Tokyo Metro 7000 series


The Tokyo Metro 7000 series is an electric multiple unit train type operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro in Tokyo, Japan, since 1974. The design is based on the earlier Tokyo Metro 6000 series trains used on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line.

Operations

7000 series trainsets operate on the following lines.

Formations

, the fleet consists of six ten-car sets and 15 eight-car sets, formed as shown below with car 1 at the northern end.

10-car sets

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Numbering7002790272027602780277027502740273027102

Passenger accommodation consists of longitudinal bench seating throughout. Cars 2 and 9 in the ten-car sets and cars 2 and 7 in the eight-car sets each have a wheelchair space. Priority seating is provided at the end of each car.

History

The sets originally sported a yellow bodyside line when used on Yurakucho Line services, but were gradually reliveried with brown, gold, and white stripes coinciding with use on Fukutoshin Line services.
The remaining 7000 series sets will be replaced by the 17000 series.

Overseas operations

Four 7000 series ten-car sets were shipped to Indonesia in 2010 for use on suburban services operated by Kereta Commuter Indonesia in Jakarta. The four sets were reduced to eight-car formations and are formed as follows, based at Depok Depot.
7100 7200 7300 7400 7500 7600 7900 7000
71177217731774177517761779177017
71217221732174217521762179217021
71227222732274227522762279227022
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The two M1 cars in each set are equipped with two pantographs.

Accidents and incidents

On 9 December 2013, set 7121 collided with a Pertamina tank truck at a level crossing at the Bintaro Permai intersection on the Rangkasbitung Line near Bintaro, South Tangerang, Indonesia, leading to 7 deaths and 45 injuries. The front two carriages of set 7121 as well as the tank truck were both destroyed in the ensuing fire. Set 7121 was scrapped in December 2014.