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{{short description|Japanese railway company}}
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{{Infobox company
| name             = Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
| native_name      = 南海電気鉄道株式会社
| logo             = Nankai logo.svg
| image            = NANKAI Namba No.1 Building.jpg
| image_size       = 
| type             = [[public company|Public]] [[kabushiki gaisha|KK]]
| traded_as        = {{tyo|9044}}
| predecessor      = Nankai Railway Co., Ltd. (former parent company founded on June 16, 1884)
| industry         = Ground transport
| services         = {{ubl|Rail transit|Amusement parks|Real Estate|Retail}}
| owner         = [[Nippon Life]] (2.19%)<br/>[[The Senshu Bank|Senshu Ikeda Bank]] (1.41%)<br/>[[Keisei Electric Railway]] (0.3%)
| revenue          = {{decrease}} {{JPY|181,869&nbsp;million}} (March 2012)<ref group="*" name="financial results">{{cite web|url=http://www.nankai.co.jp/ir/tanshin/pdf/120427.pdf|script-title=ja:平成24年3月期 決算短信〔日本基準〕（連結）|trans-title=Financial Results for Fiscal Year ended March 31, 2012|language=ja|publisher=Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd.|date=April 27, 2012|access-date=May 11, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103105716/http://www.nankai.co.jp/ir/tanshin/pdf/120427.pdf|archive-date=November 3, 2012}}</ref>
| operating_income = {{decrease}} {{JPY|18,294&nbsp;million}} (March 2012)<ref group="*" name="financial results" />
| net_income       = {{increase}} {{JPY|5,686&nbsp;million}} (March 2012)<ref group="*" name="financial results" />
| assets           = {{decrease}} {{JPY|789,591&nbsp;million}} (March 2012)<ref group="*" name="financial results" />
| equity           = {{increase}} {{JPY|135,602&nbsp;million}} (March 2012)<ref group="*" name="financial results" />
| num_employees    = 2,734 (March 31, 2012)
| subsid           = {{ubl|[[Hankai Tramway]] Co., Ltd.|[[Semboku Rapid Railway (company)|Semboku Rapid Railway]] Co., Ltd.|Nankai Bus Co., Ltd.|Nankai Rinkan Bus Co., Ltd.|Wakayama Bus Co., Ltd.|Kansai Airport Transport Enterprise Co., Ltd.|Nankai Ferry Co., Ltd.|Nankai Fudosan Co., Ltd.}}
| homepage         = {{URL|https://www.nankai.co.jp/en_railway|nankai.co.jp}}
| footnotes        = <references group="*"/>
| caption          =
| foundation       = [[Kudoyama, Wakayama|Kudoyama]], [[Wakayama Prefecture]], Japan ({{Start date|1925|03|28}}, Koyasan Electric Railway Co., Ltd.)
| location         = Nankai Namba Building, Shikitsu-higashi, [[Naniwa-ku, Osaka]], Japan<br />Registered office: Namba Skyo, Namba, [[Chūō-ku, Osaka]], Japan
|}}[[File:Nankai namba station05s3200.jpg|thumb|Nankai [[Namba Station]] & Swissôtel NANKAI OSAKA]]

{{nihongo|'''Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd.'''|南海電気鉄道株式会社|Nankai denki tetsudō kabushiki gaisha}} is a [[private railway]] in Japan, founded in 1884. The name ''Nankai'' (which means "South Sea") comes from the company's routes along the [[Nankaidō]], the old highway that ran south from the old capital, Kyoto, along the sea coast. Nankai predates all the electric railways in the Tokyo region.

The Nankai network branches out in a generally southern direction from [[Namba Station]] in [[Osaka]]. The Nankai Main Line connects Osaka to [[Wakayama, Wakayama|Wakayama]], with an [[Nankai Airport Line|important spur]] branching to [[Kansai International Airport]]. The ''[[rapi:t]] α'' express connects [[Kansai International Airport]] to Namba in 34 minutes, while the ''[[rapi:t]] β'' takes 39 minutes with two additional stops. The Koya Line connects Osaka to [[Mt. Koya]], headquarters of the Buddhist [[Shingon]] sect and a popular pilgrimage site. IC cards ([[PiTaPa]] and [[ICOCA]]) are accepted.

== History ==
[[File:Nankai Railway logomark.svg|thumb|150px|[[Winged wheel]] and first ''[[mon (emblem)|monshō]]'' of the Nankai Railway Company, reused by the Nankai Electric Railway until 1973.]]

The Nankai Railway Company was founded on June 16, 1884. In 1944 it was one of the companies that merged to form [[Kintetsu Railway|Kinki Nippon Railway Co., Ltd. (Kin-nichi, present Kintetsu Railway)]]. However, Kin-nichi transferred the former Nankai Railway Company's lines to the present Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (named Koyasan Electric Railway Co., Ltd. from March 28, 1925 until March 14, 1947) on June 1, 1947.

[[File:Nankai corporate mark old.svg|thumb|150px|''[[Mon (emblem)|Monshō]]'' of the Nankai Electric Railway since 1972; used as main logo until 1993.]]

From 1938 to 1988, Nankai Electric Railway owned the [[Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks|Nankai Hawks]], a team in [[Nippon Professional Baseball]] that was based in Osaka. The team was sold to [[Daiei]] after the 1988 season and moved to Fukuoka and rechristened the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks. The team was sold again in 2005 to [[SoftBank]], and are now the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.

On November 1, 2024, [[Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism]] (MLIT) approved the merger of Nankai Electric Railway and its subsidiary [[Semboku Rapid Railway]], effective April 1, 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=国土交通省｜報道資料｜南海電気鉄道株式会社と泉北高速鉄道株式会社の合併認可について～令和７年４月１日からは南海電鉄「泉北線」として営業予定～ |url=https://www.mlit.go.jp/report/press/tetsudo04_hh_000132.html |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=国土交通省 |language=ja}}</ref>

==Lines==
[[File:Nankai Electric Railway Linemap.svg|thumb|500px|Geographic map of the Nankai Electric Railway]]
{{Ublist|
[[File:Nankai mainline symbol.svg|20px]] Nankai Line (南海線)
}}
*[[Nankai Main Line]] (南海本線): Namba – Wakayamashi
*[[Takashinohama Line]] (高師浜線): Hagoromo – Takashinohama
*[[File:Nankai airport line symbol.svg|13px]] [[Nankai Airport Line|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
{{Ublist|
[[File:Nankai koya line simbole.svg|20px]] Koya Line (高野線)

}}
*[[Koya Line]] (高野線): Shiomibashi - Kishinosato-Tamade – Gokurakubashi
**In operation: Namba - Gokurakubashi
**[[Shiomibashi Line]] (汐見橋線, commonly called): Shiomibashi – Kishinosato-Tamade
*[[Semboku Line]] (泉北線): Nakamozu – Izumi-Chuo
*[[Nankai Cable Line|Cable Line]] (鋼索線): Gokurakubashi – Koyasan

===Defunct lines and transferred lines===
*Nankai Line (南海線) 
**[[Tennoji Branch]] (天王寺支線): Tengachaya – Tennoji (replaced by the [[Sakaisuji Line]])
**[[Kitajima Branch]] (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.)
**[[Hankai Uemachi Line|Uemachi Line]] (上町線): Tennoji-eki-mae – Sumiyoshikoen (dealt with Hankai Tramway Co., Ltd.)
**[[Hirano Line]] (平野線): Imaike – Hirano (replaced by the [[Tanimachi Line]])
**[[Ohama Branch]] (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)

== Rolling stock ==
=== Limited express trains ===
* [[Nankai 50000 series|50000 series]] — used on [[rapi:t]] service between Namba and Kansai airport
* [[Nankai 31000 series|31000 series]] — used on Kōya service between Namba and Gokurakubashi
* [[Nankai 30000 series|30000 series]] — used on Kōya service between Namba and Gokurakubashi
* [[Nankai 12000 series|12000 series]] — used on Southern service reserved car between Namba and Wakayamakō
* [[Nankai 11000 series|11000 series]] — used on Rinkan service between Namba and Hashimoto
* [[Nankai 10000 series|10000 series]] — used on Southern service reserved car between Namba and Wakayamakō

=== Nankai Line, Airport Line ===
* [[Nankai 9000 series|9000 series]] — used on Southern service non-reserved car between Namba and Wakayamakō
* [[Nankai 8300 series|8300 series]] — used on Southern service non-reserved car between Namba and Wakayamakō
* [[Nankai 8000 series|8000 series]] — used on Southern service non-reserved car between Namba and Wakayamakō
* [[Nankai 7100 series|7100 series]] — used on Southern service non-reserved car between Namba and Wakayamakō
* [[Semboku 3000 series|3000 series]] — converted from former Semboku 3000 series
* [[Nankai 2000 series|2000 series]]
* [[Nankai 1000 series|1000 series]]

=== Kōya Line Commuter car (Namba-Hashimoto) ===
* [[Nankai 8300 series|8300 series]]
* [[Nankai 6300 series|6300 series]] — converted from former 6100 series
* [[Nankai 8200 series|6250 series]] — converted from former 8200 series
* [[Nankai 6200 series|6200 series]]
* [[Nankai 6000 series|6000 series]]
* 1000 series

=== Kōya Line Zoom car (Namba-Gokurakubashi) ===
* [[Nankai 2300 series|2300 series]]
* [[Nankai 2200 series|2200 series]] — used on Tenkū service
* 2000 series

=== Takashinohama Line, Tanagawa Line, Kada Line, Shiomibashi Line ===
* 7100 series
* [[Nankai 2230 series|2220 series]]
* [[Nankai 2200 series|2200 series]]

=== Semboku Line ===
The following vehicles once made up the fleet of the Semboku Rapid Railway. They were transferred to Nankai on 1 April 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Osano |first=Kagetoshi |date=2025-03-29 |title=南海電鉄、泉北高速鉄道「合併」で何が変わるのか 利用者は歓迎、約10億円の収入減はどうする？ |trans-title=What will change with the merger of Nankai Electric Railway and Semboku Rapid Railway? Passengers welcome the change, but what will happen with the 1 billion yen loss in revenue? |url=https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/867842 |access-date=2025-04-03 |website=[[Toyo Keizai]] |language=ja}}</ref>

* [[Semboku 3000 series]]
* [[Semboku 5000 series]]
* [[Semboku 7000 series]]
** [[Semboku 7000 series#7020 series|Semboku 7020 series]]
* [[Semboku 9300 series]]
* [[Semboku 12000 series]]

=== Cable Line ===
* [[Nankai N10 / N20|N10 / N20]]
<gallery>
File:Nankai 50000 series 50002F.jpg|Nankai 50000 series on ''[[rapi:t]]'' service
File:Nankai12000.jpg|Nankai 12000 series on ''Southern'' service
File:Nankai-Series10000 7100.jpg|Nankai 10000 series on ''Southern'' service
File:Nankai-Series6000-6902.jpg|Nankai 6000 series

File:Nankai 9000 Series 9509F.jpg|Nankai 9000 series on ''Southern'' service
File:Nankai2000Series01.jpg|Nankai 2000 series ("Zoom Car")
File:Semboku 3000 series 011.JPG|Semboku 3000 series
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Hankai Tramway]] Co., Ltd.
*[[Semboku Rapid Railway (company)|Semboku Rapid Railway Co., Ltd.]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.nankai.co.jp/global/english/}}

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