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About NANKAI Group

Providing excellent services for the customer and bringing living comfort and cultural enrichment

Nankai Electric Railway offers a variety of services that can be used by overseas customers; transportation businesses such as buses and ferries, travel businesses and retail. We provide excellent services to meet the needs of people and corporations.

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History of NANKAI

Nankai Electric Railway:
Proud to be Japan’s first private railway company

Founded in 1885, Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd. was the first provide railway company in Japan to be established purely by private capital. From our Namba terminal in Osaka, our trains operate to Kansai Airport, Wakayama and Koyasan.
In 1994, with the opening of Kansai International Airport, we began operating train services connecting Kansai Airport to Namba, and introduced our flagship advanced design service, the Limited Express Rapi:t.

1885

Namba Station opened

1888

Line from Namba to Wakayama City completed

1932

Completion of Nankai Building (Namba Station)

1951

Osaka Stadium completed in west of Namba Station

1980

[Namba CITY] shopping center opened

1990

Nankai South Tower Hotel Osaka (currently Swissôtel Nankai Osaka) opened

1994

Limited Express Rapi:t started operation

2003

[Namba PARKS] shopping mall opened

2018

[Namba SkyO] Complex opened

Company Profile

Company name
Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
Founded
December 27, 1885
Established
March 26, 1925 (the establishment registration of company: on March 28, 1925)
Capital
72,983,654,121 yen
Total number of issued shares
113,402,446 stocks
Registered head office
5-1-60, Namba, Chuo-ku, Osaka
Head office
2-1-41, Shikitsuhigashi, Naniwa-ku, Osaka
Fields of business
Transportation
Property development
Real estate, retail, land and building leasing, leisure
Business distance in kilometers
154.8km
Number of vehicles
696 cars