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The was a tramcar type operated by
Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation The , also known as Toei Transportation, Toei Transport, or simply , is a bureau of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government which operates public transport services in Tokyo. Among its services, the Toei Subway is one of two rapid transit systems wh ...
(Toei) on the
Toden Arakawa Line The , branded as the is a hybrid tram/light rail line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei). The line is the sole survivor of Tokyo's once-extensive Tokyo Toden tram system and one of the only two ...
in
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, Japan from 1962 until March 2011.


Operations

The fleet was based at Arakawa Depot, operating on the sole remaining tram line in Tokyo, the
Toden Arakawa Line The , branded as the is a hybrid tram/light rail line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei). The line is the sole survivor of Tokyo's once-extensive Tokyo Toden tram system and one of the only two ...
.


History

20 7500 series tramcars were introduced from 1962. File:1985toden.png, 7505 in 1985 before rebuilding File:Toden7511HankaiColor 20100606.jpg, 7511 in former Hankai livery in June 2010 The last two remaining 7500 series cars in service were withdrawn on 13 March 2011.


Preserved examples

* 7506, at Ikenohata Park in Taito Ward, Tokyo * 7514, at the
Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum The is an open-air museum located within Koganei Park, Tokyo, Japan. It opened in 1993 as a branch of the Edo-Tokyo Museum and is operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture, a public interest incorporated foundation. T ...
File:Tokyo tram 7506.jpg, Preserved car 7506 File:Toden-7514-00.jpg, Preserved car 7514


References

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