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Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
南海電気鉄道株式会社Type public kabushiki gaisha Traded as TYO: 9044
OSE: 9044
NSE: 9044Industry ground transport Predecessor Nankai Railway Co., Ltd. (formar parent company founded on June 16, 1884) Founded Kudoyama, Wakayama Pref., Japan (March 28, 1925 (+9:00), Koyasan Electric Railway Co., Ltd.) Headquarters 1-60, Namba Gochōme, Chūō-ku, Osaka, Osaka prefecture, Japan (大阪市中央区難波5丁目1-60) Services rail transit
amusument park
real estate
shopping centerRevenue 
¥186,164 million (consolidated, March 2011)Operating income 
¥19,900 million (consolidated, March 2011)Net income ¥3,054 million (consolidated, March 2011)Total assets ¥799,455 million (consolidated, March 2011)Total equity 
¥128,467 million (consolidated, March 2011)Subsidiaries Hankai Tramway Co., Ltd.
Nankai Bus Co., Ltd.
Wakayama Bus Co., Ltd.
Kansai Airport Transport Enterprise Co., Ltd.
Nankai Rinlkan Bus Co., Ltd.
Nankai Ferry Co., Ltd.
Nankai Urban Development Co., Ltd.
Nankai Fudosan Co., Ltd.Website http://www.nankai.co.jp/global/english/ 
Nankai 50000 series on rapi:t service
Nankai 12000 series on Southern service
Nankai 10000 series on Southern service
Nankai 6000 series
Nankai 7000 series
Nankai 2000 series (Zoom car)
Semboku 3000 series
Nankai Namba Station & Swissôtel NANKAI OSAKANankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (南海電気鉄道株式会社 Nankai denki tetsudō) is a private railway in Japan. IC cards (PiTaPa and ICOCA) are accepted.
Nankai Railway Company (first) was founded on June 16, 1884, then became one of the companies that merge to form Kinki Nippon Railway Co., Ltd. (Kin-nichi, present Kintetsu Corp.) in 1944. However Kin-nichi transferred the former Nankai Railway Company Lines to present Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (formerly named Koyasan Electric Railway Co., Ltd. from March 28, 1925 until March 14, 1947) on June 1, 1947. Nankai predates all electric railways in the Tokyo region.
The Nankai network branches out in a generally southern direction from Namba Station in Osaka. The Nankai Main Line connects Osaka to Wakayama, with an important spur branching to Kansai International Airport. The rapi:t α express connects Kansai International Airport to Namba in 34 minutes, with the rapi:t β taking 39 minutes with two additional stops. The Koya Line connects Osaka to Mt. Koya, headquarters of the Buddhist Shingon sect and a popular pilgrimage site.
The name Nankai (lit. South Sea) comes from the company's routes along the Nankaidō, the old highway that ran south from the capital along the seacoast.
Contents
Lines
Current lines
- Nankai Line (南海線)
- Nankai Main Line (南海本線): Namba - Wakayamashi
- Takashinohama Line (高師浜線): Hagoromo - Takashinohama
- Airport Line (空港線): Izumisano - Kansai Airport
- Tanagawa Line (多奈川線): Misaki koen - Tanagawa
- Kada Line (加太線): Kinokawa - Kada
- Wakayamako Line (和歌山港線): Wakayamashi -Wakayamako
- Koya Line (高野線)
- Koya Line (高野線): Shiomibashi - Kishinosato-Tamade - Gokurakubashi
- In operation: Namba - Gokurakubashi
- Shiomibashi Line (汐見橋線, commonly called): Shiomibashi - Kishinosato-Tamade
- Cable Line (鋼索線): Gokurakubashi - Koyasan
- Koya Line (高野線): Shiomibashi - Kishinosato-Tamade - Gokurakubashi
Past lines
- Nankai Line (南海線)
- Tennoji Branch Line (天王寺支線): Tengachaya - Tennoji (abandoned)
- Kitajima Branch Line (北島支線): Wakayamashi - Kitajima - Higashi-Matsue (abandoned)
- Wakayamako Line (和歌山港線): Wakayamako - Suiken (abandoned)
- Kishigawa Line (貴志川線, dealt with Wakayama Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (和歌山電鐵株式会社)): Wakayama - Kishi
- Osaka Tram Line (大阪軌道線)
- Hankai Line (阪堺線): Ebisucho - Hamadera-eki-mae (dealt with Hankai Tramway Co., Ltd.)
- Uemachi Line (上町線): Tennoji-eki-mae - Sumiyoshikoen (dealt with Hankai Tramway Co., Ltd.)
- Hirano Line (平野線): Imaike - Hirano (abandoned)
- Ohama Branch Line (大浜支線): Shukuin - Ohama-kaigan (abandoned)
- Wakayama Tram Line (和歌山軌道線): Wakayamashi-eki, Wakayama-eki - Kainan, Shin-Wakaura (abandoned)
Rolling stock
Limited express
- 50000 series — used on rapi:t service between Namba and Kansai airport
- 31000 series — used on Kōya service between Namba and Gokurakubashi
- 30000 series — used on Kōya service between Namba and Gokurakubashi
- 12000 series — used on Southern service reserved car between Namba and Wakayamakō
- 11000 series — used on Rinkan service between Namba and Hashimoto
- 10000 series — used on Southern service reserved car between Namba and Wakayamakō
Main Line, Airport Line
- 9000 series
- 8000 series — used on Southern service non-reserved car between Namba and Wakayamakō
- 7100 series — used on Southern service non-reserved car between Namba and Wakayamakō
- 7000 series — used on Southern service non-reserved car between Namba and Wakayamakō
- 2000 series
- 1000 series
Kōya Line Commuter car (Namba-Hashimoto)
- 8200 series
- 6300 series
- 6200 series
- 6000 series
- 1000 series
Kōya Line Zoom car (Namba-Gokurakubashi)
- 2300 series
- 2200 series — used on Tenkū service
- 2000 series
Takashinohama Line, Tanagawa Line, Kada Line, Shiomibashi Line
- 7100 series
- 2220 series
- 2200 series
Cable Line
- Ko 11/ Ko 21
See also
- Hankai Tramway Co., Ltd.
External links
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