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The 2000 series trains were introduced on local train services on the Seibu Shinjuku Line in 1977, featuring four pairs of sliding doors on each side to speed up boarding and alighting at stations, and they were initially formed as six-car sets. [4] The last early-model 2000 series eight-car set, 2007, was withdrawn in April 2022. [6]
The Seibu 20000 series (西武20000系) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway on commuter services in the Tokyo area of Japan. First introduced in 2000, [ 1 ] a total of eight 10-car sets and eight 8-car sets were built between 1999 and 2005 by Hitachi for use on Seibu Ikebukuro ...
Seibu Railway's operations are concentrated in northwest Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture; the name "Seibu" is an abbreviation of "west Musashi", referring to the historic name for this area. It and its holding company hold shares of numerous bus, hotel and tourism operations nationwide.
Nine 8-car sets (72 vehicles) were built between 1982 and 1987, intended for use on all-stations "Local" services on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line. [1] The trains combined 20 m long steel bodies with three pairs of sliding doors per side, based on the New 101 series design with similar underframes as the 2000 series trains. [1]
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The 9000 series trains were built between 1993 and 1999 at Seibu's own Tokorozawa Factory by combining electrical equipment from former 101 series EMUs with new steel bodies based on the New 2000 series design. [2] These were the last trains to be built at the Tokorozawa Factory before it closed in 2000. [2]
A 4000 series set on the Chichibu Main Line, March 2017. The fleet of four-car trains is primarily used on all-stations driver only operation "Local" services on the Seibu Chichibu Line between Hannō and Seibu Chichibu, but the trains are also used as eight-car formations on through "Rapid Express" train services from Ikebukuro on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line to Mitsumineguchi and Nagatoro on the ...
Three 3-car trains were converted from 2005 from former Seibu 101 series 4-car EMUs. Conversion involved sealing the centre pair of side doors and installing transverse seating displaced from Seibu 10000 series limited express EMUs when they were refurbished. [1] The seats are arranged in facing bays, and no longer rotate. [3]