Toei 7500 series | |
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![]() 7500 series car 7520 on display following withdrawal in March 2011 | |
In service | 1962 – March 2011 |
Manufacturer | Nippon Sharyo, Niigata Tekko |
Number built | 20 vehicles |
Number in service | None |
Formation | Single car |
Fleet numbers | 7501–7520 |
Operators | Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation |
Depots | Arakawa |
Lines served | Toden Arakawa Line |
Specifications | |
Car body construction | Steel |
Doors | 2 sliding doors per side |
Electric system(s) | 600 V DC Overhead wire |
Current collector(s) | Pantograph |
Track gauge | 1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in) |
The Toei 7500 series (東京都交通局7500形) was a tramcar type operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei) on the Toden Arakawa Line in Tokyo, Japan from 1962 until March 2011.[1]
Operations
[edit]The fleet was based at Arakawa Depot, operating on the sole remaining tram line in Tokyo, the Toden Arakawa Line.[2]
History
[edit]20 7500 series tramcars were introduced from 1962.[1]
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7505 in 1985 before rebuilding
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7511 in former Hankai livery in June 2010
The last two remaining 7500 series cars in service were withdrawn on 13 March 2011.[1]
Preserved examples
[edit]- 7506, at Ikenohata Park in Taito Ward, Tokyo
- 7514, at the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum
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Preserved car 7506
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Preserved car 7514
References
[edit]- ^ a b c 都電荒川線7500形 3月13日引退 [Toden Arakawa Line 7500 series to be withdrawn on 13 March]. Tetsudo.com (in Japanese). Japan: Asahi Interactive Inc. 28 February 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ 私鉄車両編成表 私鉄車両編成表 2010 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2010] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. August 2010. p. 29. ISBN 978-4-330-15310-0.