Odakyu 10000 series HiSE

Odakyu 10000 series HiSE
Odakyu 10000 series HiSE
	Odakyu 10000 series HiSE
In service	December 1987 – March 2012
Manufacturer	Nippon Sharyo, Kawasaki Heavy Industries
Family name	Romancecar
Refurbished	1999
Number built	44 vehicles (4 sets)
Number in service	None
Number preserved	1 vehicle
Formation	11 cars per set
Operators	Odakyu Electric Railway
Depots	Kitami
Specifications
Maximum speed	110 km/h (70 mph)
Traction system	Resistor control
Power output	140 kW (190 hp) per motor
Electric system(s)	1,500 V DC overhead lines
Current collector(s)	Pantograph
Braking system(s)	Regenerative brake
Safety system(s)	ATS (OM)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Notes/references
	This train won the 31st Blue Ribbon Award in 1988.

The Odakyu 10000 series HiSE (小田急10000形, Odakyū 10000-gata) (High-decker/High-grade/High-level Super Express) was an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the Odakyu Electric Railway on Romancecar services in the Tokyo area of Japan between 1987 and 2012.

Formation

Each trainset consisted of 11 cars, 9 of which were powered.^[1]

Operations

The 10000 series HiSE operated mainly between Shinjuku Station in Tokyo and Hakone-Yumoto Station (about 88 km).

Resale

Sets number 2 and 3 were donated to the Nagano Electric Railway in 2005. They were converted to 4-car 1000 series sets at Nippon Sharyo manufacturing factory in Toyokawa, Aichi Prefecture.

Withdrawal and preservation

The two remaining 10000 series HiSE sets were withdrawn by Odakyu on 16 March 2012.^[2] One car is preserved at the Romancecar Museum.^[3]

Interior

Counter
Interior
Observation Seats
Ladder

References

"Daiya Jōhō" Magazine, May 2007 issue

^ ^a ^b ^c Abbott, James, ed. (1993). Jane's World Railways 1993-94 (35th ed.). Jane's Information Group Ltd. p. 471. ISBN 0 7106 1082 3.
^ ロマンスカー・ＨｉＳＥ、ロマンスカー・ＲＳＥ、通勤車両５０００形 "特設サイト”開設 "引退記念イベント”開催！！ [Special Website Set Up to Mark Withdrawal of HiSe and RSE Romancecars and 5000 series Commuter Train] (PDF). News Release (in Japanese). Japan: Odakyu Electric Railway. 16 December 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 May 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
^ "小田急ロマンスカーミュージアム開館　中川家礼二さんも車掌姿". sankei.com (in Japanese). The Sankei Shimbun. 19 April 2021. Archived from the original on 11 December 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2023.

External links

Odakyu Romancecar Lineup (in Japanese)
Odakyu "last running" site (in Japanese)

[JWR9394-1] Abbott, James, ed. (1993). Jane's World Railways 1993-94 (35th ed.). Jane's Information Group Ltd. p. 471. ISBN 0 7106 1082 3.

[odakyu20111216withdrawal-2] ロマンスカー・ＨｉＳＥ、ロマンスカー・ＲＳＥ、通勤車両５０００形 "特設サイト”開設 "引退記念イベント”開催！！ [Special Website Set Up to Mark Withdrawal of HiSe and RSE Romancecars and 5000 series Commuter Train] (PDF). News Release (in Japanese). Japan: Odakyu Electric Railway. 16 December 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 May 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2011.

[sankei19042021-3] "小田急ロマンスカーミュージアム開館　中川家礼二さんも車掌姿". sankei.com (in Japanese). The Sankei Shimbun. 19 April 2021. Archived from the original on 11 December 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2023.

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