Tokyo Metro 01 series

what is it?

The Tokyo Metro 01 series (Japanese: 東京メトロ01系, Hepburn: 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. The trains used a Train Automatic Stopping Controller (TASC) system allowing them to automatically stop at stations.

who runs it

Tokyo MetroTeito Rapid Transit Authority

base stats

• speed 60 km/htop speed
• power 120 kWpower output
• weight 29.3 tin working order
• seats 44passengers
• built 228made in total

Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.

fun facts

• 🎂First built 42 years ago, in 1984.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 5 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏16 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
• ⌛Served for 33 years (1984–2017).

metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.

spec sheet

built

1984

in service from

1984

retired

2017

status

retired

number built

228

kind

metro

traction

electric

origin

🇯🇵 Japan

builders

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Nippon Sharyo, Japan Transport Engineering Company, Kinki Sharyo

operators

Tokyo Metro, Teito Rapid Transit Authority

top speed

60 km/h

power

120 kW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

electric system

600 V DC, 3rd rail

formation

6 cars per trainset

length

16 m

weight

29.3 t

capacity

44 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.