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, Japan. A total of 27 eight-car trainsets (216 vehicles) were built between 1990 and 1998 by

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. The train type was introduced into service on 31 March 1991 following the introduction of Hokuso Kodan Line through services, and to replace the 5000 series trainsets that had been used on the Asakusa Line since its inception in 1960. The 5300 series was withdrawn between 2018 and February 2023 following the introduction of new 5500 series trainsets.

Formation

The fleet consisted of 27 eight-car trainsets formed as follows, with four motored ("M") cars and four non-powered trailer ("T") cars, and car 1 at the south end. * Cars 3 and 6 each had two lozenge-type pantographs. * Car 3 was designated as a "mildly air-conditioned" car.

Interior

Passenger accommodation consisted of longitudinal bucket seating throughout. LED passenger information displays were provided above each passenger door. The sets were initially built with illuminated route maps above the doors, but these were eventually replaced with conventional route maps. File:Inside-Toei5300-1.jpg, Interior File:Inside-Toei5300-3.jpg, Priority seating File:Inside-Toei5300-2.jpg, Wheelchair space File:Inside-Toei5300-10.jpg, Above-door LED information display

History

The 5300 series was introduced on 31 March 1991 to fulfill capacity requirements brought on by the commencement of Hokuso Kodan Line (now known as the Hokuso Line) through services onto the Asakusa Line, and to replace the ageing

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trains which had been used on the line since its opening in 1960. Sets built from 1994 onwards (5315 onward) featured a lengthened front-end skirt. File:Toei-Type5300-HigashiMatsudo.jpg, Original front-end styling File:Toei5300-HigashiMatsudo.jpg, Later front-end styling After the speed limit of the Keikyu Line was raised to allow for operation between

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stations in 1995, a 5300 series set (5327) entered service in 1998 with uprated traction motors (to ) to support such operation. There were plans to modify the rest of the fleet accordingly, but they never came to fruition.

Retirement

Following the introduction of new

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trainsets, withdrawals commenced on 27 July 2018, with set 5301 being the first to be withdrawn; it was scrapped on 1 August of that year. Set 5320, the last trainset in operation, made its final trip in revenue service in February 2023.

Gallery

File:Toei5300-T-1B.jpg, Bogie of a 5300 series File:Toei5300-T-INV1-.jpg, VVVF inverter as used on the 5300 series File:5300untendai.jpg, Driver's cab of the 5300 series File:Toei5300-AIRPORT02.JPG, LED display depicting a 5300 series on an Airport Limited Express service to

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File:Toei Asakusa Line.JPG, An early batch Toei 5300 series and an older Toei 5200 series. The 5200 series was retired in 2006. File:Toei festival 2015.jpg, Two 5300 series EMUs at Magome Depot during the 2015 Toei Festival. The trains here are (from left) a

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, two 5300 series, a

Chiba New Town Railway 9000 series The was a commuter electric multiple unit (EMU) train type formerly owned by the third-sector railway company Chiba New Town Railway and operated by the Hokuso Railway on the Hokuso Line in Japan from 1984 until 20 March 2017. Formation Th ...

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Keikyu N1000 series The is a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Keikyu on commuter services in the Tokyo area of Japan since 2002.

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Toei 12-000 series The is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei) on the Toei Oedo Line in Tokyo, Japan. Following testing of a two-car prototype in the late 1980s, the ...

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References

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