Nankai Electric Railway

Japanese railway company
Organization major_railway_company Q1188230
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Nankai Electric Railway

Summary

Nankai Electric Railway is a major railway company[1]. It draws 122 Wikipedia views per month (major_railway_company category, ranking #9 of 14).[2]

Key Facts

  • Nankai Electric Railway was a member of Japan Private Railway Association[3].
  • Nankai Electric Railway was a member of Nankai Group[4].
  • Nankai Electric Railway was a member of Q10891536[5].
  • Nankai Electric Railway is located in Osaka Prefecture[6].
  • Nankai Electric Railway is in the country of Japan[7].
  • Nankai Electric Railway's route map is recorded as Nankai Electric Railway Linemap.svg[8].
  • Nankai Electric Railway's image is recorded as NANKAI Namba No.1 Building.jpg[9].
  • Nankai Electric Railway's instance of is recorded as major railway company[10].
  • Nankai Electric Railway's instance of is recorded as public company[11].
  • Nankai Electric Railway's instance of is recorded as kabushiki gaisha[12].
  • Nankaidō is named after Nankai Electric Railway[13].
  • Nankai Electric Railway's logo image is recorded as Nankai logo.svg[14].
  • Nankai Electric Railway's headquarters location is recorded as Namba[15].
  • Nankai Electric Railway's headquarters location is recorded as Shikijin East[16].
  • Nankai Electric Railway's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 264514621[17].
  • Nankai Electric Railway's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00292976[18].
  • Nankai Electric Railway's child organization or unit is recorded as Hankai Tramway[19].
  • Nankai Electric Railway's child organization or unit is recorded as Kansai Airport Transportation Enterprise[20].
  • Nankai Electric Railway's child organization or unit is recorded as Nankai Bus[21].
  • Nankai Electric Railway's child organization or unit is recorded as Wakayama Bus[22].
  • Nankai Electric Railway's child organization or unit is recorded as Tokushima Bus[23].
  • Nankai Electric Railway's child organization or unit is recorded as Nankai Tatsumura Construction[24].
  • Nankai Electric Railway's child organization or unit is recorded as Q124853450[25].
  • Nankai Electric Railway's Commons category is recorded as Nankai Electric Railway[26].
  • Nankai Electric Railway's stock exchange is recorded as Tokyo Stock Exchange[27].

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Founding

+1884-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Nankai Electric Railway[28]. Its location of formation is recorded as Kudoyama[29].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '南海電気鉄道株式会社'}[30] and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd.'}[31].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Namba[15], a neighborhood in Japan[32], in Japan[33] and Shikijin East[16], a neighborhood in Japan[34], in Japan[35]. Subsidiaries include Hankai Tramway[19], a tram system[36], in Japan[37], founded in 1980[38], headquartered in Shimizugaoka[39]; Kansai Airport Transportation Enterprise[20], a bus company[40], in Japan[41], founded in 1991[42], headquartered in Izumisano[43]; Nankai Bus[21], a bus company[44], in Japan[45], founded in 2001[46], headquartered in Sakai[47]; Wakayama Bus[22], a bus company[48], in Japan[49], founded in 1975[50], headquartered in Wakayama[51]; Tokushima Bus[23], a bus company[52], in Japan[53], founded in 1942[54], headquartered in Tokushima[55]; and Nankai Tatsumura Construction[24], a business[56], in Japan[57], founded in 1944[58], headquartered in Osaka[59].

Industry

Nankai Electric Railway's industry is recorded as public transport[60].

Ownership

Nankai Electric Railway's stock exchange is recorded as Tokyo Stock Exchange[27].

Why It Matters

Nankai Electric Railway draws 122 Wikipedia views per month (major_railway_company category, ranking #9 of 14).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [61] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [62] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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