The is a tramcar type operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei) on the Toden Arakawa Line in Tokyo, Japan, since May 2016. The planned fleet of eight cars is to be built from former 7000 series cars, rebuilt with new bogies and electrical equipment.
Design The 7700 series cars are rebuilt from former 7000 series cars, which themselves were rebuilt in 1977 from cars dating from the 1950s with new bodies on the original underframes. The 7700 series cars reuse the bodies and air-conditioning equipment of the 7000 series cars but with new bogies identical to those used on the 8900 series cars and VVVF control equipment. The interiors have also been completely refurbished with the doorways widened from to . Interior LED lighting is used. The cost of building the 7700 series from the earlier 7000 series cars is approximately 130 million yen per car, compared to the cost of approximately 180 million yen for purchasing new 8900 series cars.
Liveries The individual tramcars are finished in retro-style liveries as follows.
Car No. Colour 7701 Green 7702 Green 7703 Blue 7704 Blue 7705 Blue 7706 Maroon 7707 Maroon 7708 Maroon
History Toei announced details of the new 7700 series fleet in March 2016.
The first car, 7701 in green livery, entered service on 30 May 2016. The two green-liveried cars will be followed by three cars in blue livery and three cars in maroon livery, all entering service by the end of fiscal 2016.
Build history details The individual build histories of the tramcars are as follows.
Car No. Former number Date rebuilt 7701 7007 March 2016 7702 7026 March 2016 7703 7031 7704 7015 7705 7018 7706 7024 7707 7005 7708 7010
References
External links
Toei news release
ja:東京都交通局7700形電車