Nose Electric Railway

Nose Electric Railway Co., Ltd.

Native name	能勢電鉄株式会社
Founded	23 May 1908
Headquarters	Kawanishi, Hyogo , Japan
Parent	Hankyu Corporation
Website	noseden.hankyu.co.jp

The Nose Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (能勢電鉄株式会社, Nose (pronounced No-say) Dentetsu), occasionally abbreviated as Nose Railway or Noseden (能勢電), is a Japanese private railway company headquartered in Kawanishi, Hyogo, which links several areas in the mountainous Nose, Osaka, area to Kawanishi-noseguchi Station in Kawanishi, where one can transfer to Hankyu Takarazuka Line to Osaka.^[1]

Nose Electric Railway is a principal subsidiary of Hankyu Corporation.^[2] A rush-hour special express train, the Nissei Limited Express, operates from Nissei-chuo Station to Umeda Station, the terminal of Hankyu in Osaka, in the morning and back again in the evening for commuters.

Lines and stations[edit]

Nose Railway has two lines:

• Myōken Line (Kawanishi-noseguchi - Myōkenguchi)
• Nissei Line (Yamashita - Nissei-chuo)

The former is the main route and the latter branches off at Yamashita Station.

In addition to the railway, Nose Railway operates a funicular (Myoken Cable) and a chairlift (Myoken Lift).

Operations[edit]

• S: Trains stop; |, ↑: Trains pass; ↑: Only one direction
• Local (普通, Futsū) trains are operated all day every day
• Limited Express (特急日生エクスプレス, Tokkyū Nissei Express) trains run from Nissei Chūō to Osaka-umeda in the morning, and vice versa in the evening on weekdays.

Myoken Cable and Myoken Lift[edit]

Rolling stock[edit]

Nose Railway uses second-hand EMUs from Hankyu. The trains operate on 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) track.

As of 1 April 2017^[update], the fleet operated is as follows.^[3]

• 1700 series 4-car EMUs x 6 (former Hankyu 2000 series)
• 3100 series 4-car EMU x 1 (former Hankyu 3100 series)
• 5100 series 4-car EMUs x 5 and 2-car EMUs x 2 (former Hankyu 5100 series, transferred 2014-2016)
• 6000 series 8-car EMU x 1 (former Hankyu 6000 series, transferred in August 2014)

A four-car 7200 series EMU (set 7200) is scheduled to enter service on 19 March 2018. This is made up of former Hankyu EMU cars.^{[4][needs update]}

• 
  Nose Electric Railway 1700 series train
• 
  Nose Electric Railway 3100 series train
• 
  Nose Electric Railway 5100 series train
• 
  Nose Electric Railway 6000 series train
• 
  Nose Electric Railway 7200 series train
• 
  Hankyu 8000 series on a Limited Express service
• 
  Hankyu 1000 series on a Limited Express service

Former rolling stock[edit]

• 1500 series EMUs (former Hankyu 2100 series)^[3]

• 
  An ex-Nose Electric Railway 1500 series converted to a "MIHARA-Liner" test train at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries's test track at Mihara

History[edit]

The Nose Electric Railway was founded on 23 May 1908.^[5] The Kawanishi-noseguchi to Ichinotorii section opened on 13 April 1913, electrified at 600 V DC.^[5] The extension to Myōkenguchi was opened on 3 November 1923.^[5]

The line voltage was increased from 600 V to 1,500 V DC on 26 March 1995.^[5]

See also[edit]

• List of railway lines in Japan

References[edit]

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.