Native name 能勢電鉄株式会社 Headquarters Kawanishi Parent organization Hankyu Hanshin Holdings | Website noseden.hankyu.co.jp Founded 1908 | |
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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.
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Nose Railway is a wholly owned 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.
Nose Railway uses second-hand EMUs of Hankyu. Nose Railway 1500, 1700 and 3100 series cars are originally Hankyu 2100, 2000, and 3100 series respectively. The trains operate on 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) track.
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 (Myoken Cable) and a chairlift (Myoken Lift).
Operations
History
The Kawanishi-noseguchi - Ichinotorii section opened in 1913, electrified at 600 V DC. Due to the cost of construction, the company experienced financial difficulties, and it was not until the Hankyu Railway Co. made an equity injection that the extension to Myōkenguchi was able to be opened in 1923.
The line voltage was increased to 1,500 V DC in 1995.