Nishi-Nippon Railroad
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Native name
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西日本鉄道株式会社 |
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| Industry | Private railroad |
| Founded | December 17, 1908 |
| Founder | Nagayoshi Nakamura |
| Headquarters | Tenjin, Fukuoka, Japan |
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Area served
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Fukuoka Prefecture |
| Website | www |
The Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., Ltd. (西日本鉄道株式会社 Nishinippon Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha?), also called Nishitetsu (西鉄?) or NNR, : 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.
Nishi-Nippon Railroad operates four railway lines, the first three listed below being 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) (standard gauge), whilst the Kaizuka Line is an isolated 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) narrow-gauge line:
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.
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