Nose Electric Railway

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 Co., Ltd.
Native name
能勢電鉄株式会社
Founded23 May 1908
Headquarters
Kawanishi, Hyogo
,
Japan
ParentHankyu Corporation
Websitenoseden.hankyu.co.jp

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 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 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 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
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

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, 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]

  • 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]

See also

References
  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. 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. 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.

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