The is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated on the Tokyo Metro Hanzà Âmon Line in Tokyo, Japan since 2003. Introduced into service on 7 January 2003, a total of six ten-car trainsets were manufactured by Nippon Sharyo between 2002 and 2003 to augment the 8000 series trains following the extension to Oshiage.
The Tokyo Metro 08 series was introduced into service on 7 January 2003 to increase capacity on the Hanzà Âmon Line, ahead of its extension from to in March of that year. The train type is also used on through services to the Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line and the Tobu Isesaki and Nikko Lines. The 08 series was the last new rolling stock type purchased by TRTA before it was privatised the following year.
, the fleet consists of six ten-car sets, numbered 51 to 56, formed as shown below, with five motored (M) cars and five trailer (T) cars. Car 1 is at the Oshiage end.
Passenger accommodation consists of longitudinal bucket-style seating throughout. Beginning in 2014, the original LED information displays were replaced with LCD displays.