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.
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 also operated a funicular (Myoken Cable) and a chairlift (Myoken Lift) until 2023.
Myoken Cable (a funicular, known in Japan as a "cable car") and Myoken no Mori Lift (a chairlift) were located approximately north of Myà Âkenguchi 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.
Nose Railway uses second-hand EMUs from Hankyu. The trains operate on track.
, the fleet operated is as follows.
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.
The Nose Electric Railway was founded on 23 May 1908. The Kawanishi-noseguchi to Ichinotorii section opened on 13 April 1913, electrified at 600 V DC. The extension to Myà Âkenguchi was opened on 3 November 1923.
The line voltage was increased from 600 V to 1,500 V DC on 26 March 1995.
This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.