Kintetsu 3000 series

Kintetsu 3000 series
Kintetsu 3000 series
	The 3000 series train in December 2006
In service	1979 – 2012
Manufacturer	Kinki Sharyo
Constructed	1979
Entered service	March 1979
Scrapped	2012
Number built	4 vehicles (1 set)
Number preserved	1 cab end
Formation	4 cars per trainset
Fleet numbers	SC01
Operators	Kintetsu Railway
Specifications
Car body construction	Stainless steel
Car length	20,500 mm (67 ft 3 in)
Width	2,800 mm (9 ft 2 in)
Height	4,040 mm (13 ft 3 in); 4,150 mm (13 ft 7 in) (Mo 3001)
Traction system	Thyristor chopper
Traction motors	MB-3240-A
Electric system(s)	1,500 V DC, overhead lines
Current collector(s)	Pantograph
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)

The Kintetsu 3000 series (近鉄3000系) was an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by Kintetsu Railway in Japan.

Formation[edit]

The train was formed as a four-car set. It was formerly able to run in a three-car formation, but was converted to a fixed four-car formation in 1991,^[2] and the cab equipment was removed from the intermediate car.^[3]

Car	1	2	3	4
Designation	Ku 3501	Mo 3001	Mo 3002	Ku 3502

History[edit]

The set was built in 1979 as a chopper control evaluation train,^[2] and was withdrawn in 2012.^[4] The cab end of car Ku 3501 is preserved at Takayasu Inspection Depot.^[1]

Preserved cab end of car 3501

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e 三好好三 (2016). 近鉄電車 [Kintetsu train] (in Japanese). JTB Publishing. p. 85. ISBN 9784533115318.
^ ^a ^b 諸河久; 山邊誠 (1998). 日本の私鉄近鉄 II [Japanese private railway Kintetsu II] (in Japanese). Hoikusha. p. 62. ISBN 9784586509058.
^ "近畿日本鉄道 3000系" [Kinki Nihon Tetsudo 3000 series]. rail.hobidas.com (in Japanese). Neko Publishing. September 4, 2013. Archived from the original on March 6, 2020. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
^ "近鉄唯一のオールステンレス車3000系が鉄コレに、900系から5年ぶり" [Kintetsu's only all-stainless car 3000 series in iron collection, the first time in 5 years from 900 series]. tetsudo-ch.com (in Japanese). EXPRESS Co., Ltd. September 15, 2019. Archived from the original on March 3, 2020. Retrieved March 6, 2020.

External links[edit]

Kintetsu official website (in Japanese)

[JTB2016-1] 三好好三 (2016). 近鉄電車 [Kintetsu train] (in Japanese). JTB Publishing. p. 85. ISBN 9784533115318.

[hoikusha1998-2] 諸河久; 山邊誠 (1998). 日本の私鉄近鉄 II [Japanese private railway Kintetsu II] (in Japanese). Hoikusha. p. 62. ISBN 9784586509058.

[neko04092013-3] "近畿日本鉄道 3000系" [Kinki Nihon Tetsudo 3000 series]. rail.hobidas.com (in Japanese). Neko Publishing. September 4, 2013. Archived from the original on March 6, 2020. Retrieved March 6, 2020.

[tch15092019-4] "近鉄唯一のオールステンレス車3000系が鉄コレに、900系から5年ぶり" [Kintetsu's only all-stainless car 3000 series in iron collection, the first time in 5 years from 900 series]. tetsudo-ch.com (in Japanese). EXPRESS Co., Ltd. September 15, 2019. Archived from the original on March 3, 2020. Retrieved March 6, 2020.

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