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

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

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
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

Station	Japanese	Connections	Location
Myoken Cable
Kurokawa	黒川	Myoken Line via walk	Kawanishi, Hyōgo
Cable Sanjō	ケーブル山上	Myoken Lift via walk	Kawanishi, Hyōgo
Myōken Lift
Myōken-no-mizu Hiroba-mae	妙見の水広場前	Myoken Cable via walk	Kawanishi, Hyōgo
Myōkensan	妙見山		Kawanishi, Hyōgo

Rolling stock

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

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

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]

References

^ "Nose Electric Railway Co., Ltd.: Private Company Information - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
^ "Hankyu Corporation -- Company History". www.company-histories.com. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
^ ^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.
^ 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.
^ ^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.