Nose Electric Railway

The Nose Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (能勢電鉄株式会社), 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.

Nose Electric Railway is a principal subsidiary of Hankyu Corporation. 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
Nose Railway has two lines: The former is the main route and the latter branches off at Yamashita Station.
 * Myōken Line (Kawanishi-noseguchi - Myōkenguchi)
 * Nissei Line (Yamashita - Nissei-chuo)

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

Operations

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

Rolling stock
Nose Railway uses second-hand EMUs from Hankyu. The trains operate on track.

, the fleet operated is as follows.


 * 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.

Former rolling stock

 * 1500 series EMUs (former Hankyu 2100 series)

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

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