The (Multi Super Express) is a Romancecar electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway in Japan since March 2008. The trains are used on Odakyu through service to the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line, and some trains also travel over the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line, making it the first limited express train with reserved seats to operate through a subway line in Tokyo.

Operations

Weekdays Mt. Fuji Metro Sagami Metro Homeway

Weekends/holidays Metro Sagami Bay Resort (discontinued) Metro Hakone Metro Homeway

Formations

, the fleet consists of five 6-car sets and three 4-car sets (42 vehicles in total), formed as follows, with car 1 at the Odawara end and car 10 at the Shinjuku (Tokyo) end.

Car No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Designation Tc2 M4 M3 M2' M1' Tc1' Tc2' M2 M1 Tc1 Numbering KuHa 60550 DeHa 60500 DeHa 60400 DeHa 60300 DeHa 60200 KuHa 60250 KuHa 60150 DeHa 60100 DeHa 60000 KuHa 60050 Weight (t) 32.1 39.6 38.9 38.3 36.4 32.3 33.1 38.8 38.5 31.8 Seating capacity 56 60 56 68 52 60 60 54 56 56

Cars 2, 3, 8, and 9 each have one single-arm pantograph.

Interior Accommodation is monoclass, with seating arranged 2+2 at a seat pitch of . All passenger saloons are designated no-smoking. cars 2, 5, and 8 are equipped with toilets. Refreshment counters are provided in cars 3 and 9.

History Two six-car sets and one four-car set were ordered in September 2006,http://www.odakyu.jp/program/info/data.info/1993_6852248_.pdf Odakyu press release (20 September 2006) with the first six-car set delivered from Nippon Sharyo in October 2007.Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine, November 2007 issue The trains entered service on 15 March 2008.

In 2009, the 60000 series MSE was awarded the Blue Ribbon Award, presented annually in Japan by the Japan Railfan Club for railway vehicles voted as being the most outstanding design of the year.

A third six-car set was delivered in October 2009.

From the start of the revised timetable on 17 March 2012, 60000 series six-car sets were introduced on Asagiri services between and , replacing the Odakyu 20000 series RSE and JR Central 371 series EMUs previously used.

A fifth six-car set (60255) was delivered from Nippon Sharyo in late October 2015, followed by a third four-car set (60053) in November 2015.

References

External links

Odakyu Romancecar MSE Odakyu 60000 series information on Nippon Sharyo website