Yokohama Municipal Subway 10000 series

Japanese train type

4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge

The Yokohama Municipal Subway 10000 series (横浜市交通局10000形) is a linear motor-powered electric multiple unit (EMU) operated by the Yokohama Municipal Subway on the Yokohama Municipal Subway Green Line since March 2008.

Formation

As of 1 April 2017^[update], the fleet consists of 17 four-car sets with all cars motored, and formed as shown below with car 1 at the Nakayama end.^[3] The sets are designed to allow the insertion of two centre cars at a later date, hence the numbering sequence that omits cars 3 and 4.

Car No.	1	2	5	6
Designation	Mc1	M2	M5	Mc6
Numbering	10xx1	10xx2	10xx5	10xx6
Weight (t)	26.5	26.0		26.5
Capacity (total/seated)	88/31	102/37		88/31

"xx" indicates the individual set number.
Cars 1 and 4 are each fitted with one single-arm pantograph.^[3]
Car 3 is designated as a mildly air-conditioned car.^[3]

Interior

Passenger accommodation consists of longitudinal bench seating throughout.^[4] Wheelchair spaces are provided in each car.^[3]

Driver's cab
Interior view
Priority seating
LCD passenger information display

History

The first two pre-production sets, 10011 and 10021 were completed in May 2007 and shipped to Yokohama, arriving in June. The first full-production set, 10031, was delivered in July 2007, being hauled via JR tracks from the Kawasaki factory in Hyōgo Prefecture. The full-production sets feature a number of minor design improvements, including green-coloured gradations externally instead of the blue gradations used on the first two sets.

The trains entered service from 30 March 2008 with the opening of the Green Line.^[3]

Two second-batch four-car sets were introduced from the start of the revised timetable on 29 March 2014.^[5] These sets feature LED headlights, full-colour LED destination indicators, interior LED lighting, and 17-inch (430 mm) LCD passenger information displays.^[5]

One of the pre-production sets, 10021, approaching Center-Minami in June 2019
3-color LED external information display
Full-color LED external information display

Future plans

In 2018, it was announced that ten of the 17 sets in operation would be lengthened to six cars each by 2024 as a measure to ease overcrowding on the Green Line.^[1] The first lengthened trainset is expected to enter revenue service on 24 September 2022.^[6]

Special liveries

From 25 February 2018, set 10161 began operating in a special cream and green vinyl wrapping livery based on the livery carried by former Yokohama city tramcars to mark the tenth anniversary of the opening of the Green Line.^[7]

Set 10161 in April 2019

References

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^ ^a ^b 横浜市グリーンラインに大型投資混雑緩和へ6両化 [Large-scale investment on Yokohama Municipal Green Line - Lengthening to 6 cars to ease overcrowding]. Kanaloco (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Shimbun. 30 January 2018. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
^ Yokohama-shi Kо̄sokutetsudо̄ Kensetsu Shi 横浜市高速鉄道建設史 [Construction History of Yokohama City Rapid Transit] (in Japanese). Vol. III. Yokohama: Yokohama City Transportation Bureau. March 2011. p. 208. JPNO 21961538.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e 私鉄車両編成表 2017 私鉄車両編成表 2017 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2017] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 25 July 2017. p. 83. ISBN 978-4-330-81317-2.
^ 横浜市交通局10000形2次車量産車 [Yokohama Municipal Subway 10000 series full-production sets]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 48, no. 561. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. January 2008. pp. 62–63.
^ ^a ^b 横浜市交通局10000形2次車 [Yokohama Municipal Subway 10000 series 2nd-batch sets]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 54, no. 638. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. June 2014. pp. 78–79.
^ "横浜市営地下鉄グリーンライン、6両編成の運行は9/24から" [Yokohama Municipal Subway Green Line, 6-car train operation from 9/24]. Tetsudo Shimbun (in Japanese). 5 September 2022. Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
^ 横浜市交「グリーンライン10周年記念装飾列車」運転 [Yokohama Municipal Subway "Green Line 10th Anniversary Livery Train" enters service]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 26 February 2018. Archived from the original on 27 February 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.