Nishi-Nippon Railroad

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Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., Ltd.

Native name	西日本鉄道株式会社
Romanized name	Nishinippon Tetsudō kabushiki gaisha
Company type	Public (kabushiki gaisha)
Traded as	TYO: 9031 FSE: 9031
Industry	Private railroad
Founded	December 17, 1908 (1908-12-17)
Headquarters	Tenjin, Fukuoka , Japan
Area served	Fukuoka Prefecture
Key people	Koichi Hayashida (President and CEO)[1]
Owner	Bank of Fukuoka (4.91%) JR Kyushu (1.04%) Keihan Electric Railway (0.32%) Keisei Electric Railway (0.26%) Keikyu (0.16%)
Website	www.nishitetsu.co.jp/en/index.html (in English)

The Nishi-Nippon Railroad Company, Ltd. (西日本鉄道株式会社, Nishinippon Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha), 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.

In addition, in 1943 the company owned the Nishitetsu Baseball Club, a team in the Japanese Baseball League. From 1950 to 1972, the company owned the Lions (in 1950, known as the Clippers), a Pacific League baseball team.

The company introduced nimoca, a smart card ticketing system, in May 2008.^{[citation needed]}