Osaka Metro Metro New car "400 Series" introduces a novel "spaceship design" leading to the central line of fully crossed seats.

Enter the central line for visiting the World Expo

Introduce the 400 series trams of the Osaka Metro Central Line (photo: Osaka Metro).

　Osaka Metro Metro announced on Thursday, December 9, 2021 that it will introduce two new cars, 400Series and 3000A Series, on the Central Line. [so is the cross-seat car! See more pictures of the new 400 series! Among them, 3000A series is newly built by 30000 series introduced by Yutang tendon line, and 400series is a "new type of vehicle". 6 cars with 23 groups were introduced. The replacement of series 20 trams running on the central line and the replacement of series 24 trams transferred to other routes are introduced. The 400 series is characterized by an unprecedented front shape. The central line responsible for visiting the Kansai World Expo in Mengzhou, Osaka, is positioned as a "route to the future", with a glass prospect shape in front and a future design that makes people aware of the spaceship. Safety, needless to say, is the pursuit of new features and a high level of comfort as a means of mobility, and "design is also a form of" riding happiness ". At the same time, the convenience is also improved by the low bed of the vehicle, the clarity of the priority seat, the setting of the guard camera in the car, the operation guide of the wide-screen LCD in four languages, the air purification device of all vehicles and the setting of Wi-Fi in the car. Another major feature is that each group of a car, not a long seat, but a person sitting in a cross-seat car. In addition, the suspension advertisement in the car has been completely abolished, which expands the sense of openness. The 400 series is scheduled to start operation in April 2023. Moreover, the autopilot empirical experiment for the 2024 plan has various functions such as operating instructions from the command station and data transmission function of information transmission.

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