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Tokyo Metro 07 series

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In service
  
1992–Present

Number built
  
60 vehicles (6 sets)

Formation
  
10 cars per trainset

Manufacturer
  
Nippon Sharyo

Number in service
  
60 vehicles (6 sets)

Fleet numbers
  
71-76

Tokyo Metro 07 series

The Tokyo Metro 07 series (東京地下鉄07系, Tōkyō Chikatetsu 07-kei) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by Tokyo Metro on the Tokyo Metro Tōzai Line in Tokyo, Japan.

Contents

Current

  • Tokyo Metro Tōzai Line
  • Tōyō Rapid Line between Nishi-Funabashi Station and Tōyō-Katsutadai Station
  • JR Chūō-Sōbu Line between Nakano Station and Mitaka Station
  • JR Chūō-Sōbu Line between Nishi-Funabashi Station and Tsudanuma Station (weekday mornings and evenings only)
  • Former

  • Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line between Wakōshi Station and Shin-Kiba Station (from 1992 until 2008)
  • Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line (Set 07-101, September - December 2008)
  • Formation

    The six 10-cars sets, numbered 71 to 76, are formed as shown below, with car 1 at the west (Nishi-Funabashi) end.

    Cars 2, 4, 7, and 9 each have one lozenge-type pantograph.

    Driver's cab

    The front ends have an emergency exit. Headlights and taillights are round. Sets are fitted with skirts. These were modified on sets transferred to the Tōzai Line.

    The trains originally had a two-handle control system. Tōzai Line sets were modified with a single-handle (left-hand) system on transfer to the Tōzai Line. The Tōzai Line sets have a master controller which incorporates a deadman system which applies the brakes if the master controller is released by the driver.

    History

    The first sets (07-101 and 07-102) were introduced in 1992. Four more sets (07-103 to 07-106) were delivered in 1994. The six 10-car sets were initially all based on the Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line, but between July 2006 and March 2007, four sets (07-103 to 07-106) were transferred to the Tokyo Metro Tōzai Line to replace ageing 5000 series trains, and were repainted into that line's color scheme with light blue waistline stripes. The two remaining Yurakucho Line sets (07-101 and 07-102) were stored out-of-use from October 2007. Set 07-101 was subsequently repainted into the Tōzai Line colours at Shin-Kiba Works, and temporarily reallocated to the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line from September until December 2008.

    References

    Tokyo Metro 07 series Wikipedia