Tokyo Metro 8000 series


The Tokyo Metro 8000 series is an electric multiple unit train type operated by Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro on the Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line in Tokyo, Japan. since 1981.
A total of 190 cars were built between 1980 and 1994 by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kinki Sharyo, Nippon Sharyo, and Tokyu Car Corporation.

Technical details

The train shares some design similarities with the earlier Tokyo Metro 6000 series on the Chiyoda Line and the Tokyo Metro 7000 series on the Fukutoshin Line, mainly the asymmetrical front and bodyshell with some cosmetic changes.

Original sets

, all of the 19 ten-car sets are refurbished formed as shown below, with car 1 at the Oshiage end.

Original unrefurbished sets

Car No.12345678910
DesignationCT1M1M2'M1Mc2Tc1T2'M1M2CT2
Numbering8100820083008400850086008700880089008000

Cars 2, 4, and 8 each have two lozenge-type pantographs.

Refurbished sets

Car No.12345678910
DesignationCT1M1T3M1Mc2Tc1T2'M1M2CT2
Numbering8100820083008400850086008700880089008000

Cars 2, 4, and 8 each have two lozenge-type pantographs.

Interior

Cars 3 and 9 in the refurbished sets have a wheelchair space.

Underside Equipment

History

The first 8000 series trains were introduced in 1981.
From 2004, a programme of refurbishment commenced, with some sets receiving VVVF control and three-phase motors. In February 2016, set 8114 received full-colour LED destination indicators.