Tokyu's rolling stock looks very much the same on all lines: silver with a red belt. In the past, the trains were dark green, just as the trams on the Setagaya-sen are today. But this livery was changed to silver from 1960 with the appereance of the 6000 series, the red belt was added later. The last green railway cars of 3000 and 5000 series were withdrawn in the late 1980s.
Tokyu's first railway in 1923 had wooden cars, but the first steel cars came into service only two years later, with the DEHA 100 series. In the 5200 series, the Tokyu had the first stainless steel cars in Japan, built in 1952. Ten years later, the cars for the 7000 series were all stainless. In 1987, the 9000 series was introduced using a VVVF-inverter (variable voltage, variable frequency). This technique has also been used for the 1000 and 2000 series. In 1936 eight stream-lined gasolin-railcars came into service as express trains on the Toyoko-sen, but because of shortage of fuel their operation was stopped in 1938.
series built number number trains car doors per car
between of of length length in service
cars trains on line
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70 1942-44 8 4 2 cars 13.96 m 3 Setagaya
80 1950 6 3 2 cars 13.96 m 3 Setagaya
150 1964 4 2 2 cars 13.96 m 3 Setagaya
1000 1988-92 33 11 3 cars 18 m 3 Ikegami
1000 1988-92 80 10 8 cars 18 m 3 Toyoko and
subway Hibiya
2000 1993- 30 3 10 cars 20 m 4 Den entoshi
Shin-Tamagawa &
Subway Hanzomon
7000 1962-66 2 1 2 cars 18 m 3 Kodomo-no-kuni
7200 1967-73 2 1 2 cars 18 m 3 Kodomo-no-kuni
7200 1967-73 20 5 4 cars 18 m 3 Mekama
7200 1967-73 12 4 3 cars 18 m 3 Ikegami
7600 1967-73 9 3 3 cars 18 m 3 Ikegami
7700 1962-66 56 14 4 cars 18 m 3 Mekama
8000 1969-73 152 19 8 cars 20 m 4 Toyoko
8000 1969-73 85 17 5 cars 20 m 4 Oimachi
8500 1975-88 40 5 8 cars 20 m 4 Toyoko
8500 1975-88 400 40 10 cars 20 m 4 Denentoshi
Shin-Tamagawa &
Suway Hanzomon
9000 1987-90 5 1 5 cars 20 m 4 Oimachi
9000 1987-90 112 14 8 cars 20 m 4 Toyoko
Each car has its own number and so can be clearly distinguished from other cars. The system of numbering the cars in a train is shown here.
Toyoko-sen, 9000 series: 8 cars, of which the second, fourth, sixth and seventh have a motor:
9001 - 9201 - 9701 - 9301 - 9801 - 9401 - 9601 - 9101 (* to Sakuragicho)
9002 - 9202 - 9702 - 9302 - 9802 - 9402 - 9602 - 9102 and so on.
Toyoko-sen, 1000 series: 8 cars, of which all cars except first and last have a motor:
1001 - 1251 - 1201 - 1351 - 1301 - 1451 - 1401 - 1101 (* to Hiyoshi/Kikuna)
1002 - 1252 - 1202 - 1352 - 1302 - 1452 - 1402 - 1102 and so on.
Of the 11 trains of this series, 2 trains have 4 cabs and can be divided in the middle. Because every cab has one of the small numbers, 1001 to 1013 are used by the Toyoko-sen.
Ikegami-sen,
1000 series: 3 cars, the second has a motor. The numbers for these
trains follow those from the same series of the Toyoko-sen, so using
1014 to 1024 for the ten trains.
1014 - 1214 - 1314 (* to Kamata)
1015 - 1215 - 1315 and so on.
Mekama-sen, 7700 series: 4 cars, of which the second and fourth have a motor:
7901 - 7801 - 7951 - 7701 (* to Kamata)
7902 - 7802 - 7952 - 7702 and so on.
Old Tokyu-cars are normally sold to other private railway companies. Tokyu is quite sucessful in selling its cars, most of the cars are of the 18-meter-type with 3 doors. Today you can find the 2000 series at Chichibu Railway, the 3000 series at Towada Kanko Railway, the 3500 series at Toyohashi Railway, the 5000 series at Kumamoto Electric Railway, Fukushima Kotsu, Matsumoto Electric Railway, Nagano Electric Railway and Gakunan Railway, and the 7000 series at Hokuriku Railway and Mizuma Railway. Ueda Kotsu uses the 5000 and 7200 series and the Konan Railway uses several cars of the 3000, 6000 and 7000 series.