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Kintetsu Group Holdings Co., Ltd. (近鉄グループホールディングス株式会社, Kintetsu gurūpu hōrudeingusu kabushiki gaisha),[2] referred to as Kintetsu GHD (近鉄GHD),[3] is a Japanese railway holding company which primarily owns the Kintetsu Railway as well as Kintetsu World Express, Kintetsu Department Store, and its other 141 corporations, which are collectively known as Kintetsu Group.
Native name | 近鉄グループホールディングス株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Kintetsu gurūpu hōrudeingusu kabushiki gaisha |
Formerly | Kintetsu Corporation |
Company type | Public KK |
Industry | Ground Transport |
Genre | Passenger Transportation |
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Founded | September 16, 1910Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan | in
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Headquarters | 6-1-55, Uehonmachi, Tennoji-ku, Osaka , Japan |
Number of locations | 4 offices |
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Services | Administration of Kintetsu Group |
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Number of employees | 29,048 [* 6] (FY2015) |
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Its subsidiaries operates tourism, real estate, and shipping companies, and has a major rail car-building operation Kinki Sharyo which produces trains used in Japan, the United States, Egypt and Hong Kong.
History
editKinki Nippon Railways Co., Ltd. (近畿日本鉄道株式会社, Kinki nippon tetsudo kabushiki gaisha), a passenger rail transit company in Kinki and Tokai regions, was founded after Kansai Express Railways merged with Nankai Railways on June 1, 1944. Kinki Nippon Railways changed its legal name in English to Kintetsu Corporation on June 28, 2003. On April 1, 2015, the corporation, was restructured into a holding company, splitting its railway, real estate, logistics and retail, and recreation service divisions. Kintetsu Corporation also changed the legal name to Kintetsu Group Holdings Co., Ltd. on the same day.[4]
Portfolio—subsidiaries
editPassenger Transportation
edit- Kintetsu Beppu Ropeway
- Keihanna Bus Holdings Co., Ltd.
- Kintetsu Bus Co., Ltd.
- Narakanko Co., Ltd.
- Nara Kotsu Bus Line Co., Ltd.
- Kinki Sharyo
Transportation and Logistics
edit- Kintetsu World Express (Air Freight)
Retail
editRecreation Facilities and Services
edit- Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium
- Kintetsu Liners (rugby team)
- Miyako Hotels & Resorts
- Shima Spain Village theme park
- Kinki Nippon Rent-A-Car
- Kinki Nippon Tourist Travel Agency
- Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes (baseball team, present: Orix Buffaloes)
References
edit- ^ "Corporate Information / Corporate officers (as of June 27, 2023)". Retrieved 2024-01-09.
- ^ "近鉄グループホールディングス株式会社". www.kintetsu-g-hd.co.jp. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
- ^ "近鉄グループホールディングス (近鉄GHD) 【9041】:関連ニュース、決算速報、適時開示 | 株探". kabutan.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-09-01.
- ^ 純持株会社制移行に伴う会社分割に関するお知らせ (PDF) (in Japanese). Kintetsu Corporation. May 13, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
External links
editOfficial website (in Japanese)
- Travel agency web site
- Canada Travel agency web site Archived 2008-01-30 at the Wayback Machine