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Tōyō Rapid 1000 series

Tōyō Rapid 1000 series

Japanese train type

The Tōyō Rapid 1000 series (東葉高速鉄道1000形) was an electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter train type formerly used to operate on the Tōyō Rapid Railway Line, an extension of the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line in Tokyo, Japan. A total of twelve ten-car sets were converted in 1995 from former TRTA 5000 series sets. They were retired from service in December 2006, replaced by the Tōyō Rapid 2000 series.

Quick Facts In service, Constructed ...

The last three sets to be withdrawn (1061, 1081, 1091) were shipped to Indonesia in 2006 and 2007, where they are operated by KRL Jabodetabek on suburban services in the Jakarta area.[1] They were retired from service in 2019, replaced by 205-0 and 205-5000 series.

Operations

Until December 2006

Until 2019

Formations

The ten-car sets operated by Toyo Rapid Railway were formed of eight motored ("M") cars and two non-powered trailer ("T") cars as shown below, with the "CT1" car at the eastern end.[2]

More information Designation, Numbering ...
  • "xx" in the car numbers corresponded to the individual unit number (01 to 10).
  • The M1 cars each had one lozenge-type pantograph.[2]

Former identities

A Tokyo Metro (previously TRTA) 5000 series set in 2006

The original TRTA set numbers were as shown below.[2]

More information Toyo Rapid Set No., TRTA set No. ...
  • Sets 11 and 12 were not used in service, and were subsequently used as sources of spares before being scrapped.

Overseas operations

Three ten-car sets (1061, 1081, and 1091) were shipped to Indonesia from 2006 for use on suburban services operated by Kereta Commuter Indonesia (previously called "KA Commuter Jabodetabek" or "KRL Jabotabek") in Jakarta from January 2007.[3] The sets were initially reduced to eight-car formations, but former set 1061 was withdrawn in December 2015, and set 1091 was split to donate a pair of intermediate cars to lengthen set 1081 to ten cars and also to former Tokyo Metro 5000 series set 5817 to lengthen that set to ten cars also.[3]

Since 2019, with the increasing number of the newer JR East 205 series EMU, set 1081 was retired from service.

  • Set 1061 awaiting shipping to Indonesia in January 2007
  • Set 06 operated by KRL Jabotabek in Jakarta, Indonesia in March 2011
  • KCJ-paint schemed set 08 in Jakarta, Indonesia in April 2016
  • The interior of car 1083 in May 2017
  • 1080 in Depok Station

References

  1. [1]
    インドネシアで活躍する日本の電車２００９ [Japanese EMUs active in Indonesia 2009]. The Railway Pictorial. 59 (824): 102–107. October 2009.
  2. [2]
    東葉高速鉄道１０００形 [Tōyō Rapid 1000 series]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 36, no. 419. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. March 1996. pp. 60–61.
  3. [3]
    Takagi, Satoru (January 2018). ジャカルタ 東京地下鉄関連の車両 [Tokyo Metro rolling stock in Jakarta]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 58, no. 681. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. p. 124.
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