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

Fukuoka Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Fukuoka Prefecture has a population of 5,109,323 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,986 Square kilometre, km2 (1,925 sq mi). Fukuoka Prefecture borders S ...

. 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 The Nishitetsu Baseball Club was a team in the Japanese Baseball League (JBL). Founded in 1936 as the Tokyo Senators, the team went through a number of name changes and mergers before being dissolved after the 1943 season. The team's undisputed ...

, a team in the

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. 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 Nimoka, stylized as , is a rechargeable contactless smart card ticketing system for public transport in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Nishi-Nippon Railroad (Nishitetsu) introduced the system on May 18, 2008. Its name is an acronym of "nice money car ...

, a

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ticketing system, in May 2008.

Routes

Nishi-Nippon Railroad operates four railway lines:

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Tenjin Ōmuta Line Tenjin may be: * Tenjin (kami), the Shinto kami (spirit) of scholarship * Tenjin, Fukuoka, Japan, the downtown region of the city ** Tenjin Station, a subway station * Tenjin River, in Tottori Prefecture, Japan * Tenjin Beach, a recreational be ...

- linking

Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin) Station is a railway station in Chūō-ku, Fukuoka, operated by the private railway operator Nishi-Nippon Railroad. Lines *Nishi-Nippon Railroad **Tenjin Ōmuta Line Layout The station is located on the second floor of the Solaria Terminal Building ...

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 Kagos ...

in Ōmuta (74.8 km) *

Dazaifu Line is a Japanese rail line operated by Nishi-Nippon Railroad (Nishitetsu) that connects Chikushino City and Dazaifu City in Fukuoka Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Fukuoka Prefecture ha ...

- 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 Rail terminology is a form of technical terminology. The difference between the American term ''r ...

Chikushino is a city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Bordering Dazaifu, Onojo, Nakagawa, Saga Prefecture, Ogori, Yasu, and Chikuho, Fukuoka, Chikushino is essentially a southern suburb of Fukuoka City. It was founded on April 1, 1972. As of September ...

, 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 is ...

in Dazaifu (2.4 km) * Amagi Line - linking Miyanojin Station in

Kurume is a city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of June 1, 2019, the city has an estimated population of 303,579 and a population density of 1,320 persons per km². The total area is 229.96 km². On February 5, 2005, the town of Kitano (from ...

and Amagi Station in Amagi, passing through Tachiarai (17.9 km)

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Kaizuka Line The is an Japanese railway line in Fukuoka prefecture, run by the private railway operator Nishitetsu. It links Kaizuka Station in Higashi-ku, Fukuoka with Nishitetsu Shingū Station in Shingū. It connects to the Kashii Line of JR Kyushu ...

- linking Kaizuka Station in

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, and

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in Shingū (11.0 km) Major local bus routes extend to

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

Kanmon Straits The or the Straits of Shimonoseki is the stretch of water separating Honshu and Kyushu, two of Japan's four main islands. On the Honshu side of the strait is Shimonoseki (, which contributed "Kan" () to the name of the strait) and on the Kyushu ...

Shimonoseki is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. With a population of 265,684, it is the largest city in Yamaguchi Prefecture and the fifth-largest city in the Chūgoku region. It is located at the southwestern tip of Honshu facing the Tsushim ...

, and serve

Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2. ...

Nagoya is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most pop ...

, and

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Real estate investment

In 2015 Nishitetsu along with

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

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References

External links

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Train & bus schedules (in English)
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Routes

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Real estate investment

See also

References

External links

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standard-gauge A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of . The standard gauge is also called Stephenson gauge (after George Stephenson), International gauge, UIC gauge, uniform gauge, normal gauge and European gauge in Europe, and SGR in Ea ...
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narrow-gauge A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than standard . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and . Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter curves, smaller structur ...
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