Nose Railway
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Nose Railway (能勢電 Noseden?), Corporate name: Nose Electric Railway Co., Ltd., (能勢電鉄株式会社) is a Japanese private railway which links several areas in the mountainous Nose, Osaka area to Kawanishi-noseguchi Station in Kawanishi, Hyōgo where one can transfer to Hankyu Takarazuka Line to complete a trip into Osaka. It is headquartered in Kawanishi.
Nose is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hankyu Railway, and uses its trademark maroon train cars. A rush-hour special express train, the Nissei Limited Express, runs from Nissei Chūō Station to Umeda Station in Osaka in the morning and back again at nights to accomidate commuters.
It uses Hankyu 2000 and 3100 series trains and runs on a standard gauge rail.
[edit] Stations
[edit] Myoken Line
- ●: stop
- |: pass
- Myoken Express trains (妙見急行): Operated from Myokenguchi to Kawanishi-noseguchi in the morning on weekdays and Saturdays
- Nissei Express trains (日生急行): Operated from Nissei Chūō to Kawanishi-noseguchi in the morning on Saturdays
- Local trains (普通): Operated all day every day
- Nissei Limited Express trains (特急・日生エクスプレス): Operated from Nissei Chūō to Umeda in the morning rush hour on weekdays, and from Umeda to Nissei Chūō in the evening rush hour on weekdays.
| Station | Local (普通) |
Myoken Express (妙見急行) |
Nissei Express (日生急行) |
Nissei Limited Express (特急日生エクスプレス) |
Connecting Lines | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kawanishi-noseguchi | ● | ● | ● | ● | Hankyu Takarazuka Line | Kawanishi, Hyogo Prefecture |
| Kinunobebashi | ● | | | | | | | ||
| Takiyama | ● | | | | | | | ||
| Uguisunomori | ● | | | | | | | ||
| Tsuzumigataki | ● | | | | | | | ||
| Tada | ● | | | | | | | ||
| Hirano | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||
| Ichinotorii | ● | ● | | | | | ||
| Uneno | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||
| Yamashita | ● | ● | ● | ● | Nissei Line | |
| Sasabe | ● | ● | Nissei Line | Nissei Line | ||
| Kofudai | ● | ● | Toyono, Toyono District, Osaka Prefecture | |||
| Tokiwadai | ● | ● | ||||
| Myokenguchi | ● | ● |
[edit] Nissei Line
- ●: stop
- Nissei Express trains (日生急行): Operated from Nissei Chūō to Kawanishi-noseguchi in the morning on Saturdays
- Local trains (普通): Operated all day every day
- Nissei Limited Express trains (特急・日生エクスプレス): Operated from Nissei Chūō to Umeda in the morning rush hour on weekdays, and from Umeda to Nissei Chūō in the evening rush hour on weekdays.
| Station | Local (普通) |
Nissei Express (日生急行) |
Nissei Limited Express (特急日生エクスプレス) |
Connecting Lines | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operations at longest | Kawanishi-noseguchi | Kawanishi-noseguchi | Umeda (Hankyu) | ||
| Yamashita | ● | ● | ● | Myoken Line | Kawanishi, Hyogo Prefecture |
| Nissei Chūō | ● | ● | ● | Inagawa, Kawabe District, Hyogo Prefecture |
