Tokyo Metro TV commercial for thru service

[bikkuri bahn]

 

This is a promo for the upcoming through service on the Tokyu Toyoko Line via the new underground Shibuya Station.

 

*h/t to quashlo at SSC

Edited February 8, 2013 by bikkuri bahn

[Densha]

How to connect ordinary Unitrack to slab Unitrack.

[cteno4]

I want the big plex layout at the end!

 

Jeff

[KenS]

That's a clever commercial. The way the music trailed off after the first stop, almost despondently...very well done.

 

And yeah, the scale (in relation to the length of the trains, not modeling scale) was a bit small, and all those single-tracks with stub ends wouldn't make for interesting operation, but I want it anyway.

[bikkuri bahn]

and all those single-tracks with stub ends wouldn't make for interesting operation, but I want it anyway.

 

That's an approximation of the Tokyo Metro network in N scale.

[Tecchan]

Really cool comercial! :-)

With colored plexi (matching the colors of the lines) this would have been even cooler! :-)

[Davo Dentetsu]

Heh, fun to see in operation.  Would be good if things like how it was made would be a bonus. :D

[Mudkip Orange]

How did I miss this the first time around?

[Ochanomizu]

The burning question, of course, is whether the model is made by Kato, Micro Ace, or GreenMax?

[The Next Station Is...]

Did they buy or borrow those trains? Maybe they are owned and lent by enthusiastic employees? (I love asking these kind of questions which will never be answered!)

[ToniBabelony]

Commercials are usually outsourced to companies who specialise in these kind of things. They can purchase all equipment on the tab of the firm and put them on the bill of the commissioner. Also, these things are tax-deductible and probably only used once, so either they ended up in the storage or an employee of the firm (or the chief) has now a few nice models at home (if they weren't rentals). :P

[bikkuri bahn]

Some more interesting Tokyo Metro TV commercials.

 

Video game style showing anti-flooding measures:

 

Safety appeal, rolling stock maintenance (Tokyo Metro has the largest fleet of rolling stock outside the big JR companies):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N_ELPPu6j4