JR Shikoku developed class 1000 a single-car diesel multiple unit (DMU)
train to replace superannuated and low-performance former DMU train in
1990.
They adopt the lightweight stainless steel body equipped with 3 doors on each side vehicle body. The centre slide doors are double, and the other slide doors are single. Doors have no footstep. Under conductor-less operation, the centre doors are closed.
Lightweight bolster-less bogies, S-DT57/S-TR57, are adopted. Vehicles are
equipped with a motored bogie and a trailer bogie. The brake system is
the electric command brake. Class 1000 vehicles are equipped with a traction
engine, SA6D125-H rated at 400PS. are equipped with hydraulic transmission
gears, DW14 in order to achieve high service speed at 110 km/h and high
acceleration performance.
Passenger accommodation consists of a mixture of longitudinal bench seating
on one side and transverse seating bays on the opposite side. The air conditioner
is AU26 driven by the traction engine.
Toilets have been retro-fitted to some vehicles since February 2001. In
2008, some class 1000 vehicles were modified to make them compatible with
newly delivered class 1500 DMU cars, and were reclassified as class 1200.
Class 1000 vehicles are used on the rural services of the Tokushima line
and Dosan line. |
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