Kintetsu

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Kintetsu Corporation
近畿日本鉄道株式会社
Type Stock company
Founded September 16, 1910 (Nara Kido Co., Ltd.)
Headquarters 55-1, Uehommachi Rokuchome, Tennoji-ku, Osaka, Japan
Area served 5 prefectures in Japan: Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Mie, Aichi
Key people Chair: Masanori Yamaguchi
President: Tetsuya Kobayashi
Industry Ground Transport
Subsidiaries The Kinki Sharyo Co., Ltd.
Kintetsu Department Store Co., Ltd.
Iga Railway Co., Ltd.
Yoro Railway Co., Ltd.
Kintetsu Taxi Co., Ltd.
Kinki Nippon Tourist Co., Ltd.
Keihanna Bus holdings Co., Ltd.
Mie Kotsu Co., Ltd., etc.
Website http://www.kintetsu.jp/english/
Kintetsu Urban Liner next (Kintetsu 21020)
Kintetsu Urban Liner next (Kintetsu 21020)
Kintetsu 1020
Kintetsu 1020
Kintetsu Vista Car (Kintetsu 30000)
Kintetsu Vista Car (Kintetsu 30000)
Kintetsu7000
Kintetsu7000
Kintetsu7020
Kintetsu7020
Kintetsu Nara Station, where trains for Namba and Kyoto await departure
Kintetsu Nara Station, where trains for Namba and Kyoto await departure
Kintetsu Bus
Kintetsu Bus

Kintetsu Corporation (近畿日本鉄道株式会社 Kinki Nippon Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha?, TYO: 9041), formerly named Kinki Nippon Railway Co., Ltd. until June 27, 2003, is a Japanese rail transit corporation commonly known as Kintetsu (近鉄?). It is the largest private railway in Japan. Its complex network of lines connects Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Nagoya, Tsu and Ise. Kintetsu also operates tourism, real estate, and shipping companies, and has a major rail car-building operation (Kinki Sharyo) that produces trains used in Japan, the United States, Egypt and Hong Kong.

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[edit] History

On September 16, 1910, Nara Kido Co., Ltd. (奈良軌道 Nara Kidō?) was founded, and was renamed Osaka Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (大阪電気軌道 Ōsaka Denki Kidō?, Daiki (大軌)) a month after. Daiki completed Ikoma Tunnel and started operating a line between Osaka and Nara (now the Kintetsu Nara Line) on April 30, 1914. The modern Kashihara, Osaka, and Shigi lines were completed in the 1920s, followed by the Kyoto Line (a cooperative venture with Keihan Electric Railway). Daiki founded Sangu Kyuko Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (参宮急行電鉄 Sangū Kyūkō Dentetsu?, Sankyu (参急)) in 1927, which consolidated Ise Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (伊勢電気鉄道 Ise Denki Tetsudō?) on September 15, 1936.

In 1938, Daiki teamed up with Kansai Kyuko Railway Co., Ltd. (関西急行電鉄 Kansai Kyūkō Dentetsu?, Kankyu (関急)) to operate the first private railway service from Osaka to Nagoya. Sankyu bought Kankyu on January 1, 1940 and continued the service on its own. Then Sankyu consolidated Yoro Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (養老鉄道 Yōrō Tetsudō?) on August 1. Daiki consolidated Sankyu on March 15, 1941 and was renamed Kansai Kyuko Railway Co., Ltd.

Most of the network's smaller lines were merged into Kankyu during World War II, and maintained after the end of the war.

Kankyu was renamed Kinki Nippon Railway Co., Ltd. (近畿日本鉄道株式会社 Kinki Nippon Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha?, Kin-Nicihi (近日)) after it consolidated Nankai Railway in June, 1944: it maintained the name when Nankai regained its independence in 1947.

After the war, Kintetsu branched out and became one of the world's largest travel agencies, opening offices in the United States of America and other countries.

Kintetsu segmented many businesses into subsidiary companies; a taxi business to Kintetsu Taxi Co., Ltd. (近鉄タクシー株式会社?) in 1950, a travel business to Kinki Nippon Air Travel and Sightseeing Company (近畿日本航空観光? Now: Kinki Nippon Tourist Co., Ltd.) in 1954, a Department Store business to Kintetsu Department Store Co., Ltd. (株式会社近鉄百貨店?) in 1972, a bus business to Kintetsu Bus Co., Ltd. (近鉄バス株式会社?) and Kintetsu Sightseeing Bus Co., Ltd. (近鉄観光バス株式会社?) in 1999 (Kintetsu Sightseeing Bus Co. was consolidated by Kintetsu Bus Co. on September 1, 2006), and station service to Kintetsu Station Service Company on June 28, 2003. Kinki Nippon Railway Co., Ltd. was renamed "Kintetsu Corpotation" on June 28, 2003 and the company logo of "Kintetsu" and "近鉄" were renewed and the logo for the official corporate name, "Kintetsu Corporation" and "近畿日本鉄道株式会社" appeared when. However, Kintetsu consolidated Kintetsu Station Service Company on March 31, 2006. Then it founded Yoro Railway Co., Ltd. (養老鉄道株式会社?) on February 14, 2007, Iga Railway Co., Ltd. (伊賀鉄道株式会社?) on March 26, then Keihanna Bus Holdings Co., Ltd. (けいはんなバスホールディングス株式会社?) on October 1.

[edit] Abbreviations

  • June, 1944 - 1948: Kinki Nippon (近畿日本?), Kin-Nichi (近日?)
  • Present: Kintetsu (近鉄?)

[edit] Lines

[edit] Current lines (Category-1, ropeway and tramway)

Following lines belong to Kintetsu's Category-1 railway business (第一種鉄道事業 Dai-isshu tetsudō jigyō?) and ropeway (索道 sakudō?) business under the Railway Business Act and tramway (軌道 kidō?) business under the Tram Act. This means that Kintetsu is the owner and operator of the lines.

[edit] Current lines (Category-2)

Following line belongs to Kintetsu's Category-2 railway business (第二種鉄道事業 Dai-nishu tetsudō jigyō?) under the Railway Business Act. This means that Kintetsu operates trains on the line, but the owner of the railway facility is a separate company.

  • 1,435 mm standard gauge lines
    • Keihanna Line (けいはんな線) (Ikoma - Gakken-Nara-Tomigaoka, trackage owned by Nara Ikoma Rapid Transit Railway Co., Ltd.)

[edit] Current lines (Category-3)

Following lines belong to Kintetsu's Category-3 railway business (第三種鉄道事業 Dai-sanshu tetsudō jigyō?) under the Railway Business Act. This means that Kintetsu is the owner of the railway facility, but the trains are operated by separate companies.

  • 1,067 mm narrow gauge lines
    • Iga Line (伊賀線) (Iga-Ueno - Iga-Kambe, trains operated by Iga Railway Co., Ltd.)
    • Yōrō Line (養老線) (Kuwana - Ogaki - Ibi, trains operated by Yōrō Railway Co., Ltd.)

Until September 30, 2007, those lines were part of the Category-1 railway business.

[edit] Through-train services

Kintetsu trains also run on the Osaka Municipal Subway Chūō Line and the Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line, but such lines are not Kintetsu lines.

[edit] Abandoned lines and dealt lines

  • Hase Line (長谷線) (Sakurai - Hase, abandonded in 1938)
  • Sanjo Line (山上線) (Takayasuyama - Shigizammon, closed in 1944 and abandoned in 1957)
  • Horyuji Line (法隆寺線) (Shin-Horyuji - Hirahata, closed in 1945 and abandoned in 1952)
  • Obusa Line (小房線) (Unebi - Kashiharajingu-eki, closed in 1950 and abandoned in 1952)
  • Ise Line (伊勢線) (Edobashi - Shin-Matsusaka - Daijingu-mae, Shin-Matsusaka - Daijingu-mae: abandoned in 1942, Edobashi - Shin-Matsusaka: abandoned in 1961)
  • Iga Line (伊賀線) (Nishi-Nabari - Iga-Kambe, abandoned in 1964)
  • Shima Line (志摩線) (Kashikojima - Shinjuko, abandoned in 1969)
  • Hachioji Line (八王子線) (Nishihino - Ise-Hachioji, closed in 1974 and abandoned in 1976)
  • Higashi-Shigi Cable Line (東信貴鋼索線) (Shigisanshita - Shigisan, abandoned in 1983)
  • Hokusei Line (北勢線) (Nishi-Kuwana - Ageki, dealt with Sangi Railway Co. in 2003)

[edit] Rail lines dealt with Nankai Electric Railway Co.

  • Nankai Main Line (南海本線) (Namba - Wakayamashi)
    • Tennoji Branch Line (天王寺支線) (Tengachaya - Tennoji, Tengachaya - Imaikecho: abandoned in 1984, Imaikecho - Tennoji: abandoned in 1993)
    • Takashinohama Line (高師浜線) (Hagoromo - Takashinohama)
    • Tanagawa Line (多奈川線) (Misakikoen - Tanagawa)
    • Kada Line (加太線) (Kinokawa - Kada)
    • Kitajima Branch Line (北島支線) (Wakayamahsi - Higashi-Matsue, abandoned in 1966)
  • Koya Line (高野線) (Shiomibashi - Koyashita)
  • Hankai Line (阪堺線) (Ebisucho - Hamadera-eki-mae) (dealt with Hankai Tramway Co., Ltd. in 1980)
    • Ohama Branch Line (大浜支線) (Shukuin - Ohama-kitaguchi - Ohamakaigan) (closed in 1945, abandoned in 1980)
    • Uemachi Line (上町線) (Tennoji-eki-mae - Sumiyoshikoen) (dealt with Hankai Tramway Co., Ltd. in 1980)
    • Hirano Line (平野線) (Imaike - Hirano) (abandoned in 1980)

[edit] Incompleted lines

  • Gifu Line (岐阜線) (Ogaki - Gifu or Hashima), planned by Yoro Electric Railway Co.
  • Shijonawate Line (四条畷線) (Sakuranomiya - Nukata), planned by Osaka Electric Railway Co.

[edit] Fare cards

Kintetsu accepts five types of pre-paid and post-pay fare cards: Pearl Card, Surutto Kansai, J-Thru Card, PiTaPa and ICOCA. Pearl Card is used for purchase of tickets and others are used in lieu of tickets. Validity of the cards varies by lines as shown in the table below.

Validity of fare cards on Kintetsu lines
magnet IC
Pearl
Card		 Surutto
Kansai		 J-Thru
Card		 PiTaPa ICOCA
Dōmyōji Line x - + + +
Gose Line x + + + +
Ikoma Line x + + + +
Kashihara Line x + + + +
Keihanna Line x + x + +
Kyoto Line x + + + +
Minami-Osaka Line x + + + +
Nagano Line x + + + +
Nagoya Line x - - + +
Namba Line x + + + +
Nara Line x + + + +
Osaka Line Uehommachi - Aoyamachō x + + + +
Iga-Kōzu - Ise-Nakagawa x - - + +
Shigi Line x + + + +
Shima Line Four major stations1 x - - + +
Other stations x - - - -
Suzuka Line x - - + +
Tawaramoto Line x - - + +
Tenri Line x + + + +
Toba Line x - - + +
Yamada Line x - - + +
Yoshino Line x - - + +
Yunoyama Line x - - + +
Other lines x - - - -

Legend

  • "+": Ticket gates of all stations on the line accept the card (some exceptions may exist).
  • "-": No stations on the line accept the card (some exceptions may exist).
  • "x": Ticket vending machines of all stations on the line accept the card, but ticket gates do not.

Note

1: Four major stations on the Shima Line that accept IC Cards are Toba, Nakanogō, Shima-Isobe, Ugata and Kashikojima.

[edit] Other major businesses

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