Odakyu 30000 series EXE

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Design

Seven 4+6-car trainsets (70 vehicles) were built between 1996 and 1999 to replace ageing Odakyu 3100 series NSE trains.[1] Unlike earlier Romancecar trainsets, which used articulated carriages, the 30000 series sets have Template:Cvt long bogie cars.[1] The inner driving cabs of the 4+6-car formations have gangway doors.[1]

The passenger doors use Script error: No such module "convert". wide sliding doors, with Script error: No such module "convert". wide doors on cars 2, 5, and 8 to provide wheelchair accessibility.[2]

Operations

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A 30000 series EXE set on a combined Sagami + Enoshima service in December 2007

The 30000 series trains are used on Odakyu Odawara Line Hakone services between Template:STN in Tokyo and Hakone-Yumoto Station in Kanagawa Prefecture (about Template:Cvt), as well as Sagami and Homeway services. They are also on Odakyu Enoshima Line Enoshima services between Shinjuku and Template:STN.[1]

Trainsets were introduced on combined Hakone and Enoshima services, with trains dividing at Template:STN, and later at Template:STN.[2] 10-car Hakone services to Hakone-Yumoto also divide at Template:STN with just the 6-car sets continuing onward to Hakone-Yumoto.[2]

Formations

since 1 April 2016Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., the fleet consists of seven 4+6-car trainsets, formed as follows, with car 1 at the western end.[3] All seven sets are based at Ebina Depot.[3]

Unrefurbished sets

Car No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Designation Tc2 M2' T2 T1 M1' Tc1' Tc2' M2 M1 Tc1
Numbering 3055x 3050x 3045x 3035x 3020x 3025x 3015x 3010x 3000x 3005x

Cars 2, 3, 5, 8, and 9 are each fitted with a single-arm pantograph.[3] Only one bogie on car 9 is motored.[3]

Refurbished sets

Refurbished trainsets are formed as follows, with five motored cars per ten-car formation.[4]

Car No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Designation Tc2 M3 M2'N T1 M1' Tc1' Tc2' M2 M1 Tc1
Numbering 3055x 3050x 3040x 3035x 3020x 3025x 3015x 3010x 3000x 3005x
Weight (t) 33.45 42.32 41.60 35.99 40.50 35.36 37.02 42.45 41.44 33.56
Capacity 56 58 56 68 54 60 58 58 54 56

Cars 2, 3, 5, 8, and 9 are each fitted with a PT7113-A single-arm pantograph.[4]

Interior

Passenger accommodation consists of monoclass unidirectional 2+2 abreast seating, with Script error: No such module "convert". wide seats and a seating pitch of Script error: No such module "convert"..[4] The first eight half-sets delivered had green-coloured seats in the six-cars sets (evoking the forests of Hakone) and blue-coloured seats in the four-car sets (evoking the sea of Enoshima), but from 1999 onward, the seats in all sets was standardized with grey and brown seat covers.[2] Wheelchair spaces are located in cars 5 and 8.[3]

Refreshment counters are provided in cars 3 and 9.[2] Toilets are provided in cars 2, 5, and 8, and the toilet in car 5 is a universal access type.[2]

History

The first trains entered revenue service on 23 March 1996.[2]

Build history

The fleet was built between 1996 and 1999 in three batches as follows.[2]

Batch Sets Build date
1st 1-2 January - February 1996
2nd 3-4 April - May 1997
3rd 5-7 April - June 1999

Refurbishment

The fleet underwent a programme of refurbishment from fiscal 2016, with the first 4+6-car trainset treated returning to service in March 2017, rebranded "EXEα".[5]

Refurbishment was carried out by Nippon Sharyo, with the design overseen by Noriaki Okabe Architecture Network. It includes the following changes:

  • Redesigned interiors and seating
  • Replacement of Japanese-style squat toilets with Western-style toilets (Toto "Washlet" type)
  • Additional luggage racks
  • LED lighting in passenger saloons[4]
  • Installation of security cameras in vestibule and passenger saloons
  • Fully enclosed traction motors[4]
  • Conversion of one former trailer car (car 3) to a motored car, and the addition of a second motored bogie to car 9, which previously only had one motored bogie.[4]

The first train set to be refurbished, four-car set 30051, was returned to Odakyu from the Nippon Sharyo factory in Toyokawa, Aichi, in November 2016.[6]

Future

On 9 September 2024, Odakyu Electric Railway announced that development had started on a new Romancecar train type, positioned as a replacement for unrefurbished 30000 series sets and a successor to the 50000 series VSE. The new Romancecar type is scheduled to enter revenue service in March 2029.[7]

In popular culture

The Odakyu 30000 series EXE is featured as a non-driveable train in the Microsoft Train Simulator computer game.[8]

References

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External links

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