Tobu 30000 series


The Tobu 30000 series is a DC electric multiple unit commuter train type operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway in Japan since 1997. Initially formed as six-car and four-car sets, sets are mostly formed as permanently coupled ten-car formations since 2011.

Formations

, the fleet consists of two six-car and two four-car sets based at Minami-Kurihashi and Kasukabe depots for Tobu Skytree Line and Tobu Nikko Line services, and 13 permanently coupled 6+4-car sets based at Shinrinkoen Depot for Tobu Tojo Line services.

10-car Tobu Tojo Line sets

DesignationTc1M1M2T1M3Tc2
Numbering316003260033600346003560036600

The M1 cars are fitted with two single-arm pantographs, and the M3 cars are fitted with one.

4-car sets

DesignationTc1M1AM2ATc2
Numbering31400324003340034400

The M1A cars are fitted with two single-arm pantographs.

Bogies

Interior

The first three sets delivered, sets 31601, 31401, and 31402, had flat panels on the seat ends and no centre stanchions. Set 31403 was fitted with contoured seats, and these were fitted on all subsequent sets delivered. Sets 31607 and 31407 onward had higher light blue panels on the seat ends.

History

The first set, 31601, was delivered in November 1996, with the first trains entering service on 25 March 1997. Initially used primarily on Tobu Isesaki Line services, they were introduced on through-running services to and from the Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line via the Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line from March 2003.

Transfer to Tojo Line

From January 2011, pairs of four- and six-car sets were transferred to the Tobu Tojo Line, commencing with sets 31601 and 31401. These sets entered revenue service from 13 June 2011 following modifications at Shinrinkōen Depot to form a permanently coupled 10-car set with control equipment and skirts removed from the two intermediate driving cabs.

Fixed 10-car set conversion dates

Set No.Official modification date
31601+3140123 March 2011
31602+3140214 January 2015
31603+314033 December 2012
31604+3140422 March 2013
31605+314055 July 2012
31606+3140623 January 2020
31607+3140723 October 2014
31608+3140826 June 2013
31609+31409
31610+314103 October 2012
31611+3141118 November 2011
31612+314128 July 2014
31613+3141327 January 2014
31614+314142 September 2014
31615+314158 October 2013