Our footsteps
Establishment-creation of the Nankai Railway
| June 1884 | Osaka-Sakaikan Railway is established, thanks to the efforts of 19 people including Denzaburo Fujita and Jutaro Matsumoto |
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| November 1884 | Osaka-Sakaikan Railway renamed as Hankai Railway |
| December 1885 | Hankai Railway fully opens between Namba and Sakai |
| October 1893 | Kisen Railway and Kihan Railway merge and become Kisetsu Railway |
| August 1895 | Kisetsu Railway renamed as Nankai Railway |
| October 1897 | Nankai Railway opens between Sakai and Izumisano |
| October 1898 | Hankai Railway transfers its business to Nankai Railway |
| March 1903 | Nankai Railway fully opens between Namba and Wakayama City |
| December 1909 | Nankai Railway and Naniwa Electric Railway merge (and is called the Uemachi Line) |
| June 1915 | Nankai Railway and Hankai Electric Railway merge (and is called the Hankai Line and Hirano Line) |
| September 1922 | Nankai Railway merges with Osaka Koya Railway and Koya Daishi Railway |
| March 1925 | Main Nankai Line and Koya Line are connected at Kishinosato |
| March 1925 | Koyasan Electric Railway is established |
| July 1925 | Nankai Railway opens between Shiomibashi and Koyashita |
Start of direct train service to Koyasan/merger with Kansai Express Railway
| June 1930 | Koyasan Electric Railway fully opens between Koyashita and Koyasan (Kosaku Line) |
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| April 1932 | Nankai Railway and Koyasan Electric Railway start sharing their railroads, starting a direct train service between Namba and Koyasan |
| December 1940 | Nankai Railway and Hanwa Electric Railway merge (Nankai Yamate Line (currently JR West Hanwa Line)) |
| May 1944 | Nankai Railway transfers Nankai Yamate Line to the Ministry of Transport and Communications |
| June 1944 | Nankai Railway and Kansai Express Railway merge to become Kintetsu Railway |
New start and the development of the Nankai Group
| March 1947 | Koyasan Electric Railway renamed as Nankai Electric Railway |
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| June 1947 | Nankai Electric Railway starts anew after all of the railway business, tramway business, and their peripheral businesses that belonged to Nankai Railway are transferred from Kintetsu Railway |
| December 1948 | Nankai Shared Automobile Company merged, starting a new automobile business |
| May 1949 | The company is listed on the Osaka, Tokyo, and Nagoya stock exchanges |
| October 1950 | Nankai Airline Tourism Company is established (merged with Nankai Transport in July 1973, changing its tradename to Nankai Travel International Co., Inc. (currently a consolidated subsidiary)) |
| May 1952 | Osaka Race Boat Facility Company is established (tradename changed in May 1968 to Suminoe Enterprise (currently a consolidated subsidiary)) |
| March 1954 | Listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange is abolished |
| October 1957 | Nankai Motor Enterprise is established (tradename changed in July 1981 to Nankai Vehicles Service Engineering Co., Ltd. (currently a consolidated subsidiary)) |
| June 1968 | Sales of homes start for Nankai Sayama New Town, the first large-scale home development project |
| April 1971 | Semboku Rapid Railway and Koya Line start sharing their railroads |
| August 1975 | Nankai Ferry Co., Ltd. (currently a consolidated subsidiary) is established |
| December 1975 | Wakayamabus Co., Ltd. (currently a consolidated subsidiary) is established (having had the bus business in the Wakayama area transferred in April 1976) |
| April 1978 | Nankai Building Service Co., Ltd. (currently a consolidated subsidiary) is established |
| March 1980 | Namba City fully opens |
| July 1980 | Hankai Tramway Co., Ltd. (currently a consolidated subsidiary) is established (the Hirano Line abolished in November and the Hankai Line and the Uemachi Line transferred in December of the same year) |
| November 1980 | Renovations for Namba Station are completed (transferring the train platform from the second floor to the third floor to organize 8 lines on 9 platforms) |
| December 1985 | Centennial anniversary |
| April 1987 | Nankai Home Company is established (merged in February 2001 with Nankai Tokyo Building Company and Nankai Fudosan Co., Ltd., changing its tradename to Nankai Fudosan Co., Ltd. (currently a consolidated subsidiary)) |
| March 1990 | Nankai South Tower Hotel Osaka opens (currently Swissôtel Nankai Osaka) |
| April 1991 | Kansai Airport Transportation Enterprise Co., Ltd. (currently a consolidated subsidiary) is established |
| November 1992 | Nankai Rinkan Bus (currently a consolidated subsidiary) is established (having had the bus business in the Koya and Hashimoto area transferred in February 1993) |
| June 1994 | Airport Line opens |
| May 2001 | Nankai Bus Co., Ltd. (currently a consolidated subsidiary) is established (having had the directly owned bus business transferred in October of the same year) |
| December 2001 | Nankai Tatsumura Construction Co., Ltd. becomes a consolidated subsidiary through allotment of shares to third parties |
| March 2008 | Listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| February 2013 | The headquarters move to Nankai Namba Daiichi Building |
| July 2014 | Obtains all shares of Osaka City Development Company and changes company name to SEMBOKU RAPID RAILWAY CO., LTD. (currently a consolidated subsidiary) |
| May 2017 | Plan to organize Naniwasuji Line agreed upon |
| February 2018 | "The Nankai Group Management Vision 2027" is announced |
| March 2022 | "Nankai’s Corporate Image in 2050" is announced |
| April 2025 | Semboku Rapid Railway Co., Ltd. is absorbed through a merger. |
