Sanyo 5000 series
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Sanyo 5000 series | |
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![]() A Sanyo 5000 series train in January 2021 | |
Manufacturer | Kawasaki Heavy Industries |
Constructed | 1986–1995 |
Entered service | 1986 |
Refurbished | 2018 |
Number built | 60 vehicles |
Number in service | 54 vehicles |
Number scrapped | 4 vehicles (accident damage) |
Formation | 4 & 6 cars per trainset |
Operators | Sanyo Electric Railway |
Specifications | |
Car body construction | Aluminium alloy |
Doors | 3 pairs per side |
Traction system | Field-excitation, Variable frequency (IGBT/SiC Hybrid module)(Car 2 of refurbished sets) |
Electric system(s) | 1,500 V DC overhead lines |
Current collector(s) | Pantograph |
Bogies | KW-35B / KW-36B[1] KW93 / KW94 (cars built in 1990)[1] |
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
The Sanyo Electric Railway 5000 series (山陽電鉄5000系, San'yō Dentetsu 5000-kei) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Sanyo Electric Railway in Japan since 1986.
Formation
[edit]The trains are formed as four-car and six-car sets.[2]
Refurbished set
[edit]The refurbished set is formed as follows.[3]
Designation | Tc | M | T | M | M | Tc |
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Numbering | 5702 | 5802 | 5502 | 5235 | 5252 | 5602 |
The M cars 5802 and 5252 are fitted with pantographs.[3]
Interior
[edit]The interior consists of semi-transverse seating.[4] The interior of the refurbished sets consists of longitudinal seating in the cars 1, 2, 5 and 6, and transverse seating in the cars 3 and 4.[5]
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2+2 seating in September 2011
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Transverse seating in car 5502
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Longitudinal seating in car 5802
Technical specifications
[edit]The trains have aluminium alloy bodies,[2] and direct current motors with field-added-excitation control.[4] During refurbishment the controls of car 2 were changed to IGBT/SiC Hybrid module-VFD.[5]
History
[edit]The trains entered service in 1986.[2] A total of 60 vehicles were built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries until 1995.[4]
Refurbishment
[edit]Refurbishment began in 2018. Modifications include changes in the exterior design, a modified interior with wheelchair and stoller spaces, and IGBT/SiC Hybrid module-VVVF inverter control in car 2.[5] The number of motored cars was reduced from four to three per six-car set.[6] The first refurbished set entered service on October 30, 2018.[7]
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A refurbished 5000 series train
Special liveries
[edit]- Set 5020 entered service in a special wrapping as part of the "Akashi okonattakokyanpēn" (明石行っタコキャンペーン) campaign on March 3, 2009.[8]
- Set 5010 entered service in a special wrapping as part of the "Meet Colors! Taiwan" (Meet Colors!台湾) campaign on June 5, 2017.[9]
- Set 5008 entered service in a "Sanyo train 110th Anniversary" (山陽電車創立110周年記念号)-themed wrapping on July 2, 2017.[10]
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Set 5020 in June 2011
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Set 5010 in August 2017
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Set 5008 in November 2017
References
[edit]- ^ a b "KW-35B KW-36B / 山陽電気鉄道5000系" [KW-35B KW-36B / Sanyo Electric Railway 5000 series]. rail.hobidas.com. Neko Publishing. January 8, 2008. Archived from the original on August 24, 2019. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
- ^ a b Tajima, Hirokazu (February 20, 2019). "山陽電気鉄道株式会社 5000系リニューアル車向けSiCハイブリッドモジュール搭載の鉄道車両用VVVFインバータ" [VVVF Inverters Using SiC Hybrid Modules for Renewed 5000 Series Railcars of Sanyo Electric Railway Co., Ltd.] (PDF). fujielectric.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved August 23, 2019.
- ^ a b c Okada, Hisao (2013). "相互乗り入れ車両" [Through service vehicles]. 阪神電車 [Hanshin train] (in Japanese). JTB Publishing. p. 184. ISBN 9784533092794.
- ^ "山電が車両リニューアル 外観の赤色強調 座席にはノジギク模様" [Sanden renews the vehicle, highlights the red appearance, and the seat has a nojikiku pattern]. kobe-np.co.jp (in Japanese). Kobe Shimbun. October 29, 2018. Archived from the original on August 27, 2019. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
- ^ "山陽5000系リニューアル車両が営業運転を開始" [Sanyo 5000 series refurbished train starts commercial operation]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. November 1, 2018. Archived from the original on August 28, 2019. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
- ^ "山陽電鉄「時のまち、あかし」PRラッピング電車を運行" [Sanyo Electric Railway “toki no machi, akashi” PR wrapping train]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. March 4, 2009. Archived from the original on August 25, 2019. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
- ^ "山陽電鉄で「Meet Colors!台湾」号運転" [Sanyo Electric Railway "Meet Colors! Taiwan" operation]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. June 6, 2017. Archived from the original on August 25, 2019. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
- ^ "「山陽電車創立110周年記念号」運転開始" ["Sanyo train 110th Anniversary" operation start]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. July 3, 2017. Archived from the original on August 25, 2019.
External links
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- Sanyo Electric Railway news release (in Japanese)