:Odakyu 60000 series MSE

{{Short description|Japanese electric multiple unit trainset}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}

{{Infobox train

| name = Odakyu 60000 series MSE

| image = Odakyu-Type60000-MSE-Hakone.jpg

| imagesize = 300px

| caption = An Odakyu 60000 series MSE in January 2018

| service = March 2008 – present

| manufacturer = Nippon Sharyo

| factory = Toyokawa, Aichi

| family = Romancecar

| replaced = {{plainlist|

}}

| yearconstruction = 2007–2015

| yearservice =

| refurbishment =

| yearscrapped =

| numberconstruction =

| numberbuilt = 42 vehicles (8 trainsets)

| numberservice = 42 vehicles (8 trainsets) ({{As of|2022|04|01|lc=y}})

| numberpreserved =

| numberscrapped =

| formation = 6/4 cars per set

| fleetnumbers = {{Cn span|date=November 2021|60251–60255 (6-car sets)

60051–60053 (4-car sets)}}

| capacity =

| operator = Odakyu Electric Railway

| depots = Kitami

| lines = {{plainlist|

}}

| carbody = Aluminium

| carlength = {{cvt|20.000|m|ftin|0}} (intermediate cars)
{{cvt|20.220|m|ftin|0}} (end cars 1 & 10)

| width = {{convert|2850|mm|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| height = {{convert|4140|mm|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| doors =

| maxspeed = {{convert|110|km/h|mph|0|abbr=on}} (service)
{{convert|120|km/h|mph|0|abbr=on}} (design)

| weight =

| acceleration = {{cvt|2.0|km/h/s}} (Odakyu lines)
{{cvt|2.4|km/h/s}} (Tokyo Metro and Hakone Tozan lines)

| deceleration = {{cvt|4.0|km/h/s}} (service)
{{cvt|4.7|km/h/s}} (emergency)

| traction = Variable frequency (2-level IGBT)

| poweroutput =

| electricsystem = 1,500 V DC

| collectionmethod = Overhead lines

| bogies =

| brakes =

| safety = OM-ATS/D-ATS-P, ATC, ATS-PT

| coupling =

| gauge = {{RailGauge|1067mm|lk=on}}

| notes = {{Blue Ribbon Award (railway)|2009|52nd}}

}}

The {{Nihongo|Odakyu 60000 series MSE|小田急60000形|Odakyū 60000-gata}} (Multi Super Express) is a Romancecar electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway in Japan since March 2008. The trains are used on Odakyu through service to the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line, and some trains also travel over the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line, making it the first limited express train with reserved seats to operate through a subway line in Tokyo.

Operations

=Weekdays=

=Weekends/holidays=

Formations

File:Model 60000 of Odakyu Electric Railway 6.JPG

{{As of|2022|04|01}}, the fleet consists of five 6-car sets and three 4-car sets (42 vehicles in total), formed as follows, with car 1 at the Odawara end and car 10 at the Shinjuku (Tokyo) end.{{cite magazine| script-title=ja:小田急電鉄60000形|trans-title=Odakyu 60000 series|magazine=Japan Railfan Magazine | volume = 48| issue = 564| pages =54–61| publisher = Koyusha Co., Ltd.| location = Japan |language= ja| date = April 2008}}{{cite book |script-title=ja: 私鉄車両編成表 2015 |trans-title=Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2015 |publisher = Kotsu Shimbunsha |date = 23 July 2015 |location = Japan |page = 50|isbn = 978-4-330-58415-7 |language = ja }}

class="wikitable"
Car No.12345678910
Designation

| Tc2|| M4 || M3|| M2'|| M1'|| Tc1'|| || Tc2' || M2 || M1 || Tc1

Numbering

| KuHa 60550|| DeHa 60500|| DeHa 60400 || DeHa 60300|| DeHa 60200 || KuHa 60250 || || KuHa 60150 || DeHa 60100 || DeHa 60000 || KuHa 60050

Weight (t)

| 32.1 || 39.6 || 38.9 || 38.3 || 36.4 || 32.3 || || 33.1 || 38.8 || 38.5 || 31.8

Seating capacity

| 56 || 60 || 56 || 68 || 52 || 60 || || 60 || 54 || colspan="2" | 56

Cars 2, 3, 8, and 9 each have one single-arm pantograph.

Interior

Accommodation is monoclass, with seating arranged 2+2 at a seat pitch of {{Convert|983|mm|in|abbr=on}}. All passenger saloons are designated no-smoking. cars 2, 5, and 8 are equipped with toilets. Refreshment counters are provided in cars 3 and 9.

File:OER-60101 inside.jpg|Interior view

File:Seat of Odakyu RomanceCar MSE.JPG|Seating detail

History

Two six-car sets and one four-car set were ordered in September 2006,http://www.odakyu.jp/program/info/data.info/1993_6852248_.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070218143357/http://www.odakyu.jp/program/info/data.info/1993_6852248_.pdf |date=18 February 2007 }} Odakyu press release (20 September 2006) {{in lang|ja}} with the first six-car set delivered from Nippon Sharyo in October 2007.Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine, November 2007 issue The trains entered service on 15 March 2008.

In 2009, the 60000 series MSE was awarded the Blue Ribbon Award, presented annually in Japan by the Japan Railfan Club for railway vehicles voted as being the most outstanding design of the year.{{cite web|url= http://www.jrc.gr.jp/award/bl/bllist.htm|script-title= ja:ブルーリボン賞・ローレル賞 選定車両一覧|trans-title= Blue Ribbon Award & Laurel Prize Winner List|date= May 2011|publisher= Japan Railfan Club|location= Japan|language= ja|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101026185520/http://www.jrc.gr.jp/award/bl/bllist.htm|archive-date= 26 October 2010|access-date= 27 January 2012|url-status= dead}}

A third six-car set was delivered in October 2009.{{cite web |url= http://railf.jp/news/2009/10/31/214300.html|script-title=ja: 小田急ロマンスカー「MSE」が甲種輸送される|trans-title=Odakyu Romancecar MSE delivered|date= 31 October 2009|work= Japan Railfan Magazine Online|publisher= Koyusha Co., Ltd.|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 17 October 2015}}

From the start of the revised timetable on 17 March 2012, 60000 series six-car sets were introduced on Asagiri services between {{STN|Shinjuku|x}} and {{STN|Gotemba|x}}, replacing the Odakyu 20000 series RSE and JR Central 371 series EMUs currently used.{{cite web |url= http://www.odakyu.jp/program/info/data.info/6813_2421858_.pdf|script-title=ja:2012年3月17日(土) ダイヤ改正を実施します。|trans-title=Timetable Revision Takes Effect from Saturday 17 March 2012|date= 16 December 2011|work= News Release|publisher= Odakyu Electric Railway|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 16 December 2011}}

A fifth six-car set (60255) was delivered from Nippon Sharyo in late October 2015,{{cite web |url= http://railf.jp/news/2015/10/31/203500.html|script-title=ja: 小田急60000形「MSE」6連が甲種輸送される|trans-title=Odakyu 60000 series MSE 6-car set delivered|date= 31 October 2015|work= Japan Railfan Magazine Online|publisher= Koyusha Co., Ltd.|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 1 November 2015}} followed by a third four-car set (60053) in November 2015.{{cite web |url= http://railf.jp/news/2015/11/20/160000.html|script-title=ja: 「MSE」4連が甲種輸送される|trans-title=MSE 4-car set delivered|date= 20 November 2015|work= Japan Railfan Magazine Online|publisher= Koyusha Co., Ltd.|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 20 November 2015}}

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