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 Nishitetsu Baseball Club, 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 c ...

, a smart card 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, Fukuoka, Ōmuta (74.8 km) *Dazaifu Line - linking Nishitetsu Futsukaichi Station in Chikushino, Fukuoka, Chikushino, Goto, and Dazaifu Station in Dazaifu, Fukuoka, Dazaifu (2.4 km) *Nishitetsu Amagi Line, Amagi Line - linking Miyanojin Station in Kurume and Amagi Station in Amagi, Fukuoka, Amagi, passing through Tachiarai, Fukuoka, Tachiarai (17.9 km)

(Narrow-gauge railway, narrow-gauge)

*Nishitetsu Kaizuka Line, Kaizuka Line - linking Kaizuka Station (Fukuoka), Kaizuka Station in Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, and Nishitetsu Shingū Station in Shingū, Fukuoka, Shingū (11.0 km) 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.

Real estate investment

In 2015 Nishitetsu along with Hankyu Hanshin Holdings and a Vietnamese real estate company set up a joint venture to develop condominiums in Vietnam, initially in Ho Chi Minh City.

References

External links

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Train & bus schedules (in English)
{{Authority control Nishi-Nippon Railroad, Companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange