Meitetsu 2000 series

The Meitetsu 2000 series is a Japanese tilting limited express electric multiple unit operated by the Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu) since January 2005.
==History==
The 2000 series sets were designed for Meitetsu to allow for easy access to the Chubu Centrair International Airport. The first set was built in May 2004, with another nine sets built throughout the year. The sets entered service on 29 January 2005, initially as three-car sets, entering service on the same day as the 2200 series trains. The sets are branded μSky (read: "mu-sky"). Two more sets were built in 2006 to cope with increasing ridership, both with four cars as opposed to three; additional intermediate cars were manufactured to be inserted into the existing three-car sets. All sets were converted to four cars by July 2006.
With the retirement of the four-car 1000 series and 1600 series trains, the 2000 series sets are the only Meitetsu limited express set intended for limited express use only (i.e. without any cars intended for general use). The sets are only used on special μSky services on various lines and are rarely if ever used for general operation.
2003 was repainted into a special "inverted" livery, dubbed the Blue μSky, to celebrate Meitetsu's 130th anniversary; it entered service in this form on 30 June 2024.
==Design==
The 2000 series sets used a gangwayed cab end with headlights recessed into the body behind the cab ends. The Chubu Centrair International Airport's logo can be found on the front gangway doors. The sets feature a white livery with blue accents, completely different from all other Meitetsu sets; the colors are intended to evoke the image of both sky and sea.
==Specifications==
Construction is of steel. The trains use IGBT drives manufactured by Mitsubishi. The sets feature a pneumatic tilting system and are not intended to be operated in multiples with other Meitetsu trains (apart from other 2000 series sets) in service, although test runs with other trains have been documented. 
The trains feature a musical horn which produced a modulating tone. This was the third variation of the musical horn; the horn retained the same tune but each of the notes was played using a synthesized trumpet sound. While painted as the Blue μSky, 2003 has a special musical horn which plays the first verse of Shinayakana Kaze, Meitetsu's "image song"; the song used is a recording of the song as used in a number of Meitetsu stations. The speaker for the horn is located on the front pilot.
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