Kokawa Station

Railway station in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Kokawa Station

粉河駅

Kokawa Station, May 2008

General information
Location| 870 Kokawa, Kinokawa-shi, Wakayama-ken 649-6531
Japan
Coordinates| 34°16′16″N 135°24′15″E﻿ / ﻿34.2710°N 135.4042°E﻿ / 34.2710; 135.4042
Owned by|  West Japan Railway Company
Operated by|  West Japan Railway Company
Line(s)|  T  Wakayama Line
Distance| 66.0 km (41.0 miles) from  Ōji
Platforms| 1 side + 1 island platforms
Tracks| 3
Train operators|  West Japan Railway Company
Other information
Status| Unstaffed station (automatic ticket vending machine installed)
Website| Official website
History
Opened| 25 November 1900 (1900-11-25)
Passengers
FY2019| 976 daily

Services

| Preceding station  |   | JR-West |   | Following station

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Wakayama Line
Nate |   | Rapid Service  |   | Uchita
Nate  |   | Local  |   | Kii-Nagata

Location

Kokawa Station

Location within Wakayama Prefecture

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Kokawa Station

Kokawa Station (Japan)

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Kokawa Station (粉河駅, Kokawa-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

## Lines

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Kokawa Station is served by the Wakayama Line, and is located 66.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Ōji Station.

## Station layout

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The station consists of one island platform and one side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is unstaffed, but has automatic ticket vending machines.

### Platforms

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1 | ■  T  Wakayama Line  | for Hashimoto and  Gojō

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2 | ■  T  Wakayama Line  | for Hashimoto and  Gojō
for Wakayama
3 | ■  T  Wakayama Line  | for Wakayama

## Adjacent stations

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« | Service  | »

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Wakayama Line
Nate |   | Rapid Service  |   | Uchita
Nate  |   | Local  |   | Kii-Nagata

## History

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Kokawa Station opened on November 25, 1900 on the Kiwa Railway. The line was sold to the Kansai Railway in 1904, which was subsequently nationalized in 1907. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.

## Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 976 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

## Surrounding Area

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* Kokawa-dera temple (No.3 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage)
* Kinokawa City Hall Kokawa Branch (formerly Kokawa Town Hall)
* Wakayama Prefectural Kokawa High School
* Kinokawa Municipal Kokawa Junior High School

## See also

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* List of railway stations in Japan

## References

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1. ^ 和歌山県統計年鑑（令和2年度刊行） [Wakayama Prefectural Statistical Yearbook] (in Japanese). Japan: Wakayama Prefecture. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2021.

## External links

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Media related to Kokawa Station at Wikimedia Commons

* Kokawa Station Official Site

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Stations on the Wakayama Line

* (Yamatoji Line<<) Ōji
* Hatakeda
* Shizumi
* Kashiba
* JR Goidō
* Takada (>>Man-yō Mahoroba Line (Sakurai Line))
* Yamato-Shinjō
* Gose
* Tamade
* Wakigami
* Yoshinoguchi
* Kitauchi
* Gojō
* Yamato-Futami
* Suda
* Shimohyōgo
* Hashimoto
* Kii-Yamada
* Kōyaguchi
* Nakaiburi
* Myōji
* Ōtani
* Kaseda
* Nishi-Kaseda
* Nate
* Kokawa
* Kii-Nagata
* Uchita
* Shimoisaka
* Iwade
* Funato
* Kii-Ogura
* Hoshiya
* Senda
* Tainose
* Wakayama

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