Kintetsu Corporation (近畿日本鉄道株式会社, Kinki Nippon Tetsuō Kabushiki-gaisha?, TYO: 9041), formerly named Kinki Nippon Railway Co., Ltd. until June 27, 2003, is a Japanese rail transit corporation commonly known as Kintetsu (近鉄, Kintetsu?). It is the largest private railway in Japan. Its complex network of lines connects Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Nagoya, Tsu and Ise. Kintetsu also operates tourism, real estate, and shipping companies, and has a major rail car-building operation (Kinki Sharyo) that produces trains used in Japan, the United States, Egypt and Hong Kong.