Nose Electric Railway

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates {{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template otherTemplate:Main other{{#invoke:Check for clobbered parameters|check|nested=1|template=Infobox company|cat=Template:Main other|name; company_name|logo; company_logo|logo_alt; alt|trade_name; trading_name|former_names; former_name|type; company_type|predecessors; predecessor|successors; successor|foundation; founded|founders; founder|defunct; dissolved|hq_location; location|hq_location_city; location_city|hq_location_country; location_country|num_locations; locations|areas_served; area_served|net_income; profit|net_income_year; profit_year|owners; owner |homepage; website }}{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=Template:Main other|preview=Page using Template:Infobox company with unknown parameter "_VALUE_" | ignoreblank=y | alt | area_served | areas_served | assets | assets_year | aum | brands | company_logo | company_name | company_type | defunct | dissolved | divisions | embed | equity | equity_year | fate | footnotes | headquarters | former_name | former_names | foundation | founded | founder | founders | genre | homepage | hq_location | hq_location_city | hq_location_country | incorporated | image | image_alt | image_caption | image_size | image_upright | income_year | industry | ISIN | key_people | location | location_city | location_country | locations | logo | logo_alt | logo_caption | logo_class | logo_size | logo_upright | members | members_year | module | name | native_name | native_name_lang | net_income | net_income_year | num_employees | num_employees_year | num_locations | num_locations_year | operating_income | owner | owners | parent | predecessor | predecessors | production | production_year | products | profit | profit_year | rating | ratio | revenue | revenue_year | romanized_name | services | subsid | subsidiaries | successor | successors | traded_as | trade_name | trading_name | type | website| qid | fetchwikidata | suppressfields | noicon | nocat | demo | categories }}The Template:Nihongo (pronounced No-say), occasionally abbreviated as Nose Railway or Template:Nihongo, 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Nose Electric Railway is a principal subsidiary of Hankyu Corporation.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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 also operated a funicular (Myoken Cable) and a chairlift (Myoken Lift) until 2023.

Operations

• S: Trains stop; |, ↑: Trains pass; ↑: Only one direction
• Template:Nihongo trains are operated all day every day
• Template:Nihongo 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 no Mori Cable and Myoken no Mori Lift

Myoken Cable (a funicular, known in Japan as a "cable car") and Myoken no Mori Lift (a chairlift) were located approximately Template:Convert north of Myōkenguchi Station. They provided access to Myoken-do Temple. After 63 years of operation, they both closed on December 4, 2023 due to decreasing patronage and ageing equipment.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Station	Japanese	Connections	Location
Myoken no Mori Cable (Funicular)
Kurokawa	黒川	Myoken Line (Myōkenguchi Station) via walk or bus.	Kawanishi, Hyōgo
Cable Sanjō	ケーブル山上	Myoken no Mori Lift via walk
Myōken no Mori Lift (Chairlift)
Myōken-no-mizu Hiroba-mae	妙見の水広場前	Myoken no Mori Cable via walk	Kawanishi, Hyōgo
Myōkensan	妙見山

Rolling stock

Nose Railway uses second-hand EMUs from Hankyu. The trains operate on Template:RailGauge track.

Template:As of, the fleet operated is as follows.<ref name="jrrprivate2017">Template:Cite book</ref>

• 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.<ref name="railfan20180220">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template: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)<ref name="jrrprivate2017"/>

• 
  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.<ref name="terada2013">Template:Cite book</ref> The Kawanishi-noseguchi to Ichinotorii section opened on 13 April 1913, electrified at 600 V DC.<ref name="terada2013"/> The extension to Myōkenguchi was opened on 3 November 1923.<ref name="terada2013"/>

The line voltage was increased from 600 V to 1,500 V DC on 26 March 1995.<ref name="terada2013"/>

See also

• List of railway lines in Japan

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.Template:Reflist