# Tokyo Metro 16000 series

The Tokyo Metro 16000 series (東京メトロ16000系, Tōkyō Metoro 16000-kei) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line in Tokyo, Japan, since November 2010.

## Operations

The 16000 series sets are used on the following lines.
* Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line
* Odakyu Odawara Line (Shin-Yurigaoka – Yoyogi-Uehara)
* Odakyu Tama Line (Karakida – Shin-Yurigaoka)
* Joban Line (Ayase – Toride)

## Design

The 16000 series uses Toshiba-branded synchronous motors with permanent magnets, offering 10% energy savings compared to the motors used in earlier 10000 series trains.
The first 12 sets were manufactured by Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Hyogo Prefecture, but sets 16113 to 16128 were built by Hitachi in Yamaguchi Prefecture.
Sets from 16106 onward feature a modified front end design with the emergency door offset to the left-hand side away from the driver's position.
Sets 16117 onward feature wheelchair spaces in all cars, and use LED lighting throughout.
* Set 16103 in July 2011, with centrally-positioned cab-end door
* Set 16108 in September 2011, with offset cab-end door
* Set 16122 in February 2016, showing the livery applied to sets delivered from 2015 onward
* Driving cab interior view in April 2022
* LED destination indicator panel

## Formation

As of October 2017, the fleet consists of 37 ten-car sets, formed as shown below, with car 1 at the Yoyogi-Uehara (south) end.
| Car No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Designation | CT1 | M' | T | M | Tc1 | Tc2 | M | T' | M' | CT2 |
| Numbering | 16100 | 16200 | 16300 | 16400 | 16500 | 16600 | 16700 | 16800 | 16900 | 16000 |
| Capacity | 143 | 154 | 154 | 154 | 154 | 154 | 154 | 154 | 154 | 143 |
| Weight (t) | 27.9 | 33.5 | 26.5 | 33.6 | 28.7 | 28.0 | 33.6 | 26.7 | 33.5 | 27.8 |
Cars 2, 4, 7, and 9 each have one single-arm pantograph.

## Interior

* Interior view
* Priority seating
* Priority seating with wheelchair space
* 7-seat longitudinal bench seating
* "TVIS" LCD passenger information display above door
* Train fleet number with builder's name and Laurel Prize plate

## History

The first 16000 series set was delivered in early August 2010. The type entered service on 4 November 2010.
In May 2011, the 16000 series was awarded the 2011 Laurel Prize, presented annually by the Japan Railfan Club.
In April 2012, car 8 (16807) of set 16107 was experimentally fitted with LED interior lighting replacing the normal fluorescent tubes used.
The final set on order, 16137, entered service in October 2017.

## Fleet details

Official delivery dates as follows.
| Set No. | Manufacturer | Date delivered |
| 16101 | Kawasaki Heavy Industries | 2010 |
| 16102 | Kawasaki Heavy Industries | |
| 16103 | Kawasaki Heavy Industries | |
| 16104 | Kawasaki Heavy Industries | |
| 16105 | Kawasaki Heavy Industries | |
| 16106 | Kawasaki Heavy Industries | |
| 16107 | Kawasaki Heavy Industries | |
| 16108 | Kawasaki Heavy Industries | |
| 16109 | Kawasaki Heavy Industries | |
| 16110 | Kawasaki Heavy Industries | |
| 16111 | Kawasaki Heavy Industries | |
| 16112 | Kawasaki Heavy Industries | |
| 16113 | Hitachi | |
| 16114 | Hitachi | |
| 16115 | Hitachi | 1 June 2012 |
| 16116 | Hitachi | 15 June 2012 |
| 16117 | Hitachi | 13 September 2015 |
| 16118 | Hitachi | 25 September 2015 |
| 16119 | Hitachi | 27 October 2015 |
| 16120 | Hitachi | 27 November 2015 |
| 16121 | Hitachi | 18 December 2015 |
| 16122 | Hitachi | 29 January 2016 |
| 16123 | Hitachi | 23 March 2016 |
| 16124 | Hitachi | 8 April 2016 |
| 16125 | Hitachi | 13 May 2016 |
| 16126 | Hitachi | 3 June 2016 |
| 16127 | Hitachi | 15 July 2016 |
| 16128 | Hitachi | 26 August 2016 |
| 16129 | Kawasaki Heavy Industries | 24 June 2016 |
| 16130 | Kawasaki Heavy Industries | 5 August 2016 |
| 16131 | Kawasaki Heavy Industries | 23 September 2016 |
| 16132 | Kawasaki Heavy Industries | 10 February 2017 |
| 16133 | Kawasaki Heavy Industries | 3 March 2017 |
| 16134 | Kawasaki Heavy Industries | 2017 |
| 16135 | Kawasaki Heavy Industries | 2017 |
| 16136 | Kawasaki Heavy Industries | 2017 |
| 16137 | Kawasaki Heavy Industries | 2017 |