Nose Railway
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Native name
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能勢電鉄株式会社 |
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| Founded | 1908 |
| Headquarters | Kawanishi, Hyogo, Japan |
| Parent | Hankyu Corporation |
| Website | noseden |
The Nose Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (能勢電鉄株式会社 Nose (pronounced No-say) Dentetsu?) , occasionally abbreviated as Nose Railway or Noseden (能勢電?), 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 Railway is a wholly owned 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 uses second-hand EMUs of Hankyu. Nose Railway 1500, 1700 and 3100 series cars are originally Hankyu 2100, 2000, and 3100 series respectively. The trains operate on 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) track.
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 operates a funicular (Myoken Cable) and a chairlift (Myoken Lift).
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