Odakyū 60000 series MSE

Odakyū 60000 series MSE
Odakyū 60000 series MSE at Ono depot, October 2007
In service	2008–Present
Manufacturer	Nippon Sharyo
Built at	Toyokawa, Aichi
Family name	MSE
Constructed	2008–2009
Number built	4 trainsets (22 vehicles)
Formation	6-car set (x3), 4-car set (x1)
Operator	Odakyu Electric Railway
Depot(s)	Ono
Specifications
Car body construction	Aluminium
Car length	20,000 mm (intermediate cars) 20,220 mm (end cars 1 & 10)
Width	2,850 mm (9 ft 4 in)
Height	4,140 mm (13 ft 7 in)
Maximum speed	110 km/h (68 mph) (service) 120 km/h (75 mph) (design)
Acceleration	2.0 km/h/s (Odakyū lines), 2.4 km/h/s (Tokyo Metro and Hakone Tozan lines)
Deceleration	4.0 km/h/s (normal), 4.7 km/h/s (emergency)
Traction system	VVVF
Electric system(s)	1,500 V DC
Current collection method	Overhead lines
Safety system(s)	OM-ATS/D-ATS-P, ATC
Gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

The Odakyū 60000 series MSE (小田急60000形^?) (Multi Super Express) is a Romancecar EMU manufactured by Nippon Sharyo for Odakyu Electric Railway in Japan. Two 6-car sets and one 4-car set were ordered in September 2006,^[1] with the first 6-car set delivered in October 2007.^[2] The trains entered service on 15 March 2008, used on Odakyū through service to the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line. Some trains also travel along the Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line. It was the first limited express train with reserved seats to operate through a subway line in Tokyo. A third 6-car set was delivered in October 2009.^[3]

Formations

Gangwayed cab end

1. KuHa60050 (Tc2) (Odawara end)
2. DeHa60000 (M4) (with pantograph)
3. DeHa60000 (M3) (with pantograph)
4. DeHa60000 (M2')
5. DeHa60000 (M1')
6. KuHa60050 (Tc1') (gangwayed cab)
7. KuHa60050 (Tc2') (gangwayed cab)
8. DeHa60000 (M2) (with pantograph)
9. DeHa60000 (M1) (with pantograph)
10. KuHa60050 (Tc1) (Tokyo end) ^[4]

Interior

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  Interior view

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  Seating detail

Services operated

Weekdays

• Metro Sagami
• Metro Homeway

Weekends/holidays

• Metro Sagami
• Bay Resort
• Metro Hakone
• Metro Homeway

See also

Media related to Odakyū 60000 series MSE at Wikimedia Commons

References

1. ^ http://www.odakyu.jp/program/info/data.info/1993_6852248_.pdf Odakyū press release (20 September 2006, Japanese)
2. ^ Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine, November 2007 issue
3. ^ Japan Railfan Magazine: "小田急ロマンスカー「MSE」が甲種輸送される" (31 October 2009). Retrieved 15 December 2009. (Japanese)
4. ^ "Japan Railfan Magazine" March 2008 issue, p57

External links

• Odakyū Romancecar MSE (Japanese)
• Odakyū 60000 series information on Nippon Sharyo website (Japanese)