Tokyu Railways will begin operating refurbished Series 3000 trains used on the Meguro Line and other lines from October 2.
The Series 3000 debuted in April 1999 to enable through-services on the Meguro Line with the Tokyo Metro Namboku Line and the Toei Mita Line. As more than 20 years have passed since their introduction, Tokyu will carry out refresh work on 13 eight-car trainsets, totaling 104 cars.
The new exterior design was chosen via an internal competition and supervised by Tanseisha, which also designed the 2020 series. As with the 2020 series family, it adopts the concept color “INCUBATION WHITE” (a color symbolizing incubation into a beautiful era) as the base, adding gradient lines evoking each line’s color to the lower front and sides. The front end is styled to give a soft, friendly look, as if the train were smiling.
The interior has also been completely renewed, including walls, flooring, and seating. The color scheme has been changed to calming tones inspired by scenery along Tokyu’s lines, and additional multi-purpose free spaces will be added.
Tokyu Railways also plans to sequentially refurbish the Series 5050 on the Toyoko Line and the Tokyu Shin-yokohama Line (23 eight-car sets) and the Series 5000 on the Den-en-toshi Line (18 ten-car sets).
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