Nishi-Nippon Railroad

Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., Ltd.
Native name	西日本鉄道株式会社
Romanized name	Nishinippon Tetsudō kabushiki gaisha
Type	Public (kabushiki gaisha)
Traded as	TYO: 9031; FSE: 9031;
Industry	Private railroad
Founded	December 17, 1908
Headquarters	Tenjin, Fukuoka, Japan
Area served	Fukuoka Prefecture
Owner	Bank of Fukuoka (4.91%)
Website	nishitetsu.co.jp

Old Nishitetsu logo used between 1942 and 1996

Nishitetsu bus

Nishitetsu operates the Fukuoka BRT.

Nishitetsu Highway Bus

Nishitetsu train

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.

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.^[1]

References[]

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

External links[]

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

[1] "Japanese railway duo rolling into Vietnam with condos". Nikkei Asian Review. Nihon Keizai Shimbun. March 24, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2015.

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