Nankai Electric Railway
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Company type | Public KK |
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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. (
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
History
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The Nankai Railway Company was founded on June 16, 1884. In 1944 it was one of the companies that merged to form Kinki Nippon Railway Co., Ltd. (Kin-nichi, present Kintetsu Railway). However, Kin-nichi transferred the former Nankai Railway Company's lines to the present Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (named Koyasan Electric Railway Co., Ltd. from March 28, 1925 until March 14, 1947) on June 1, 1947.
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From 1938 to 1988, Nankai Electric Railway owned the Nankai Hawks, a team in Nippon Professional Baseball that was based in Osaka. The team was sold to Daiei after the 1988 season and moved to Fukuoka and rechristened the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks. The team was sold again in 2005 to SoftBank, and are now the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.
Lines
[edit]- Nankai Main Line (
南海本線 ): Namba – Wakayamashi - Takashinohama Line (
高師浜 線 ): Hagoromo – Takashinohama Airport Line (
空港線 ): Izumisano – Kansai Airport- Tanagawa Line (
多奈川 線 ): Misaki koen – Tanagawa - Kada Line (
加太 線 ): Kinokawa – Kada - Wakayamako Line (
和歌山港 線 ): Wakayamashi – Wakayamako
- Koya Line (
高野線 ): Shiomibashi - Kishinosato-Tamade – Gokurakubashi- In operation: Namba - Gokurakubashi
- Shiomibashi Line (
汐見橋 線 , commonly called): Shiomibashi – Kishinosato-Tamade
- Cable Line (
鋼索線 ): Gokurakubashi – Koyasan
Defunct lines and transferred lines
[edit]- Nankai Line (
南海 線 )- Tennoji Branch (
天王寺支線 ): Tengachaya – Tennoji (replaced by the Sakaisuji Line) - Kitajima Branch (
北島 支線 ): Wakayamashi – Kitajima - Higashi-Matsue (abandoned) - Wakayamako Line (
和歌山港 線 ): Wakayamako – Suiken (abandoned)
- Tennoji Branch (
- Kishigawa Line (
貴志川線 , dealt with Wakayama Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (和歌山 電鐵 株式会社 )): Wakayama – Kishi - Osaka Tram Line (
大阪 軌道線 )- Hankai Line (
阪堺線 ): Ebisucho – Hamadera-eki-mae (dealt with Hankai Tramway Co., Ltd.) - Uemachi Line (
上町線 ): Tennoji-eki-mae – Sumiyoshikoen (dealt with Hankai Tramway Co., Ltd.) - Hirano Line (
平野 線 ): Imaike – Hirano (replaced by the Tanimachi Line) - Ohama Branch (
大浜 支線 ): Shukuin – Ohama-kaigan (abandoned)
- Hankai Line (
- Wakayama Tram Line (
和歌山 軌道線 ): Wakayamashi-eki, Wakayama-eki – Kainan, Shin-Wakaura (abandoned)
Rolling stock
[edit]Limited express trains
[edit]- 50000 series — used on rapi:t service between Namba and Kansai airport
- 31000 series — used on Kōya service between Namba and Gokurakubashi
- 30000 series — used on Kōya service between Namba and Gokurakubashi
- 12000 series — used on Southern service reserved car between Namba and Wakayamakō
- 11000 series — used on Rinkan service between Namba and Hashimoto
- 10000 series — used on Southern service reserved car between Namba and Wakayamakō
Nankai Line, Airport Line
[edit]- 9000 series — used on Southern service non-reserved car between Namba and Wakayamakō
- 8300 series — used on Southern service non-reserved car between Namba and Wakayamakō
- 8000 series — used on Southern service non-reserved car between Namba and Wakayamakō
- 7100 series — used on Southern service non-reserved car between Namba and Wakayamakō
- 3000 series — converted from former Semboku 3000 series
- 2000 series
- 1000 series
Kōya Line Commuter car (Namba-Hashimoto)
[edit]- 8300 series
- 6300 series — converted from former 6100 series
- 6250 series — converted from former 8200 series
- 6200 series
- 6000 series
- 1000 series
Kōya Line Zoom car (Namba-Gokurakubashi)
[edit]- 2300 series
- 2200 series — used on Tenkū service
- 2000 series
Takashinohama Line, Tanagawa Line, Kada Line, Shiomibashi Line
[edit]- 7100 series
- 2220 series
- 2200 series
Cable Line
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Nankai 50000 series on rapi:t service
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Nankai 12000 series on Southern service
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Nankai 10000 series on Southern service
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Nankai 6000 series
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Nankai 9000 series on Southern service
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Nankai 2000 series ("Zoom Car")
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Semboku 3000 series
See also
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