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The fleet consists of 37 six-car sets formed as shown below, with car 1 at the Nishi-Takashimadaira end.[2][3]
Car No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
Designation
Tc1
M1
M2
T1
M1
Tc2
Numbering
63xx-1
63xx-2
63xx-3
63xx-4
63xx-5
63xx-6
Capacity (seated/total)
49/136
55/147
49/136
Cars 2 and 5 are each fitted with two lozenge-type pantographs.[2]
Interior
Seating consists of longitudinal bench seating with sculpted seat cushions, and 4-seat transverse bays are provided at the ends of cars.[3]
Interior of a first-second batch 6300 series
Interior of a third batch 6300 series
Wheelchair space on the 6300 series
Transverse seating on board a first-second batch 6300 series train
Route map above the doors of the 6300 series
History
The first sets were delivered in May 1993, and entered revenue service from 23 June of the same year;[3] the original purpose of the Toei 6300 series was to replace the non-air-conditioned Toei 6000 series. In 2000, the third batch of the 6300 series was delivered for through-service operations into the Tōkyū Meguro Line as it was more economical to replace the remaining 6000 series units than to modify them.[4] With the installation of a new digital radio system for the Toyoko and Meguro Lines, all remaining first and second batches were retired early from service in late October 2022.
Future
Toei plans to replace the first and second batches of the fleet with new 6500 series 8-car sets from 14 May 2022. The third batch will remain in service, however Toei had expressed interest in completely replacing the entire fleet with new 6500 trainsets as extending the remaining sets to eight car formations and updating them to be compatible with future through running service on the Sotetsu line via the Shin-Yokohama line would be rather costly. For the time being, the third batch sets will only provide service as far as Shin-Yokohama and remain as six car sets. [5]
Gallery
ATO unit as used on the 6300 series
Hitachi GTO-VVVF as used on the first two batches of the 6300 series
^"都営三田線22年ぶりの新型「6500形」登場 初の8両、分割もOK 現行6300形の今後は？" [The new 6500 series trains are the first to be introduced to the Mita Line in 22 years... What about the future of the 6300 series?]. 乗りものニュース (in Japanese). 16 February 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
