The (pronounced No-say), occasionally abbreviated as Nose Railway or , 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

thumb|right|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; <nowiki>|</nowiki>, ↑: Trains pass; ↑: Only one direction
  • trains are operated all day every day
  • trains run from Nissei Chūō to Osaka-umeda in the morning, and vice versa in the evening on weekdays.

{|class="wikitable"

|-

!No.

!Station

!Japanese

!Distance (km)

!Local

!Limited Express

!Connections

!colspan="2"|Location

|- style="text-align: center; "

|colspan="9"|Myoken Line

|- style="text-align: center; "

|

|Through section

|

|

|

|Osaka-umeda (Hankyu)

|

|colspan="2"|

|- style="text-align: center; "

!NS01

|style="text-align: left; "|Kawanishi-noseguchi

|style="text-align: left; "|川西能勢口

|style="text-align: right; "|0.0

|S

|S

|style="text-align: left; "|

  • Hankyu Takarazuka Line

|rowspan=11|Kawanishi

|rowspan=11|Hyōgo Prefecture

|- style="text-align: center; "

!NS02

|style="text-align: left; "|Kinunobebashi

|style="text-align: left; "|絹延橋

|style="text-align: right; "|1.2

|S

|<nowiki>|</nowiki>

|&nbsp;

|- style="text-align: center; "

!NS03

|style="text-align: left; "|Takiyama

|style="text-align: left; "|滝山

|style="text-align: right; "|2.1

|S

|<nowiki>|</nowiki>

|&nbsp;

|- style="text-align: center; "

!NS04

|style="text-align: left; "|Uguisunomori

|style="text-align: left; "|鶯の森

|style="text-align: right; "|2.7

|S

|<nowiki>|</nowiki>

|&nbsp;

|- style="text-align: center; "

!NS05

|style="text-align: left; "|Tsuzumigataki

|style="text-align: left; "|鼓滝

|style="text-align: right; "|3.5

|S

|<nowiki>|</nowiki>

|&nbsp;

|- style="text-align: center; "

!NS06

|style="text-align: left; "|Tada

|style="text-align: left; "|多田

|style="text-align: right; "|4.2

|S

|<nowiki>|</nowiki>

|&nbsp;

|- style="text-align: center; "

!NS07

|style="text-align: left; "|Hirano

|style="text-align: left; "|平野

|style="text-align: right; "|5.2

|S

|S

|&nbsp;

|- style="text-align: center; "

!NS08

|style="text-align: left; "|Ichinotorii

|style="text-align: left; "|一の鳥居

|style="text-align: right; "|6.4

|S

|<nowiki>|</nowiki>

|&nbsp;

|- style="text-align: center; "

!NS09

|style="text-align: left; "|Uneno

|style="text-align: left; "|畦野

|style="text-align: right; "|7.1

|S

|S

|&nbsp;

|- style="text-align: center; "

!NS10

|style="text-align: left; "|Yamashita

|style="text-align: left; "|山下

|style="text-align: right; "|8.2

|S

|S

|style="text-align: left; "|

  • Nissei Line

|- style="text-align: center; "

!NS11

|style="text-align: left; "|Sasabe

|style="text-align: left; "|笹部

|style="text-align: right; "|8.6

|S

|rowspan="4"|Nissei Line

|

|- style="text-align: center; "

!NS12

|style="text-align: left; "|Kōfūdai

|style="text-align: left; "|光風台

|style="text-align: right; "|10.3

|S

|

|rowspan=3|Toyono, Toyono District

|rowspan=3|Osaka Prefecture

|- style="text-align: center; "

!NS13

|style="text-align: left; "|Tokiwadai

|style="text-align: left; "|ときわ台

|style="text-align: right; "|11.2

|S

|

|- style="text-align: center; "

!NS14

|style="text-align: left; "|Myōkenguchi

|style="text-align: left; "|妙見口

|style="text-align: right; "|12.2

|S

|style="text-align: left; "|

  • Myoken Cable

|- style="text-align: center; "

|colspan="9"|Nissei Line

|- style="text-align: center; "

!NS21

|style="text-align: left; "|Nissei-chuo

|style="text-align: left; "|日生中央

|style="text-align: right; "|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 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.

{| class="wikitable"

|-

!Station

!Japanese

!Connections

!Location

|- style="text-align: center; "

| colspan="4" |Myoken no Mori Cable (Funicular)

|-

|Kurokawa

|黒川

|

  • Myoken Line (Myōkenguchi Station) via walk or bus.

| rowspan="2" |Kawanishi, Hyōgo

|-

|Cable Sanjō

|ケーブル山上

|

  • Myoken no Mori Lift via walk

|- style="text-align: center; "

| colspan="4" |Myōken no Mori Lift (Chairlift)

|-

|Myōken-no-mizu Hiroba-mae

|妙見の水広場前

|

  • Myoken no Mori Cable via walk

| rowspan="2" |Kawanishi, Hyōgo

|-

|Myōkensan

|妙見山

|&nbsp;

|}

Rolling stock

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

, the fleet operated is as follows.

  • 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.

<gallery>

File:NoseRailway 1757.jpg|Nose Electric Railway 1700 series train

File:NoseRailway3170F.jpg|Nose Electric Railway 3100 series train

File:Noseden5136.jpg|Nose Electric Railway 5100 series train

File:Noseden 6000 umeda.JPG|Nose Electric Railway 6000 series train

File:Noseden7200.jpg|Nose Electric Railway 7200 series train

File:Hankyu series 8000 at noseden.jpg|Hankyu 8000 series on a Limited Express service

File:Hankyu1004nissei.JPG|Hankyu 1000 series on a Limited Express service

</gallery>

Former rolling stock

  • 1500 series EMUs (former Hankyu 2100 series) The Kawanishi-noseguchi to Ichinotorii section opened on 13 April 1913, electrified at 600 V DC.