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(EMU) train type operated by the

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operator

Sanyo Electric Railway is a Japanese private railway operating company based in western Hyōgo Prefecture. It runs local and express rail service between Himeji and Kobe, and also connects directly with Hanshin Main Line to Osaka. Although the Hanshin Electric Rai ...

in Japan since 1964. The 3000 series also includes the , and the .

Formation

The trains are formed as three-car and four-car sets. File:Sanyo 3075 01.JPG, Interior with transverse seating File:Sanyo3058-syanai.JPG, Interior with longitudinal seating

Technical specifications

The trains have

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and

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car bodies. Steel-bodied trains had a cream and blue two-tone livery, and now carry an ivory livery with a black and red stripe. Most cars with aluminium bodies were unpainted with a red stripe. Aluminium cars which ran together with steel-bodied cars carried a livery.

History

The trains entered service in 1964, and were the recipient of the 1965

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. 133 cars were built until 1985. They are being gradually replaced by 6000 series trains. A special "''Sayonara No. 3000''" event was held for the withdrawal of set 3000 on November 23, 2017. The set, consisting of cars 3000, 3001 and 3600, entered service in 1965, and was withdrawn from regular service on November 22, followed by special runs on November 23, 2017. During its 53 years in service it ran a distance of about 6.42 million kilometers. Cars 3001 and 3600 were removed from Higashi-Futami depot for scrapping in March 2018. Set 3030 was repainted into its original two-tone livery in 2019. It is scheduled to carry this livery until its planned withdrawal from service in 2021. File:Sanyo 3000 at Nishi-shimmachi station.jpg, ''3000'' in May 2017 File:Sanyo3615.jpg, Set 3030 in July 2019

References

External links

Sanyo Electric Railway official website
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