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Posted by Wado MP73 on Wed Sep 7 13:22:19 2011, in response to Re:Oops! Readers' Choice Best Current EMU Design, posted by ChicagoPCCLCars on Wed Sep 7 11:20:00 2011. There are almost no commuter style trains in Tokyo that you can ride without paying a premium fare in Tokyo. They all became rapid transit style trains in the course of the 80s and 90s.But there are some that might pass your qualifications if you don't mind the extra fare and the fact that they are triplets or longer units. The other end of the Odakyu 60000 series that I've shown in another post looks like this so two units can couple/decouple mid-trip.  Then there's Narita Express which serves the airport. Here's the old order, retired last year.  They also couple/uncouple mid-trip.  Here's the new order, introduced last year. The black part in the front opens up for a diaphragm connection so people can pass through, just like the two previous rolling stock. In the case of the two Narita Express stock, the connection is motorized and semi-automated.  The only remaining rolling stock in Tokyo that are married pairs (actually driving motor and driving trailer) and does not charge extra fare is probably the Tobu 6050 series. They usually start in Tokyo as six-car set and most of them are decoupled mid-trip to reach three different destinations as two-car sets. But being of 1985 vintage, they look kinda dated.  |
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