On March 16th, 2020, Keio Electric Railway and the Transportation Bureau of Tokyo Metropolitan Government (Toei) marked their 40th anniversary of the direct operation between the Keio and Toei-Shinjuku lines.
The Keio line was opened between Sasazuka and Chofu stations in 1913; meanwhile, the Toei-Shinjuku line was inaugurated between Iwamotocho and Higashi-Ojima in 1978. These two lines were eventually connected at Shinjuku station, and the direct operation was commenced on March 16th, 1980. Among the two railways, I'm going to show you a Toei story today.
Toei currently offers their EMU 10-300 series trains for direct operation onto the Keio line. It was launched in 2005 replacing the old 10-000 series. There are several types of the 10-300 series. For example, the top photo is the fourth batch of the 10-300 series. It has two separate frontal lights on the lower part of its "face". Thick green and dark blue colored stripes are seen on the face. On the other hand, there are thin blue and green colored stripes on the lower part of their side bodies. Please refer to my previous posts, in which I introduced the other variations of the 10-300 series.
Toei currently displays special stickers celebrating the 40th anniversary on the side bodies of set 61 (61F) of the 10-300 series. According to Toei, it will be displayed until December 15th of this year. Please don't forget to take these memorial pictures before it's too late.
To be continued in my next post... a Keio story.
