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Nishi-Nippon Railroad

The Nishi-Nippon Railroad Company, Ltd. , also called Nishitetsu (西鉄) or NNR, TYO: 9031 is one of Japan's "Big 16" private railroad companies. With headquarters in Fukuoka, it operates local and highway buses, supermarkets, real estate and travel agencies, as well as railways in Fukuoka Prefecture. It also owns the Chikuhō Electric Railroad.

Routes
Nishi-Nippon Railroad operates four railway lines: (standard-gauge)Tenjin Ōmuta Line - linking Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin) Station in Chūō-ku, Fukuoka and Ōmuta Station in Ōmuta (74.8 km) • Dazaifu Line - linking Nishitetsu Futsukaichi Station in Chikushino, Goto, and Dazaifu Station in Dazaifu (2.4 km) • Amagi Line - linking Miyanojin Station in Kurume and Amagi Station in Amagi, passing through Tachiarai (17.9 km) (narrow-gauge)Kaizuka Line - linking Kaizuka Station in Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, and Nishitetsu Shingū Station in Shingū (11.0 km) Major local bus routes extend to Kitakyushu and serve other municipalities in the prefecture. Long-haul routes carry traffic to other prefectures in Kyushu, across the Kanmon Straits to Shimonoseki, and serve Osaka, Nagoya, and Shinjuku in Tokyo. == Rolling stock ==
Rolling stock
Active Standard gauge 3000 series5000 series6000/6050 series7000/7050 series9000 series Narrow gauge Nishitetsu 600 series Retired Standard gauge 700 series1000 series2000 series8000 series ==Real estate investment==
Real estate investment
In 2015 Nishitetsu along with Hankyu Hanshin Holdings and a Vietnamese real estate company set up a joint venture to develop condominiums in Vietnam, initially in Ho Chi Minh City. ==See also==
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