Nose Electric Railway

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 operates a funicular (Myoken Cable) and a chairlift (Myoken Lift).

• S: Trains stop; |, ↑: Trains pass; ↑: Only one direction
• 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 Osaka-umeda in the morning, and vice versa in the evening on weekdays.

Nose Railway uses second-hand EMUs from Hankyu. The trains operate on 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) track.

As of 1 April 2017^[update], the fleet operated is as follows.^[3]

• 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.^{[4][needs update]}

• 
  Nose Electric Railway 1700 series train
• 
  Nose Electric Railway 3100 series train
• 
  Nose Electric Railway 5100 series train
• 
  Nose Electric Railway 6000 series train
• 
  Nose Electric Railway 7200 series train
• 
  Hankyu 8000 series on a Limited Express service
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  Hankyu 1000 series on a Limited Express service

The Nose Electric Railway was founded on 23 May 1908.^[5] The Kawanishi-noseguchi to Ichinotorii section opened on 13 April 1913, electrified at 600 V DC.^[5] The extension to Myōkenguchi was opened on 3 November 1923.^[5]

The line voltage was increased from 600 V to 1,500 V DC on 26 March 1995.^[5]

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