Nose Electric Railway

Nose Electric Railway 3100 series train.

Nose Railway 1700 series train.

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 lines in red, with Hankyu Railway network

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.

Station	Distance (km)	Local 普通	Myōken Express 妙見急行	Nissei Express 日生急行	Limited Express 特急日生エクスプレス	Connection	Location
Myoken Line
Up to					Umeda (Hankyu)
Kawanishi-noseguchi 川西能勢口	0.0	S	S	S	S	Hankyu: Takarazuka Line	Kawanishi	Hyōgo Prefecture
Kinunobebashi 絹延橋	1.2	S	↑	↑	|
Takiyama 滝山	2.1	S	↑	↑	|
Uguisunomori 鶯の森	2.7	S	↑	↑	|
Tsuzumigataki 鼓滝	3.5	S	↑	↑	|
Tada 多田	4.2	S	↑	↑	|
Hirano 平野	5.2	S	S	S	S
Ichinotorii 一の鳥居	6.4	S	S	↑	|
Uneno 畦野	7.1	S	S	S	S
Yamashita 山下	8.2	S	S	S	S	Nissei Line
Sasabe 笹部	8.6	S	S	Nissei Line	Nissei Line
Kōfūdai 光風台	10.3	S	S				Toyono, Toyono District	Osaka Prefecture
Tokiwadai ときわ台	11.2	S	S
Myōkenguchi 妙見口	12.2	S	S			Myōken Cable
Nissei Line
Nissei Chūō 日生中央	2.6 from Yamashita	S		S	S		Inagawa, Kawabe District	Hyōgo Prefecture

Myōken Cable and Myōken Lift

Station	Connection	Location
Myōken Cable
Kurokawa 黒川	Myōken Line via walk	Kawanishi	Hyōgo Prefecture
Cable Sanjō ケーブル山上	Myōken Lift via walk
Myōken Lift
Myōken-no-mizu Hiroba-mae 妙見の水広場前	Myōken Cable via walk	Kawanishi	Hyōgo Prefecture
Myōkensan 妙見山