Nose Electric Railway


The Nose Electric Railway Co., Ltd., occasionally abbreviated as Nose Railway or Noseden, 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.
In addition to the railway, Nose Railway operates a funicular and a chairlift.

Operations

Rolling stock

Nose Railway uses second-hand EMUs from Hankyu. The trains operate on track.
, the fleet operated is as follows.
A four-car 7200 series EMU is scheduled to enter service on 19 March 2018. This is made up of former Hankyu EMU cars.

Former rolling stock

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.