Nose Electric Railway

Railway in Japan

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 Dentetsu) (pronounced No-say), 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

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Nose Railway lines in red, with Hankyu Railway network

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 also operated a funicular (Myoken Cable) and a chairlift (Myoken Lift) until 2023.

## Operations

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* 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.

No.  | Station  | Japanese  | Distance (km)  | Local  | Limited Express  | Connections  | Location

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Myoken Line
| Through section  |  |  |  | Osaka-umeda (Hankyu)  |  |
NS01  | Kawanishi-noseguchi | 川西能勢口  | 0.0  | S  | S  |

* Hankyu Takarazuka Line

| Kawanishi | Hyōgo Prefecture
NS02  | Kinunobebashi | 絹延橋  | 1.2  | S  | |  |
NS03  | Takiyama | 滝山  | 2.1  | S  | |  |
NS04  | Uguisunomori | 鶯の森  | 2.7  | S  | |  |
NS05  | Tsuzumigataki | 鼓滝  | 3.5  | S  | |  |
NS06  | Tada | 多田  | 4.2  | S  | |  |
NS07  | Hirano | 平野  | 5.2  | S  | S  |
NS08  | Ichinotorii | 一の鳥居  | 6.4  | S  | |  |
NS09  | Uneno | 畦野  | 7.1  | S  | S  |
NS10  | Yamashita | 山下  | 8.2  | S  | S  |

* Nissei Line

NS11  | Sasabe | 笹部  | 8.6  | S  | Nissei Line  |
NS12  | Kōfūdai | 光風台  | 10.3  | S  |  | Toyono, Toyono District | Osaka Prefecture
NS13  | Tokiwadai | ときわ台  | 11.2  | S  |
NS14  | Myōkenguchi | 妙見口  | 12.2  | S  |

* Myoken Cable

Nissei Line
NS21  | Nissei-chuo | 日生中央  | 2.6 (from Yamashita)  | S  | S  |  | Inagawa, Kawabe District | Hyōgo Prefecture

### Myoken Cable and Myoken Lift

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Station  | Japanese  | Connections  | Location

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Myoken Cable
Kurokawa  | 黒川  |

* Myoken Line via walk

| Kawanishi, Hyōgo
Cable Sanjō  | ケーブル山上  |

* Myoken Lift via walk

Myōken Lift
Myōken-no-mizu Hiroba-mae  | 妙見の水広場前  |

* Myoken Cable via walk

| Kawanishi, Hyōgo
Myōkensan  | 妙見山  |

## Rolling stock

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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

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* 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

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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

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* List of railway lines in Japan

## References

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1. ^ "Nose Electric Railway Co., Ltd.: Private Company Information - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
2. ^ "Hankyu Corporation -- Company History". www.company-histories.com. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
3. ^ a b 私鉄車両編成表 2017 私鉄車両編成表 2017 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2017] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 25 July 2017. p. 163\. ISBN 978-4-330-81317-2.
4. ^ 能勢電鉄7200系，3月19日から営業運転を開始 [Nose Electric Railway 7200 series to enter service on 19 March]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 20 February 2018. Archived from the original on 21 February 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
5. ^ a b c d Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄: 全国私鉄165社局掲載 データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 140\. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.

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

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