5000 series

5000 series may refer to several types of trains:

Chicago train type

Japanese train types

See also

JR Shikoku 5000 series

The 5000 series (5000系) is a suburban electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku) in Shikoku, Japan.

Seven 2-car sets were introduced in 2003 by JR Shikoku along with the JR West 223-5000 series. 223-2000 series cars were later added to each set, and these were renumbered 5201 to 5207.

The 5100 type bilevel cab cars received the 47th Blue Ribbon Award in 2004.

Operations

JR Shikoku

JR West

Formation

Trainsets are formed as follows.

Car 3 is equipped with one S-PS60 scissors-type pantograph.

5000 type cab car

5000 type cab car

Side view (5100 bilevel cab car)

Side view (5100 bilevel cab car)

5000 series (CTA)

The 5000 series is a series of Chicago "L" car built by Bombardier Transportation. A $577 million order for 406 cars was placed in 2006. In July 2011, the CTA ordered 300 more cars (later increased to 308 cars) for $331 million as an option on the first contract.

The 5000-series reuses a numbering set used on 4 experimental articulated train-sets that were in service from 1947 to 1985. Only 2 currently survive, 5001 at the Fox River Trolley Museum and 5002 at the Illinois Railway Museum.

Specifications

The first 10 cars began testing in passenger service on April 19, 2010. Following completion of the testing phase and acceptance of the rail cars, a dozen cars are expected to be delivered every month until all cars are in service.

Seating is longitudinal, with passengers facing a wider aisle. This has increased capacity by 20–30% to a total of 123. Vertical stanchions and horizontal overhead bars with straps have been added throughout much of the car to give standing passengers more to hold on to. New amenities include seven security cameras per car, new electronic signs making announcements visually, and "active" system maps showing the location of the train on the line. Due to the 5000-series not being in the High-Performance family of railcars (as of 2015, the only remaining series of this family of cars are the 2600 and 3200 series), and having AC propulsion, the 5000-Series are unable to couple with other series of railcars in the CTA's fleet, which are all High-Performance cars. This is not a complication for the 5000-series for the most part, since all of the lines they are assigned to are entirely this railcar. The last 2600-series cars were removed from service from the Red Line in November 2015, leaving only the Blue and Orange Lines to operate them.