Hankai Tramway

Hankai Tramway Co., Ltd.
	Headquarters of Hankai Tramway
Native name	阪堺電気軌道株式会社
Romanized name	Hankai Denki Kidō Kabushiki Gaisha
Company type	Public-private KK
Industry	Transportation
Founded	7 July 1980
Website	Official website

Hankai Tramway Co., Ltd. (阪堺電気軌道株式会社, Hankai Denki Kidō Kabushiki Gaisha) is a company which owns two tramway lines in the cities of Osaka and Sakai, Osaka, Japan. It was originally a subsidiary of Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd.^[1] although it still uses the Nankai symbol as its logo.

History

Hankai Tramway Co., Ltd. was founded in 1910. In 1915, the company merged with the Nankai Railway which runs both north and south in Osaka. The city's overall tram network was once extensive. As motorization developed as an alternative form of transportation along with the construction of subway lines underneath major routes, the trams lost their passengers, causing Osaka's once-extensive tram network to shrink, with only the Hankai and Uemachi tram lines remaining. By 1980, the company split from Nankai. However, Hankai still uses the Nankai symbol as its logo despite this.