Meitetsu 1700 series

The Meitetsu 1700/2300 series (名鉄1700・2300系) was an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu) in Japan from December 2008 until 2021.

Meitetsu 1700/2300 series
Reliveried set 1701 in August 2015
In service	2008–2021 (1700 series) 2008–Present (2300 series)
Manufacturer	Nippon Sharyo
Constructed	1999 (as 1600 series) 2008 (2300 series)
Entered service	27 December 2008
Refurbished	2008 (converted from 1600 series)
Scrapped	2020–2021 (1700 series)
Number built	24 vehicles (4 sets)
Number in service	None (all commuter cars transferred to 2200 series fleet)
Number scrapped	8 vehicles (all 1700 series vehicles)
Successor	2200 series
Formation	6 cars per trainset
Fleet numbers	1701–1704
Capacity	263 seated + 321 standing
Operators	Meitetsu
Specifications
Car length	19,750 mm (64 ft 10 in) (1700 series end cars) 19,000 mm (62 ft 4 in) (1700 series intermediate cars) 18,230 mm (59 ft 10 in) (2300 series intermediate cars) 18,115 mm (59 ft 5.2 in) (2300 series end cars)[1]
Width	2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)[1]
Doors	2/3 pairs per side
Maximum speed	120 km/h (75 mph)[1]
Traction system	Variable frequency
Acceleration	2.3 km/(h⋅s) (1.4 mph/s)[1]
Deceleration	3.5 km/(h⋅s) (2.2 mph/s) (service) 4.2 km/(h⋅s) (2.6 mph/s) (emergency)[1]
Electric system(s)	1,500 V DC overhead
Current collector(s)	PT7118-B single-arm pantograph
Safety system(s)	Meitetsu ATS
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

Formation

The fleet consisted of four 6-car sets, formed as follows.

Car No.	1	2	3	4	5	6
Designation	Mc1	T1	T2	M	T2'	Mc2
Numbering	Mo 1700	Sa 1650	Sa 2400	Mo 2450	Sa 2350	Mo 2300
Weight (t)	41.9	32.5	27.5	36.2	28.1	37.8
Capacity Total/seated	48	45	126/44	126/44	126/44	113/38

Cars 1, 4, and 6 each had a single-arm pantograph.^[2]

• 
  2334 (car 6), August 2009
• 
  2384 (car 5), August 2009
• 
  2484 (car 4), August 2009
• 
  2434 (car 3), August 2009
• 
  1654 (car 2), August 2009
• 
  1704 (car 1), August 2009

Interior

• 
  Interior of Sa 1650 car showing limited express style seating configuration

History

The six-car trainsets were formed in 2008 by combining two cars from former 1600 series limited express EMUs with four newly built 2300 series commuter cars. The trains entered service from the start of the revised timetable on 27 December 2008.^[3]

The fleet was reliveried from August 2015, starting with set 1701.^[4]

• 
  1600 series EMU from which 1700 series cars were modified, April 2008
• 
  1700/2300 series set 1704 in original livery in August 2009

Withdrawal

See also: Meitetsu 2200 series § 2230 subseries

1700 series cars being hauled for scrap in February 2021

Withdrawals of the 1700 series commenced in 2019. The four sets of 2300 series cars were used to form four 2200 series six-car sets. These sets, numbered 2231 to 2234, use two newly built limited express cars and four 2300 series cars originally used with the 1700 series sets.^[5] The first of these sets to be formed, 2234, entered service in February 2020, using the 2300 series cars from 1700 series set 1704.^[6]

All 1700 series limited express cars were scrapped by February 2021.^[7]