After the merger of the Kiwa Railway in 1904, the Joint Board of Railway Companies in Kinki area was set up in the same year and the Nanwa and Nara railways merged into the Kansai Railway Company.
1904年に紀和鉄道が合併した後、同年に近畿鉄道合同委員会を設け南和鉄道、奈良鉄道が合流した。