Replaced 100/500 series Refurbishment 1994 | Constructed 1959–1960 Number built 2 vehicles | |
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In service August 1994 – February 2016 Manufacturer Hitachi, Teikoku Sharyo | ||
The Choshi Electric Railway 1000 series (銚子電鉄1000形, Chōshi Dentetsu 1000-gata) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type formerly operated by the private railway operator Choshi Electric Railway in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, from 1994 until 2016. The type originally consisted of two single cars, DeHa 1001 and DeHa 1002, converted from former TRTA (now Tokyo Metro) subway 2000 series EMU cars, originally built in 1959 and 1960, and introduced from 29 August 1994 to replace the ageing 100 and 500 series EMU cars. Car 1002 was withdrawn in February 2015, and car 1001 was withdrawn in February 2016.
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Build details
DeHa 1001 was built in November 1960 by Teikoku Sharyo as car 2046 for the TRTA Ginza Line subway (present-day Tokyo Metro Ginza Line) in Tokyo. DeHa 1002 was built in November 1959 by Hitachi as car 2040 for the Honancho Branch of the TRTA Marunouchi Line subway (present-day Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line) in Tokyo.
Conversion work for use on the Choshi Electric Railway involved the addition of second driving cabs (reclaimed from TRTA 2033 for 2046, and from 2039 for 2040) by the Keio Group train maintenance and refurbishment company Keio Juuki Seibi (京王重機整備). The original 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge bogies were replaced with narrow-gauge (1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)) Sumitomo FS-316 bogies from withdrawn Fuji Kyuko 5700 series EMU cars 5726 and 5725 (former Odakyu 2200 series 2227 and 2228). Pantographs from former TRTA 3000 series Hibiya Line EMUs were added to the former third-rail current collection cars, and the traction motors were also reclaimed from former 3000 series cars.
Interior
The trains featured longitudinal seating, and were equipped with fare collection boxes at each end for wanman driver only operation. The trains did not have air-conditioning.
Operations
The two units normally operated as single cars, but could be coupled and operated in multiple when two-car trains were required for increased capacity, such as when special events were held in the area.
History
The two EMU cars were purchased from TRTA in 1994, and were modified for driver-only-operation and repainted at a cost of approximately 35 million yen per car. They entered revenue service from 29 August 1994.
DeHa 1001 was involved in a head-on collision with DeHa 701 north of Kasagami-Kurohae Station on 24 June 1995. The driving cab at the up (Choshi) end was badly damaged, and the car was sent to Keio Juuki Seibi for repairs.
In November 2014, it was announced that car 1002 would be withdrawn from service in early January 2015. The unit's final run in passenger service was on 10 January 2015, operating in multiple with sister unit 1001. Car 1001 was withdrawn following its last day in service on 28 February 2016.
Preservation
Car 1001 is preserved at the Showa no Mori Museum in Matsudo, Chiba.