Nishi-Nippon Railroad

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.

From 1950 to 1972, the company owned the Lions (in 1950, known as the Clippers), a Pacific League baseball team.

[citation needed] Nishi-Nippon Railroad operates four railway lines: 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.

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.

Old Nishitetsu logo used between 1942 and 1996
Nishitetsu operates the Fukuoka BRT .
Nishitetsu Highway Bus