The , also called or NNR, is one of Japan's "Big 16" private railroad companies. With headquarters in

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, it operates local and highway buses, supermarkets, real estate and travel agencies, as well as railways in

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. NNR Operates in Logistics, supplychain solutions, Warehousing and distribution globally with presence over many countries. In addition, in 1943 the company owned the

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, a team in the Japanese Baseball League. From 1950 to 1972, the company owned the

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(in 1950, known as the Clippers), a

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team. The company introduced nimoca, a

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ticketing system, in May 2008.

Routes

Nishi-Nippon Railroad operates four railway lines:

( standard-gauge)

* Tenjin Ōmuta Line - linking

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in Chūō-ku, Fukuoka and

Ōmuta Station is a train station in Ōmuta, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan which is shared by JR Kyushu (operating the Kagoshima Main Line) and the Nishi-Nippon Railroad (Nishitetsu), operating the Tenjin Ōmuta Line. Lines The station is served by the Ka ...

in Ōmuta (74.8 km) *

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- linking

Nishitetsu Futsukaichi Station is a train station located in Chikushino, Japan. Lines *Nishi-Nippon Railroad **Tenjin Ōmuta Line **Dazaifu Line is a Japanese rail line operated by Nishi-Nippon Railroad (Nishitetsu) that connects Chikushino City and Dazaifu City in Fu ...

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, Goto, and

Dazaifu Station is a train station located in Dazaifu, Fukuoka. Lines *Nishi-Nippon Railroad **Dazaifu Line is a Japanese rail line operated by Nishi-Nippon Railroad (Nishitetsu) that connects Chikushino City and Dazaifu City in Fukuoka Prefecture i ...

in Dazaifu (2.4 km) * Amagi Line - linking

Miyanojin Station is a train station located in Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan. Lines * Nishi-Nippon Railroad **Tenjin Ōmuta Line Tenjin may be: * Tenjin (kami), the Shinto kami (spirit) of scholarship * Tenjin, Fukuoka, Japan, the downtown region of the city ** ...

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and

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in Amagi, passing through Tachiarai (17.9 km)

( 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 is a city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of June 1, 2019, Kitakyushu has an estimated population of 940,978, making it the second-largest city in both Fukuoka Prefecture and the island of Kyushu after the city of Fukuoka. It is one o ...

and serve other municipalities in the prefecture. Long-haul routes carry traffic to other prefectures in Kyushu, across the

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, and serve

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, and

Shinjuku is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is a major commercial and administrative centre, housing the northern half of the busiest railway station in the world ( Shinjuku Station) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, the administration ...

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Real estate investment

In 2015 Nishitetsu along with

Hankyu Hanshin Holdings is a Japanese multinational '' keiretsu'' holding company which owns Hankyu Corporation, the Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd., Toho Co., Ltd., and affiliate companies. On October 1, 2006, Hankyu Holdings changed its name to the present ...

and a Vietnamese real estate company set up a joint venture to develop condominiums in Vietnam, initially in

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