:Odakyu 30000 series EXE
{{short description|Electric multiple unit train type operated by the Odakyu Electric Railway in Japan}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox train
| name = Odakyu 30000 series
Excellent Express
| image = Odakyu-EXE-30000.jpg
| imagealt =
| imagesize = 300px
| caption = Odakyu 30000 series EXE
| service = 1996–present
| manufacturer = Nippon Sharyo
| designer =
| factory =
| family = Romancecar
| yearconstruction = 1996–1999
| yearservice = 1996
| refurbishment = 2016–
| yearscrapped =
| numberbuilt = 70 vehicles (14 sets)
| numberservice = 70 vehicles (14 sets)
| numberpreserved =
| numberscrapped =
| replaced = Odakyu 3100 series NSE
| successor =
| formation = 6+4 car sets
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| capacity =
| operator = {{ric|Odakyu|name=y}}
| depots =
| lines = {{Plainlist|
- {{ODLS|OH}} Odakyu Odawara Line
- {{ODLS|OE}} Odakyu Enoshima Line
}}
| carbody =
| trainlength =
| carlength = {{convert|20000|mm|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| width = {{convert|2900|mm|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| height =
| floorheight = {{convert|1180|mm|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| doors =
| maxspeed = {{Convert|110|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}
| weight =
| axleload =
| traction = Variable frequency (IGBT, SiC-MOSFET (refurbished))
| traction motors =
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| transmission =
| acceleration =
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| aux =
| powersupply =
| hvac =
| electricsystem = 1,500 V DC
| collectionmethod = Overhead lines
| bogies =
| brakes = Regenerative brake
| safety = D-ATS-P (OM)
| coupling =
| light =
| gauge = {{RailGauge|1067mm|lk=on}}
}}
The Odakyu 30000 series ({{langx|ja|小田急30000形|Odakyū 30000-gata|label=none}}), branded "EXE/EXEα" ("Excellent Express/Excellent Express Alpha"), is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway in Japan on Odakyu Odawara Line and Odakyu Enoshima Line "Romancecar" services since 1996.{{cite book |script-title=ja: 私鉄車両年鑑2013 |trans-title=Japan Private Railways Annual 2013 |publisher = Ikaros Publications Ltd. |date = 20 March 2013 |location = Tokyo, Japan |language = Japanese |page = 192|isbn = 978-4-86320-693-9}}
Design
Seven 4+6-car trainsets (70 vehicles) were built between 1996 and 1999 to replace ageing Odakyu 3100 series NSE trains. Unlike earlier Romancecar trainsets, which used articulated carriages, the 30000 series sets have {{Cvt|20|m|ftin}} long bogie cars. The inner driving cabs of the 4+6-car formations have gangway doors.
The passenger doors use {{Convert|800|mm|abbr=on}} wide sliding doors, with {{Convert|1000|mm|abbr=on}} wide doors on cars 2, 5, and 8 to provide wheelchair accessibility.
File:Odakyu 30000 Enoshima Yamato 20040214.jpg|A 30000 series half-set with a gangwayed driving car leading in February 2004
File:OER-30000-Coupling.jpg|The gangwayed intermediate driving cars (cars 6 and 7)
File:Cockpit of Odakyu RomanceCar EXE 2.JPG|The interior of a gangwayed driver's cab
Operations
File:Odakyu 30000 Shinjuku Sagami Enoshima 20071219.jpg
The 30000 series trains are used on Odakyu Odawara Line Hakone services between {{STN|Shinjuku|x}} in Tokyo and Hakone-Yumoto Station in Kanagawa Prefecture (about {{Cvt|88|km}}), as well as Sagami and Homeway services. They are also on Odakyu Enoshima Line Enoshima services between Shinjuku and {{STN|Katase-Enoshima|x}}.
Trainsets were introduced on combined Hakone and Enoshima services, with trains dividing at {{STN|Machida|x|Odakyu}}, and later at {{STN|Sagami-Ono|x}}. 10-car Hakone services to Hakone-Yumoto also divide at {{STN|Odawara|x}} with just the 6-car sets continuing onward to Hakone-Yumoto.
Formations
{{As of|2016|04|01}}, the fleet consists of seven 4+6-car trainsets, formed as follows, with car 1 at the western end.{{cite book |script-title=ja: 私鉄車両編成表 2016 |trans-title=Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2016 |publisher = Kotsu Shimbunsha |date = 25 July 2016 |location = Japan |language = Japanese |page = 58|isbn = 978-4-330-70116-5}} All seven sets are based at Ebina Depot.
=Unrefurbished sets=
| class="wikitable" | |||||||||||
| Car No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Designation
| Tc2 || M2' || T2 || T1 || M1' || Tc1' || || Tc2' || M2 || M1 || Tc1 | |||||||||||
| Numbering
| 3055x || 3050x || 3045x || 3035x || 3020x || 3025x || || 3015x || 3010x || 3000x || 3005x |
Cars 2, 3, 5, 8, and 9 are each fitted with a single-arm pantograph.
=Refurbished sets=
Refurbished trainsets are formed as follows, with five motored cars per ten-car formation.{{cite magazine|script-title=ja: 小田急電鉄EXEα|trans-title=Odakyu EXEα|magazine = Japan Railfan Magazine |volume = 57|issue = 671 |pages = 62–65 |publisher = Koyusha Co., Ltd. |location = Japan |language = Japanese |date = March 2017}}
| class="wikitable" | |||||||||||
| Car No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Designation
| Tc2 || M3 || M2'N || T1 || M1' || Tc1' || || Tc2' || M2 || M1 || Tc1 | |||||||||||
| Numbering
| 3055x || 3050x || 3040x || 3035x || 3020x || 3025x || || 3015x || 3010x || 3000x || 3005x | |||||||||||
| Weight (t)
| 33.45 || 42.32 || 41.60 || 35.99 || 40.50 || 35.36 || || 37.02 || 42.45 || 41.44 || 33.56 | |||||||||||
| Capacity
| 56 || 58 || 56 || 68 || 54 || 60 || || 58 || 58 || 54 || 56 |
Cars 2, 3, 5, 8, and 9 are each fitted with a PT7113-A single-arm pantograph.
Interior
Passenger accommodation consists of monoclass unidirectional 2+2 abreast seating, with {{Convert|460|mm|abbr=on}} wide seats and a seating pitch of {{Convert|1000|mm|abbr=on}}. The first eight half-sets delivered had green-coloured seats in the six-cars sets (evoking the forests of Hakone) and blue-coloured seats in the four-car sets (evoking the sea of Enoshima), but from 1999 onward, the seats in all sets was standardized with grey and brown seat covers. Wheelchair spaces are located in cars 5 and 8.
Refreshment counters are provided in cars 3 and 9. Toilets are provided in cars 2, 5, and 8, and the toilet in car 5 is a universal access type.
File:OER-EXE30000-inside.jpg|The passenger saloon interior in March 2007
File:OER-EXE30000-inside-Seat.jpg|Seating in March 2007
File:OER 30100 inside service counter.jpg|A refreshment counter in November 2011
History
=Build history=
=Refurbishment=
The fleet underwent a programme of refurbishment from fiscal 2016, with the first 4+6-car trainset treated returning to service in March 2017, rebranded "EXEα".{{cite web |url= http://www.odakyu.jp/program/info/data.info/8499_5668838_.pdf|script-title=ja:「特急ロマンスカー・EXE（３００００形）」をリニューアル ～ＥＸＥは、「EXEα」へ進化します～ |trans-title=EXE 30000 series Romancecar to be refurbished - becoming "EXEα"|date= 20 October 2016|work= News Release|publisher= Odakyu Electric Railway|location= Japan|language= Japanese|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20161020051022/http://www.odakyu.jp/program/info/data.info/8499_5668838_.pdf|archivedate= 20 October 2016|url-status=live |accessdate= 20 October 2016}}
Refurbishment was carried out by Nippon Sharyo, with the design overseen by Noriaki Okabe Architecture Network. It includes the following changes:
- Redesigned interiors and seating
- Replacement of Japanese-style squat toilets with Western-style toilets (Toto "Washlet" type)
- Additional luggage racks
- LED lighting in passenger saloons
- Installation of security cameras in vestibule and passenger saloons
- Fully enclosed traction motors
- Conversion of one former trailer car (car 3) to a motored car, and the addition of a second motored bogie to car 9, which previously only had one motored bogie.
The first train set to be refurbished, four-car set 30051, was returned to Odakyu from the Nippon Sharyo factory in Toyokawa, Aichi, in November 2016.{{cite web |url= http://rail.hobidas.com/rmn/archives/2016/11/jr_2227.html|script-title=ja: JR貨 コキ107と小田急30000形 甲種輸送|trans-title=JR Freight: KoKi 107 and Odakyu 30000 series transferred|date= 10 November 2016|work= RM News|publisher= Neko Publishing Co., Ltd.|location= Japan|language= Japanese|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20161110053307/http://rail.hobidas.com/rmn/archives/2016/11/jr_2227.html|archivedate= 10 November 2016|url-status=live |accessdate= 10 November 2016}}
File:Odakyu-Series30000R EXEa.jpg|A refurbished "EXEα" set in November 2021
File:OER-30000 EXE-Alpha-inside 20190416.jpg|The updated passenger saloon interior in April 2019
File:OER-30000 EXE-Alpha-inside Seat 20190416.jpg|Updated seating in April 2019
Future
On 9 September 2024, Odakyu Electric Railway announced that development had started on a new Romancecar train type, positioned as a replacement for unrefurbished 30000 series sets and a successor to the 50000 series VSE. The new Romancecar type is scheduled to enter revenue service in March 2029.{{Cite web |date=2024-09-09 |title= |script-title=ja:小田急電鉄、新型ロマンスカー設計着手 - EXE代替・VSE後継の車両 |trans-title=Odakyu Electric Railway begins designing new Romancecar |url=https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20240909-3021735/ |access-date=2024-09-09 |website=Mynavi News |language=ja}}
In popular culture
The Odakyu 30000 series EXE is featured as a non-driveable train in the Microsoft Train Simulator computer game.{{cite book |title=Microsoft Train Simulator - Engineer's Handbook |date=2001 |publisher=Microsoft |pages=84 |chapter=The Routes}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Odakyu 30000 series EXE}}
- [http://www.odakyu.jp/english/romancecar/lineup/ "Romancecar lineup"]
{{Odakyu trainsets}}
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