Toei 8800 series

Toei 8800 series
Four 8800 series cars in December 2010
In service	April 2009 –
Manufacturer	Alna Sharyo
Replaced	Toei 7500 series
Constructed	2009–2010
Number built	10 vehicles
Number in service	10 vehicles
Formation	Single car
Fleet numbers	8801–8810
Operators	Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation
Depots	Arakawa
Lines served	Toden Arakawa Line
Specifications
Car body construction	Steel
Car length	13 m (42 ft 8 in)
Width	2.2 m (7 ft 3 in)
Height	3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Floor height	786 mm (2 ft 6.9 in)
Doors	2 per side
Maximum speed	40 km/h (25 mph)
Electric system(s)	600 V DC Overhead wire
Current collector(s)	Pantograph
Track gauge	1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in)

The Toei 8800 series (東京都交通局8800形) is a tramcar type operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei) on the Toden Arakawa Line in Tokyo, Japan, since April 2009.

Operations

The fleet of ten cars is based at Arakawa Depot, and operates on the sole remaining tram line in Tokyo, the Toden Arakawa Line.[1]

Liveries

The tramcars are finished in a white livery with coloured ends and a roofline stripe. The colours used on individual cars are as follows.[2]

Car No.	Colour
8801	Rose red
8802
8803
8804
8805
8806	Violet
8807
8808	Orange
8809
8810	Yellow

• Examples of toei 8800 series
• 
  8805 in "rose red" livery
• 
  8806 in violet livery
• 
  8809 in orange livery in August 2016
• 
  8810 in yellow livery in April 2016

History

The first two cars, 8801 and 8802, entered revenue service on 26 April 2009.[3] The last car built, yellow-liveried 8810, was delivered in December 2010.[4]

Fleet build details

The individual car build histories are as follows.[2]

Car No.	Manufacturer	Date manufactured
8801	Alna Sharyo	6 March 2009
8802		9 March 2009
8803		19 February 2010
8804		18 February 2010
8805		16 February 2010
8806		13 October 2010
8807		12 October 2010
8808		17 December 2010
8809		16 December 2010
8810		15 December 2010

References

1. 私鉄車両編成表 私鉄車両編成表 2015 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2015] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 23 July 2015. p. 31. ISBN 978-4-330-58415-7.
2. 路面電車年鑑2015 [Tramcar Annual 2015] (in Japanese). Japan: Ikaros Publishing. 20 January 2015. p. 42. ISBN 978-4863209527.
3. 東京都交通局8800形が営業運転を開始 [Toei 8800 series enter revenue service]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 26 April 2009. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
4. イエローカラーの都電8810号車が試運転 [Yellow-liveried Toden 8810 test run]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 16 December 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2015.

External links

• Toden rolling stock (in Japanese)