Nishi-Nippon Railroad

Japanese: 西日本鉄道 - にしにっぽんてつどう

A private railway company. Founded in 1908 as Kyushu Electric Tramway in Kokura, Fukuoka Prefecture. It later acquired Osaka Electric Light Moji Branch and Kokura Electric Light, and merged with Yawata Electric Light. In 1911 it started rail operations, and in 1929 it started bus operations. In 1942 it merged with Kyushu Railway, Hakata Bay Railway Steamship, Fukuhaku Electric Tramway, and Chikuzen Sangu Railway, and moved its headquarters to Fukuoka City and changed its name to its current one. In 1943-44 it merged with bus companies in the prefecture. In 1948 it started air freight agency operations, and in 1965 it started real estate operations. In 1971 it merged with Nishitetsu Jisho. In 1978, the new elevated Omuta Line opened. It has routes throughout Kitakyushu, but its main business is bus transportation, making it the largest in the industry. It also has many affiliated companies, including Izutsuya, Chikuho Electric Railway, Nishitetsu Unyu, Nishitetsu Real Estate, Nishinippon Shatai Kogyo, and Kamenoi Bus, and is also focusing on air freight operations. The company is also working on the redevelopment of the Tenjin area of Chuo Ward, Fukuoka City, centered around Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin) Station. The lines are the Tenjin-Omuta Line (Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin) - Omuta), Kaizuka Line (Kaizuka - Nishitetsu Shingu), Amagi Line (Miyanojin - Amagi), and Dazaifu Line (Nishitetsu Futsukaichi - Dazaifu).

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Japanese:

私鉄会社。1908年福岡県小倉市で九州電気軌道として設立。その後大阪電灯門司支店，小倉電灯を買収，八幡電灯を合併。1911年軌道事業，1929年バスの営業を開始。1942年に九州鉄道，博多湾鉄道汽船，福博電気軌道，筑前参宮鉄道と合併し，本社を福岡市に移し現社名に変更。1943～44年県下のバス会社を合併。1948年航空貨物代理店業，1965年不動産業の営業を開始。1971年西鉄地所を合併。1978年大牟田線高架新線開業。北九州一帯に路線をもつが，主力はバス輸送で業界最大。また井筒屋，筑豊電気鉄道，西鉄運輸，西鉄不動産，西日本車体工業，亀の井バスなど多数の関連会社を有し，航空貨物事業にも力を注いでいる。西鉄福岡（天神）駅を中心とする福岡市中央区の天神地区再開発にも取り組む。路線は天神大牟田線（西鉄福岡〈天神〉―大牟田），貝塚線（貝塚―西鉄新宮），甘木線（宮の陣―甘木），太宰府線（西鉄二日市―太宰府）。

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