Electric Railway] (PDF). News release (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Metro & Kumamoto Electric Railway. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  9. Shibata, Togo (March 2017). 非公開の保存車両に注目 [Looking at rolling stock preserved in private]. Tetsudo Daiya Joho Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 46 no. 395. Japan: Kotsu Shimbun. p. 59.
  10. 【東京地下鉄】01系が地下鉄博物館で展示を開始 [Tokyo Metro 01 series goes on display at Subway Museum]. RM News (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing Co., Ltd. 15 July 2016. Archived from the original on 16 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  11. Sasaki, Yasuhiro (18 May 2017). 東京メトロ、銀座線01系01-630号車を東京大学に譲渡 - 研究用車両で活用へ [Tokyo Metro Ginza Line 01 series car 01-630 donated to University of Tokyo for use as test vehicle]. Mynavi News (in Japanese). Japan: Mynavi Corporation. Archived from the original on 29 May 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
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