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| Set 6330 of the EMU Toei 6300 series arrives at Hasune station on the Mita line Subway trains are annoying for rail-photo lovers. The major problem is its dark environment on the railway track. I shoot subway trains on the surface tracks during the daytime instead of on underground tracks; but, such "subway" tracks are limited in Tokyo. One such track can be seen on the Toei-Mita line. The Mita line is operated by the Transportation Bureau of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (Toei). Connecting Meguro and Nishi-Takashimadaira, its total route length is 26.4 kilometers. 5.4 out of the 26.4 kilometers route is surface track. My favorite shooting spots are Hasune and Nishidai stations. I visited these two station to shoot the EMU Toei 6300 series. A blue and red striped stainless-steel train named the EMU Toei 6300 series is the representative model on the Mita line. It was launched in 1993 to replace the old model named the 6000 series. 37 sets, 222 cars in total, were built from 1993 to 2000 by Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Kinki-sharyo. One set is composed of three motorcars and three trailers (3M3T). Incidentally, let me introduce one topic with regards to the Mita line here. On October 29th, 2020, the Transportation Bureau of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government made a press release announcing that a new model, the EMU 6500 series, will be launched on the Mita line in the fiscal year 2022. It means that the 6300 series will be replaced by the 6500 series one by one. The time for an alternation of generations is approaching.  Set 6334 of the EMU Toei 6300 series arrives at Nishidai station on the Mita line Official information about Toei's new model, 6500 series (in Japanese): Official information about the Toei trains (in Japanese): |