Nose Electric Railway

Nose Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (能勢電鉄株式会社, Nose Dentetsu^?), occasionally abbreviated as Nose Railway or Noseden (能勢電^?), is a Japanese private railway company headquartered in Kawanishi, 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 Osaka.

Nose Railway is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hankyu Railway. A rush-hour special express train, the Nissei Limited Express, runs from Nissei Chūō Station to Umeda Station, the terminal of Hankyu in Osaka, in the morning and back again at nights for commuters.

Nose Railway uses second-hand EMUs of Hankyu. Nose Railway's series 1500, 1700 and 3100 cars are originally Hankyu's 2100, 2000 and 3100 series respectively. The trains run on a standard gauge rail.

Lines and stations

Nose Railway has two lines:

• Myōken Line (Kawanishi-Noseguchi - Myōkenguchi)
• Nissei Line (Yamashita - Nissei Chūō)

The former is the main route and the latter branches off at Yamashita Station.

In addition to the railway, Nose Railway operates a funicular (Myōken Cable) and a chairlift (Myōken Lift).

Myōken Line and Nissei Line

• S: Trains stop; |, ↑: Trains pass; ↑: Only one direction
• Myōken Express (妙見急行, Myoken Kyūkō^?) trains are operated from Myōkenguchi to Kawanishi-noseguchi in the morning on weekdays and Saturdays
• Nissei Express (日生急行, Nissei Kyūkō^?) are operated from Nissei Chūō to Kawanishi-noseguchi in the morning on Saturdays
• 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 Umeda in the morning, and vice versa in the evening on weekdays.

Myōken Cable and Myōken Lift