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Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (南海電気鉄道株式会社, Nankai denki tetsudō^?) is a private railway in Japan. IC cards (PiTaPa and ICOCA) are accepted.

Nankai was founded in 1884, then became one of the companies that merge to form Kintetsu in 1944, but separated again in 1947.

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 α express connects Kansai International Airport to Namba in 29 minutes, with the rapi:t β taking 35 minutes with two additional stops. The Koya Line connects Osaka to Mt. Koya, headquarters of the Buddhist Shingon sect and a popular pilgrimage site.

The name Nankai (lit. South Sea) comes from the company's routes along the Nankaidō, the old highway that ran south from the capital along the seacoast.

Contents 1 Profile 2 Lines 2.1 Current lines 2.2 Abandoned lines 3 See also 4 External links

• Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (南海電気鉄道株式会社 Nankai denki tetsudō kabushiki gaisha)
• Founded on June 16, 1884
• The headquarters: 1-60, Namba Gochōme, Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan (大阪市中央区難波5丁目1-60)

• Nankai Line (南海線)
  • 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)
  • Koya Line (高野線): Shiomibashi - Kishinosato-Tamade - Gokurakubashi
    • Rinkan Sun Line (りんかんサンライン): Namba - Hashimoto
    • Shiomibashi Line (汐見橋線, commonly called): Shiomibashi - Kishinosato-Tamade
  • Cable Line (鋼索線): Gokurakubashi - Koyasan

• Nankai Line (南海線)
  • Tennoji Branch Line (天王寺支線): Tengachaya - Tennoji (abandoned)
  • Kitajima Branch Line (北島支線): Wakayamashi - Kitajima - Higashi-Matsue (abandoned)
  • Wakayamako Line (和歌山港線): Wakayamako - Suiken (abandoned)
• 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 (abandoned)
  • Ohama Branch Line (大浜支線): Shukuin - Ohama-kaigan (abandoned)
• Wakayama Tram Line (和歌山軌道線): Wakayamashi-eki, Wakayama-eki - Kainan, Shin-Wakaura (abandoned)

• Hankai Tramway Co., Ltd.

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