Tokyo Metro 01 series

The Tokyo Metro 01 series (東京メトロ01系, Tōkyō Metoro 01-kei) was an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line subway in Tokyo, Japan, from 1983 until March 2017. A total of 38 six-car trainsets (228 cars) were built between 1983 and 1997 in five batches, and the design received the 25th Laurel Prize of the Japan Railfan Club in 1985.

Tokyo Metro 01 series
A Tameike-Sanno-bound 01 series train
In service	1984–2017
Manufacturer	Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Nippon Sharyo, Tokyu Car Corporation, Kinki Sharyo
Replaced	TRTA 2000 series
Constructed	1983–1997
Entered service	January 1984–March 2017
Refurbished	1990–1995 (air-conditioning retrofit on sets 01-23) 2008–2010 (seat replacement)
Scrapped	2013–2017
Number built	228 vehicles (38 sets)
Number in service	4 vehicles (as Kumamoto Electric Railway 01 series)
Number preserved	4 vehicles
Successor	Tokyo Metro 1000 series
Formation	6 cars per trainset
Fleet numbers	1-38
Capacity	100 (36 seating) (end cars), 102 (42/44 seating) (intermediate cars)
Operator(s)	Tokyo Metro (previously TRTA)
Depot(s)	Ueno
Line(s) served	G Tokyo Metro Ginza Line
Specifications
Car body construction	Aluminium
Car length	16,000 mm (52 ft 6 in)
Width	2,550 mm (8 ft 4 in)
Height	3,465 mm (11 ft 4.4 in) 3,485 mm (11 ft 5.2 in) (set 01)
Doors	3 per car
Maximum speed	60 km/h (35 mph)
Weight	23.5-29.3t per car (chopper control) 21.5-26.8t per car (VVVF)
Traction system	Chopper control (sets 01-36) IGBT-VVVF (sets 37-38)
Power output	120kW
Transmission	Westinghouse Natal (WN) drive; Gear ratio: 6.73 : 1
Acceleration	3.0 km/h/s
Deceleration	4.0 km/h/s (4.5 km/h/s for emergency brake)
Electric system(s)	600 V DC, 3rd rail
Bogies	FS-520 / FS-020 (chopper control) SS-130A / SS-030A (VVVF)
Braking system(s)	Electronically controlled pneumatic brakes with regenerative braking
Safety system(s)	CS-ATC, TASC, ATS (Obsolete)
Coupling system	Tomlinson
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)

The trains used a Train Automatic Stopping Controller (TASC) system allowing them to automatically stop at stations.

History

By the early 1980s, most of the rolling stock on the Ginza Line were showing signs of aging; some of which dated back to before the Second World War, giving a dated image of the line to its passengers. Hence, the 01 series was introduced in 1984 with the design theme being "functionality," "brightness," and "chicness".[1] The prototype was completed in May 1983, delivered in September and commenced service in 31 December 1983.[2] It was followed by the introduction of production units from 1984 onward and the last unit, set number 38, was delivered in 1997 in time for the opening of Tameike-sanno. The 01 series was awarded the Laurel Prize from the Japan Railfan Club in 1985.[3]

Originally, the first 23 sets were not fitted with any air-conditioning system due to structure gauge restrictions caused by the small tunnel size of the line. In 1990, Mitsubishi Electric developed a compact air-conditioning unit of thickness 240 mm and refrigeration capacity of 16.2 kW.[4] A prototype air-conditioning unit was tested on set 16 in August and subsequent non-air conditioned sets were all retrofitted afterwards. To achieve this, the ceiling of the trains (both those already fitted with air-conditioning when new and those with retrofit) were lowered.

In November 1986, a practical test of a high-frequency shunt chopper control device that used a power transistor for the element of the field chopper device was conducted on this series for the Tokyo Metro 02 series.[5] In 2007, car 01-238 of set 38 was experimentally fitted with permanent-magnet synchronous motors.[6] From January 2011, the four intermediate cars of set 38 were experimentally fitted with LED lighting.[6] and in December 2011, set 37 was retrofitted with SiC-VVVF for trial purposes.[7]

Formations

The six-car sets were formed as shown below, with three motored (M) cars and three non-powered trailer (T) cars, and car 1 at the Shibuya end.[8]

Car No.	1 (to Shibuya)	2	3	4	5	6 (to Asakusa)
Designation	CT1	M	T	M'	M	CT2
Components	MG/SIV2 CP BT	CHP/VVVF	SIV1	CHP/VVVF	CHP/VVVF	MG/SIV2 CP BT
Numbering	01-1xx	01-2xx	01-3xx	01-4xx	01-5xx	01-6xx

• Note:
  • CHP: Chopper control
  • MG: 15 kVA motor-generator
  • SIV1: 110 kVA static inverter (for cooling)
  • SIV2: 40 kVA static inverter
  • CP: Air compressor
  • BT: Battery

Batches

Batch	Set numbers	Year built
Prototype	01	1983
1	02-23	1984-1987
2	24-27	1990
3	28-31	1991
4	32-36	1992
5	37	1993
6	38	1997

• 
  Set 18, one of the production sets introduced in 1986.
• 
  Set 38, which was introduced in 1997 in time for the opening of Tameike-sanno. This set is fitted with LED destination display instead of roller blinds and uses VVVF inverters instead of chopper control.

Undercarriage equipment

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  Armature chopper control on the 01 series
• 
  Field chopper control on the 01 series
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  FS020 bogie as used on the 01 series
• 
  FS520 bogie as used on the 01 series

Interior

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  Interior of the prototype set
• 
  Interior of set 37, a VVVF set
• 
  Driver's cab of the 01 series

Withdrawal

Car 01-121 being cut up in March 2014

The 01 series trains began to be replaced by new 1000 series trains from spring 2012.[9] The first set to be withdrawn, set 38, was removed for scrapping in August 2013.[6] By 1 April 2016, nine sets remained in service.[8] The last remaining 01 series train was withdrawn from regular service on 10 March 2017, with a special commemorative final run for invited guests on 12 March.[10]

Resale

Former 01 series cars 01-135 and 01-635 as a Kumamoto Electric Railway 01 series in May 2016

In February 2015, driving cars 01-136 and 01-636 were sold to the Kumamoto Electric Railway in Kyushu and were also regauged to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in),[11] where they became the Kumamoto Electric Railway 01 series, entering service in March 2015 following the addition of pantographs and new bogies.[12] Two more cars, 01-135 and 01-635, were sold to the Kumamoto Electric Railway during fiscal 2015.[13]

Preserved examples

Car No.	Set No.	Location
01-101	1	Nakano Depot in Tokyo
01-201
01-601
01-129	29	Metro Museum in Edogawa, Tokyo (cab end only)
01-630	30	University of Tokyo Institute of Industrial Science Chiba Experiment Station

Three cars of former set 1 (01-101, 01-201, and 01-601), withdrawn from revenue service in 2013, are kept for training purposes at Nakano Depot in Tokyo.[14]

The cab end of car 01-129 is preserved inside the Metro Museum in Edogawa, Tokyo.[15]

Car 01-630 was donated to the University of Tokyo's Institute of Industrial Science Chiba Experiment Station in Chiba Prefecture in 2017 for use on its 333 m long research test track.[16]

References

1. 日本鉄道運転協会「運転協会誌」2002年6月号「営団0系車両のデザイン」
2. 『鉄道ピクトリアル』1995年7月臨時増刊号212頁 私鉄車両めぐり152『帝都高速度交通営団』
3. "1985年　ブルーリボン・ローレル賞選定車両". Japan Railfan Club.
4. 電気車研究会「鉄道ピクトリアル」2016年12月号臨時増刊「東京地下鉄」
5. 帝都高速度交通営団「60年のあゆみ」
6. 東京メトロ01系第38編成が搬出される [Tokyo Metro 01 series set 38 transported]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
7. "SiC適用鉄道車両用インバーターの製品化". Mitsubishi Electric. 3 October 2011.
8. 私鉄車両編成表 2016 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2016] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 25 July 2016. p. 68. ISBN 978-4-330-70116-5.
9. 銀座線：１２年から新型車両　開業時のレモンイエロー復活 [New trains for Ginza Line from 2012 - Reviving original lemon yellow colour]. Mainichi.jp (in Japanese). The Mainichi Newspapers. 17 February 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
10. 東京を走り３３年…地下鉄銀座線０１系が営業運転終了　１２日ラストラン [Tokyo Metro Ginza Line 01 series ends revenue service after running in Tokyo for 33 years - Final run on 12 March]. Iza (in Japanese). Japan: Sankei Digital Inc. 10 March 2017. Archived from the original on 11 March 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
11. もと東京メトロ01系が熊本へ [Ex-Tokyo Metro 01 series moved to Kumamoto]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 22 February 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
12. Kekke, Manabu (June 2015). 熊本電気鉄道01形 [Kumamoto Electric Railway 01 series]. Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 44 no. 374. Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. pp. 44–47.
13. 東京メトロ銀座線と熊本電鉄で01系車両譲渡記念列車を運行します [01 series commemorative trains to run on Tokyo Metro Ginza Line and Kumamoto Electric Railway] (PDF). News release (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Metro & Kumamoto Electric Railway. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
14. Shibata, Togo (March 2017). 非公開の保存車両に注目 [Looking at rolling stock preserved in private]. Tetsudo Daiya Joho Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 46 no. 395. Japan: Kotsu Shimbun. p. 59.
15. 【東京地下鉄】01系が地下鉄博物館で展示を開始 [Tokyo Metro 01 series goes on display at Subway Museum]. RM News (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing Co., Ltd. 15 July 2016. Archived from the original on 16 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
16. Sasaki, Yasuhiro (18 May 2017). 東京メトロ、銀座線01系01-630号車を東京大学に譲渡 - 研究用車両で活用へ [Tokyo Metro Ginza Line 01 series car 01-630 donated to University of Tokyo for use as test vehicle]. Mynavi News (in Japanese). Japan: Mynavi Corporation. Archived from the original on 29 May 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2017.

External links

• Tokyo Metro Ginza Line 01 series information (in Japanese)