Odakyu 30000 series EXE/EXEα | |
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![]() Odakyu 30000 series EXE | |
In service | 1996 – present |
Manufacturer | Nippon Sharyo |
Family name | Romancecar |
Replaced | Odakyu 3100 series NSE |
Constructed | 1996–1999 |
Entered service | 1996 |
Refurbished | 2016- |
Number built | 70 vehicles (14 sets) |
Number in service | 70 vehicles (14 sets) |
Formation | 6+4 car sets |
Operators | Odakyu Electric Railway |
Specifications | |
Car length | 20,000 mm (65 ft 7 in) |
Width | 2,900 mm (9 ft 6 in) |
Floor height | 1,180 mm (3 ft 10 in) |
Maximum speed | 110 km/h (68.4 mph) |
Traction system | Variable frequency ( IGBT, SiC- MOSFET (refurbished)) |
Electric system(s) | 1,500 V DC |
Current collector(s) | Overhead lines |
Braking system(s) | Regenerative brake |
Safety system(s) | D- ATS-P (OM) |
Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
The Odakyu 30000 series (小田急30000形, Odakyū 30000-gata), branded "EXE/EXEα" ("Excellent Express/Excellent Express Alpha"), is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway in Japan on Odakyu Odawara Line and Odakyu Enoshima Line " Romancecar" services since 1996. [1]
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 20 m (65 ft 7 in) long bogie cars. [1] The inner driving cabs of the 4+6-car formations have gangway doors. [1]
The passenger doors use 800 mm (31.5 in) wide sliding doors, with 1,000 mm (39.4 in) wide doors on cars 2, 5, and 8 to provide wheelchair accessibility. [2]
The 30000 series trains are used on Odakyu Odawara Line Hakone services between Shinjuku in Tokyo and Hakone-Yumoto Station in Kanagawa Prefecture (about 88 km (55 mi)), as well as Sagami and Homeway services. They are also on Odakyu Enoshima Line Enoshima services between Shinjuku and Katase-Enoshima. [1]
Trainsets were introduced on combined Hakone and Enoshima services, with trains dividing at Machida, and later at Sagami-Ono. [2] 10-car Hakone services to Hakone-Yumoto also divide at Odawara with just the 6-car sets continuing onward to Hakone-Yumoto. [2]
As of 1 April 2016 [update], 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]
Car No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
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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 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 | |
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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 | 54 | 56 |
Cars 2, 3, 5, 8, and 9 are each fitted with a PT7113-A single-arm pantograph. [4]
Passenger accommodation consists of monoclass unidirectional 2+2 abreast seating, with 460 mm (18 in) wide seats and a seating pitch of 1,000 mm (39 in). [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]
The first trains entered revenue service on 23 March 1996. [2]
The fleet was built between 1996 and 1999 in three batches as follows. [2]
Batch | Sets | Build date |
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1st | 1-2 | January - February 1996 |
2nd | 3-4 | April - May 1997 |
3rd | 5-7 | April - June 1999 |
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:
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]
The Odakyu 30000 series EXE is featured as a non-driveable train in the Microsoft Train Simulator computer game. [7]