Odakyu 5000 series

Odakyu 5000 series

Odakyu 5000 series, April 2008
In service 1969–16 March 2012
Number built 180 vehicles (35 sets)
Number in service None
Formation 4/6-car sets
Operator(s) Odakyu Electric Railway
Depot(s) Kitami
Specifications
Car body construction Steel
Car length 20 m (65 ft 7 in)
Doors 4 pairs per side
Electric system(s) 1,500 V DC
Current collection method Overhead lines
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

The Odakyu 5000 series (小田急5000形 Odakyū 5000-gata) was a commuter electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway in Japan from 1969 until March 2012.

Formation

Trains were formed as 4- and 6-car sets as shown below.[1]

4-car sets

Designation Tc1 M1 M2 Tc2
Numbering 5050 5000 5100 5150

The M1 and M2 cars each had one single-arm pantograph.

6-car sets

Designation Tc1 M1 M2 M3 M4 Tc2
Numbering 5250 5200 5300 5400 5500 5550

The M2 and M4 cars each had one single-arm pantograph.

Interior

History

5000 series on final day of operations, 30 January 2011

The 5000 series was introduced from 1969, with a total of 15 sets (60 vehicles) built. These were augmented from 1978 by 20 6-car sets (120 vehicles), classified as 5200 series.

4+6-car formations were gradually replaced by new 4000 series sets, and the 6-car sets were withdrawn following the last day of operations on 30 January 2011.[2] The remaining 4-car sets were withdrawn on 16 March 2012.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 私鉄車両編成表 2010 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2010]. Japan: JRR. August 2010. p. 48. ISBN 978-4-330-15310-0.
  2. ↑ ５０００形６両編成が引退します [6-car 5000 series trains to be withdrawn] (pdf). Odakyu News Release 10-28 (in Japanese). Odakyu. 28 December 2010. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
  3. ↑ ロマンスカー・ＨｉＳＥ、ロマンスカー・ＲＳＥ、通勤車両５０００形 “特設サイト”開設 “引退記念イベント”開催！！ [Special Website Set Up to Mark Withdrawal of HiSe and RSE Romancecars and 5000 series Commuter Train] (pdf). News Release (in Japanese). Japan: Odakyu Electric Railway. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
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