Kintetsu

, saméméhna **Kinki Nippon Railway Co., Ltd.** nepi ka 27 Juni 2003, nyaéta hiji korposi pausaahan kareta Jepang nu ilahar disebut . Ieu mangrupa pausahaan kareta swasta panggedéna di Jepang. Jaringan nu ruwet ngahubungkeun Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Nagoya, Tsu, Ise, jeung Gifu.  Kintetsu ogé ngoperasikeun pausahaan wisata, réal estate, sarta palayaran tur ngoperasikeun pabrik gerbong kareta (Kinki Sharyo) nu nyieun kareta keur dipaké di Jepang, Amerika Serikat, Mesir jeung Hong Kong.

## Sajarah
Dina 16 Séptémber 1910,  ngadeg, tur dingaranan  sabulan saanggeusna.  Daiki ngarengsekeun Torowongan Ikoma tur mimiti ngoperasiokeun jalur antara Osaka jeung Nara (now the Kintetsu Nara Line) dina tanggal 30 April 1914.  Jalur modérn Kashihara, Osaka, jeung Shigi dibuka dina taun 1920-an, diteruskeun ku Jalur Kyoto (babarengan jeung Keihan Electric Railway).  Daiki ngadegkeun  dina 1927, nu babarengan  dina 15 Séptémber 1936.

## Jalur
### Jalur kiwari (Kategori-1, kareta gantung jeung tramway)
Jalur di handap nujul kana  jeung  Kintetsu dumasar kana *Railway Business Act* jeung bisnis  dumasar kana *Tram Act*. Hartina Kintetsu nu boga jeung ngoperasikeun jalur ieu.

*jalur 1,435&nbsp;mm standard gauge
**Osaka Line (大阪線) (Uehommachi - Ise-Nakagawa)
***Shigi Line (信貴線) (Kawachi-Yamamoto - Shigisanguchi)
**Jalur Nagoya (名古屋線) (Kintetsu-Nagoya - Ise-Nakagawa)
***Yunoyama Line (湯の山線) (Kintetsu-Yokkaichi - Yunoyama-Onsen)
***Suzuka Line (鈴鹿線) (Ise-Wakamatsu - Hiratacho)
**Yamada Line (山田線) (Ise-Nakagawa - Ujiyamada)
**Toba Line (鳥羽線) (Ujiyamada - Toba)
**Shima Line (志摩線) (Toba - Kashikojima)
**Nara Line (奈良線) (Fuse - Kintetsu-Nara)
***Namba Line (難波線) (Kintetsu-Namba - Uehommachi)
***Ikoma Line (生駒線) (Ikoma - Oji)
**Kyoto Line (京都線) (Kyoto - Yamato-Saidaiji)
***Kashihara Line (橿原線) (Yamato-Saidaiji - Kashiharajingu-mae)
***Tenri Line (天理線) (Hirahata - Tenri)
***Tawaramoto Line (田原本線) (Shin-Oji - Nishi-Tawaramoto)
**Keihanna Line (けいはんな線) (Nagata - Ikoma)
*jalur 1,067&nbsp;mm narrow gauge
**Minami-Osaka Line (南大阪線) (Osaka-Abenobashi - Kashiharajingu-mae)
***Domyoji Line (道明寺線) (Domyoji - Kashiwara)
***Nagano Line (長野線) (Furuichi - Kawachi-Nagano)
***Gose Line (御所線) (Shakudo - Kintetsu-Gose)
***Yoshino Line (吉野線) (Kashiharajingu-mae - Yoshino)
*jalur 762&nbsp;mm narrow gauge
**Utsube Line (内部線) (Kintetsu-Yokkaichi - Utsube)
**Hachioji Line (八王子線) (Hinaga - Nishi-Hino)
*Funicular lines
**Ikoma Cable Line (生駒鋼索線) (Toriimae - Ikoma-Sanjo)
**Nishi-Shigi Cable Line (西信貴鋼索線) (Shigisanguchi - Takayasuyama)
*Ropeway
**Katsuragi Ropeway (葛城索道線) (Katsuragi-toazanguchi - Katsuragi-sanjo)

### Jalur kiwari (Kategori-2)
Jalur di handap nujul kana  Kintetsu dumasa kana *The Railway Business Act*. Hartina yén Kintetsu ngoperasikeun kareta dina ieu jalur, tapi nu boga fasilitas jalur pausahaan séjén.
*1,435&nbsp;mm standard gauge lines
**Keihanna Line (けいはんな線) (Ikoma - Gakken-Nara-Tomigaoka, trackage owned by Nara Ikoma Rapid Transit Railway Co., Ltd.)

### Current lines (Category-3)
Following lines belong to Kintetsu's  under the Railway Business Act. This méans that Kintetsu is the owner of the railway facility, but the trains are operated by separate companies.
*1,067&nbsp;mm narrow gauge lines
**Iga Line (伊賀線) (Iga-Ueno - Iga-Kambe, trains operated by Iga Railway Co., Ltd.)
**Yōrō Line (養老線) (Kuwana - Ogaki - Ibi, trains operated by Yōrō Railway Co., Ltd.)

Until September 30, 2007, those lines were part of the Category-1 railway business.

### Through-train services
Kintetsu trains also run on the Osaka Municipal Subway Chūō Line and the Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line, but such lines are not Kintetsu lines.

### Abandoned lines and dealt lines
*Hase Line (長谷線) (Sakurai - Hase, abandonded in 1938)
*Sanjo Line (山上線) (Takayasuyama - Shigizammon, closed in 1944 and abandoned in 1957)
*Horyuji Line (法隆寺線) (Shin-Horyuji - Hirahata, closed in 1945 and abandoned in 1952)
*Obusa Line (小房線) (Unebi - Kashiharajingu-eki, closed in 1950 and abandoned in 1952)
*Ise Line (伊勢線) (Edobashi - Shin-Matsusaka - Daijingu-mae, Shin-Matsusaka - Daijingu-mae: abandoned in 1942, Edobashi - Shin-Matsusaka: abandoned in 1961)
*Iga Line (伊賀線) (Nishi-Nabari - Iga-Kambe, abandoned in 1964)
*Shima Line (志摩線) (Kashikojima - Shinjuko, abandoned in 1969)
*Hachioji Line (八王子線) (Nishihino - Ise-Hachioji, closed in 1974 and abandoned in 1976)
*Higashi-Shigi Cable Line (東信貴鋼索線) (Shigisanshita - Shigisan, abandoned in 1983)
*Hokusei Line (北勢線) (Nishi-Kuwana - Ageki, déalt with Sangi Railway Co. in 2003)

#### Rail lines dealt with Koyasan Electric Railway Company
*Nankai Main Line (南海本線) (Namba - Wakayamashi)
**Tennoji Branch Line (天王寺支線) (Tengachaya - Tennoji, Tengachaya - Imaikecho: abandoned in 1984, Imaikecho - Tennoji: abandoned in 1993)
**Takashinohama Line (高師浜線) (Hagoromo - Takashinohama)
**Tanagawa Line (多奈川線) (Misakikoen - Tanagawa)
**Kada Line (加太線) (Kinokawa - Kada)
**Kitajima Branch Line (北島支線) (Wakayamahsi - Higashi-Matsue, abandoned in 1966)
*Koya Line (高野線) (Shiomibashi - Koyashita)
*Hankai Line (阪堺線) (Ebisucho - Hamadera-eki-mae) (déalt with Hankai Tramway Co., Ltd. in 1980)
**Ohama Branch Line (大浜支線) (Shukuin - Ohama-kitaguchi - Ohamakaigan) (closed in 1945, abandoned in 1980)
**Uemachi Line (上町線) (Tennoji-eki-mae - Sumiyoshikoen) (déalt with Hankai Tramway Co., Ltd. in 1980)
**Hirano Line (平野線) (Imaike - Hirano) (abandoned in 1980)

### Incompleted lines
*Gifu Line (岐阜線) (Ogaki - Gifu or Hashima), planned by Yoro Electric Railway Co.
*Shijonawate Line (四条畷線) (Sakuranomiya - Nukata), planned by Osaka Electric Railway Co.

## Fare cards 
Kintetsu accepts five types of pre-paid and post-pay fare cards: Péarl Card, Surutto Kansai, J-Thru Card, PiTaPa and ICOCA. Péarl Card is used for purchase of tickets and others are used in lieu of tickets. Validity of the cards varies by lines as shown in the table below.

**Legend**
* "+": Ticket gates of all stations on the line accept the card (some exceptions may exist).
* "-": No stations on the line accept the card (some exceptions may exist).
* "x": Ticket vending machines of all stations on the line accept the card, but ticket gates do not.
**Note**
:1: Four major stations on the Shima Line that accept IC Cards are Toba, Nakanogō, Shima-Isobe, Ugata and Kashikojima.

## Other major businesses
*am/pm Japan
*Kinki Nippon Rent-A-Car
*Kinki Nippon Tourist Travel Agency
*Kinki Sharyo
*Kintetsu Beppu Ropeway
*Kintetsu Bus
*Kintetsu Department Store
*Kintetsu Hanazono rugby stadium
*Kintetsu World Express (Air Freight)
*Miyako Hotels and Resorts
*Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes (baseball téam, present: Orix Buffaloes)
*Shima Spain Village theme park

## Tumbu kaluar
*  http://www.kintetsu.jp/english/  Corporate web site of Kintetsu Corporation
*  http://www.kintetsu.co.jp/ Railway web site of Kintetsu in Japanese
*  http://www.kintetsu.co.jp/foreign/english/ Railway web site of Kintetsu in English
*  http://www.kintetsu.com/ Travel agency web site
*  http://www.kiecan.com/  Canada Travel agency web site