Tokyo Underground Railway 1000 series

:Not to be confused with the Tokyo Metro 1000 series.
The Tokyo Underground Railway 1000 series (and the related 1100 series) is a Japanese city commuter electric multiple unit operated by the Tokyo Underground Railway from December 1927 to April 1968. This was the first rolling stock type to operate on the Ginza Line.
==History==
The 1000 series was a completely new design that was conceived in 1927 as a new train that could be used on the new Tokyo Underground Railway Ginza Line. The first car entered service on 30 December 1927 on said line, touted as "the first underground railway in the Orient". The railroad was so popular passengers had to wait hours for a simple five-minute train ride. When the Teito Rapid Transit Authority took over the Tokyo Underground Railway, ownership of the cars was transferred to TRTA.
As the 1000 series sets' age began to show, they were slowly replaced by 1500N and 2000 series sets starting in 1959; the last 1000 series cars were retired from regular service in April 1968. After their lives on the TRTA, many cars were used by the TRTA for destructive testing.
One car is preserved at the Tokyo Metro Museum.
==Specifications==
Construction is of stainless steel. Cars are 15.55 meters long and 2.558 meters wide. All sets use resistor control using a nose suspension drive, which was standard for the time.
==References==
Category:TRTA trains
Category:Tokyo Underground Railway trains
Category:Electric trainsets
Category:Kisha Seizō locomotives
Category:Nippon Sharyo locomotives
Category:Built in 1927
Category:Built in 1931