In service March 2018 (scheduled) Built at Toyokawa, Aichi Number under construction 14 vehicles (2 sets) | Manufacturer Nippon Sharyo Constructed 2017 Formation 7 cars per set | |
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The Odakyu 70000 series (小田急70000形, Odakyū 70000-gata) is a Romancecar electric multiple unit (EMU) train type on order by the private railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway in Japan. Two seven-car trainsets are scheduled to enter service on the Odakyu Odawara Line in March 2018.
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Design
Two seven-car trainsets are to be built by Nippon Sharyo, with the design overseen by Noriaki Okabe Architecture Network. The total cost of the two trains will be approximately 4 billion yen. The trains are scheduled to be delivered in November 2017.
Individual cars will be equipped with electro-hydraulic full-active suspension to minimize lateral vibration.
Operations
The trains will primarily operate on the Odakyu Odawara Line between Shinjuku in Tokyo and Hakone-Yumoto in Kanagawa Prefecture.
Formations
The trains will be formed as seven-car sets of 20 m bogie cars.
Interior
16-seat observation saloons will located at either end of the train, and the side windows of the passenger saloons will have one-metre high windows.
History
Initial details of the trains on order were published by Odakyu on 20 October 2016.