Nankai Electric Railway

Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
Native name
南海電気鉄道株式会社
Company typePublic KK
TYO: 9044
IndustryGround transport
PredecessorNankai Railway Co., Ltd. (former parent company founded on June 16, 1884)
FoundedKudoyama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan (March 28, 1925 (1925-03-28), Koyasan Electric Railway Co., Ltd.)
HeadquartersNankai Namba Building, Shikitsu-higashi, Naniwa-ku, Osaka, Japan
Registered office: Namba Skyo, Namba, Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan
Services
  • Rail transit
  • Amusument parks
  • Real Estate
  • Retail
RevenueDecrease ¥181,869 million (March 2012)[* 1]
Decrease ¥18,294 million (March 2012)[* 1]
Increase ¥5,686 million (March 2012)[* 1]
Total assetsDecrease ¥789,591 million (March 2012)[* 1]
Total equityIncrease ¥135,602 million (March 2012)[* 1]
OwnerNippon Life (2.19%)
Senshu Ikeda Bank (1.41%)
Keisei Electric Railway (0.3%)
Number of employees
2,734 (March 31, 2012)
Subsidiaries
  • Hankai Tramway Co., Ltd.
  • Semboku Rapid Railway Co., Ltd.
  • Nankai Bus Co., Ltd.
  • Nankai Rinkan Bus Co., Ltd.
  • Wakayama Bus Co., Ltd.
  • Kansai Airport Transport Enterprise Co., Ltd.
  • Nankai Ferry Co., Ltd.
  • Nankai Fudosan Co., Ltd.
Websitenankai.co.jp
Footnotes / references
  1. ^ a b c d e 平成24年3月期 決算短信〔日本基準〕(連結) [Financial Results for Fiscal Year ended March 31, 2012] (PDF) (in Japanese). Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd. April 27, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 3, 2012. Retrieved May 11, 2012.
Nankai Namba Station & Swissôtel NANKAI OSAKA

Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (南海電気鉄道株式会社, Nankai denki tetsudō kabushiki gaisha) is a private railway in Japan, founded in 1884. The name Nankai (which means "South Sea") comes from the company's routes along the Nankaidō, the old highway that ran south from the old capital, Kyoto, along the sea coast. Nankai predates all the 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, while the rapi:t β takes 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. IC cards (PiTaPa and ICOCA) are accepted.