Nishi-Nippon Railroad

Japanese railway company

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TYO: 9031
FSE: 9031

IndustryPrivate railroadFoundedDecember 17, 1908 (1908-12-17)Headquarters

Tenjin, Fukuoka

Japan

Area served

Fukuoka Prefecture

Key people

Koichi Hayashida [jp] (President and CEO)^[1]OwnerBank of Fukuoka (4.91%)
JR Kyushu (1.04%)
Keihan Electric Railway (0.32%)
Keisei Electric Railway (0.26%)
Keikyu (0.16%)Websitewww.nishitetsu.co.jp

The Nishi-Nippon Railroad Company, Ltd. (西日本鉄道株式会社, Nishinippon Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha), also called Nishitetsu (西鉄) or NNR, TYO: 9031 is one of Japan's "Big 16" private railroad companies. With headquarters in Fukuoka, it operates local and highway buses, supermarkets, real estate and travel agencies, as well as railways in Fukuoka Prefecture. NNR Operates in Logistics, supplychain solutions, Warehousing and distribution globally with presence over many countries.

In addition, in 1943 the company owned the Nishitetsu Baseball Club, a team in the Japanese Baseball League. From 1950 to 1972, the company owned the Lions (in 1950, known as the Clippers), a Pacific League baseball team.

The company introduced nimoca, a smart card ticketing system, in May 2008.^{[citation needed]}

Routes

Nishi-Nippon Railroad operates four railway lines:

1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) (standard-gauge)

Tenjin Ōmuta Line - linking Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin) Station in Chūō-ku, Fukuoka and Ōmuta Station in Ōmuta (74.8 km)
Dazaifu Line - linking Nishitetsu Futsukaichi Station in Chikushino, Goto, and Dazaifu Station in Dazaifu (2.4 km)
Amagi Line - linking Miyanojin Station in Kurume and Amagi Station in Amagi, passing through Tachiarai (17.9 km)

1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) (narrow-gauge)

Kaizuka Line - linking Kaizuka Station in Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, and Nishitetsu Shingū Station in Shingū (11.0 km)

Major local bus routes extend to Kitakyushu and serve other municipalities in the prefecture. Long-haul routes carry traffic to other prefectures in Kyushu, across the Kanmon Straits to Shimonoseki, and serve Osaka, Nagoya, and Shinjuku in Tokyo.

Rolling stock

Active

Standard gauge

3000 series
5000 series
6000/6050 series
7000/7050 series
9000 series

Narrow gauge

Nishitetsu 600 series

Retired

Standard gauge

700 series
1000 series
2000 series
8000 series

Real estate investment

In 2015 Nishitetsu along with Hankyu Hanshin Holdings and a Vietnamese real estate company set up a joint venture to develop condominiums in Vietnam, initially in Ho Chi Minh City.^[2]

References

^ "Company Profile". Retrieved January 9, 2024.
^ "Japanese railway duo rolling into Vietnam with condos". Nikkei Asian Review. Nihon Keizai Shimbun. March 24, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2015.

External links

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Official website (in Japanese)
Train & bus schedules (in English)

Major and semi-major private rail operators of Japan

Nishi-Nippon Railroad (Nishitetsu)

^‡ indicates rapid transit operators
^§ indicates semi-major rail operators
^*Not a member of Associations of Private Japanese Railways, therefore excluded under the formal Japanese definition, although its comparable size is undisputed

v t e Mass transit in Fukuoka–Kitakyushu area
Fukuoka City Subway lines	Kūkō (Airport) Hakozaki Nanakuma
JR Kyushu lines	Chikuhi Chikuhō Main Fukuhoku Yutaka Haruda Wakamatsu Gotōji Hitahikosan Kagoshima Main Karatsu Kashii Nippō Sasaguri
Nishitetsu rail lines	Amagi Dazaifu Kaizuka Tenjin Ōmuta
Other railways and cablecars	Kitakyushu Monorail Amatetsu Amagi Line Chikutetsu Heichiku Ita Line Itoda Line Tagawa Line Mojikō Retro Scenic Line Sarakurayama Cable Car
Terminals	Rail Hakata Kashii Kokura Kurosaki Nakasu-Kawabata Nishitetsu Fukuoka Orio Tenjin Tenjin-Minami Airports Kitakyushu Airport Fukuoka Airport Saga Airport Kokura Airport Ports Kokura Hakata Shimonoseki
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