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Native name | 南海電気鉄道株式会社 |
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Company type | Public KK |
TYO: 9044 | |
Industry | Ground transport |
Predecessor | Nankai Railway Co., Ltd. (former parent company founded on June 16, 1884) |
Founded | Kudoyama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan (March 28, 1925 , Koyasan Electric Railway Co., Ltd.) |
Headquarters | Nankai Namba Building, Shikitsu-higashi, Naniwa-ku, Osaka, Japan Registered office: Namba Skyo, Namba, Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan |
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Owner | Nippon Life (2.19%) Senshu Ikeda Bank (1.41%) Keisei Electric Railway (0.3%) |
Number of employees | 2,734 (March 31, 2012) |
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Website | nankai.co.jp |
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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.