History
Kintetsu began life in 1914 as the Osaka Electric Tramway Company, operating a line between Osaka and Nara (now the Kintetsu Nara Line). The modern Kashihara, Osaka, and Shigi lines were completed in the 1920's, followed by the Kyoto Line (a cooperative venture with the Keihan Electric Railway).
In 1938, Kintetsu teamed up with the Kansai Kyuko Railway to operate the first private railway service from Osaka to Nagoya. Kintetsu bought Kansai Kyuko in 1940 and continued the service on its own.
Most of the network's smaller lines were merged into Kintetsu during World War II, and maintained after the end of the war.
The company was renamed to Kinki Nippon after it merged with the Nankai Railway in 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.
Lines
- Kintetsu Domyoji Line (Domyoji - Kashiwara)
- Kintetsu Gose Line (Shakudo - Gose)
- Kintetsu Hachioji Line (Yokkaichi - Nishi-Hino)
- Kintetsu Higashi-Osaka Line (Nagata - Nara)
- Kintetsu Iga Line (Iga-Kambe - Iga-Ueno)
- Kintetsu Ikoma Line (Ikoma - Nara)
- Kintetsu Ikoma Kosaku Line (Torii-mae - Ikoma-Sanjo)
- Kintetsu Kashihara Line (Yamato-Saidaiji - Kashihara-Jingumae)
- Kintetsu Kyoto Line (Kyoto Station - Yamato-Saidaiji)
- Kintetsu Minami-Osaka Line (Osaka-Agenobashi - Kashihara-Jingumae)
- Kintetsu Nagano Line (Furuichi - Kawachi-Nagano)
- Kintetsu Nagoya Line (Nagoya - Ise-Nakagawa)
- Kintetsu Namba Line (Namba - Uehommachi)
- Kintetsu Nara Line (Uehommachi - Nara)
- Kintetsu Nishi-Shigi Kosaku Line (Shigisanguchi - Takayasuyama)
- Kintetsu Osaka Line (Uehommachi - Ise-Nakagawa)
- Kintetsu Shigi Line (Kawachi-Yamamoto - Shigisan-guchi)
- Kintetsu Shima Line (Toba - Kashikojima)
- Kintetsu Suzuka Line (Ise-Wakamatsu - Hiratacho)
- Kintetsu Tawaramoto Line (Shin-Oji - Nishi-Tawaramoto)
- Kintetsu Tenri Line (Hirahata - Tenri)
- Kintetsu Toba Line (Uji-Yamada - Toba)
- Kintetsu Utsube Line (Yokkaichi - Utsube)
- Kintetsu Yamada Line (Ise-Nakagawa - Uji-Yamada)
- Kintetsu Yoro Line (Kuwana - Ibi)
- Kintetsu Yoshino Line (Kashihara-Jingumae - Yoshino)
- Kintetsu Yunoyama Line (Yokkaichi - Yunoyama Onsen)
Kintetsu trains also use the Osaka Municipal Subway Chuo Line and the Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line.
Other major businesses
- am/pm Japan
- Kinki Nippon Rent-A-Car
- Kinki Nippon Travel Agency
- Kintetsu Bus
- Kintetsu Department Stores
- Miyako Hotels and Resorts
- Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes (baseball team)
- Shima Spain Village theme park
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