Wakayama Station

Railway station in Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

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Wakayama Station

和歌山駅

Wakayama Station, December 2008

General information
Location| 61, Misonocho 5-chome, Wakayama-shi, Wakayama-ken
Japan
Coordinates| 34°13′56″N 135°11′28″E﻿ / ﻿34.232126°N 135.191145°E﻿ / 34.232126; 135.191145
Operated by|

* West Japan Railway Company
* Wakayama Electric Railway

Line(s)|

*  T  Wakayama Line
*  W  Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line)
*  R  Hanwa Line
* ■ Kishigawa Line

Platforms| 2 side + 3 island platforms
Connections|

* Bus terminal

Other information
Status| Staffed
History
Opened| 28 February 1924 (1924-02-28)
Passengers
FY2019| 18,258 daily (JR)
4346 daily (Wakayama)

Location

Wakayama Station

Location within Wakayama Prefecture

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Wakayama Station

Wakayama Station (Japan)

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Wakayama Station (和歌山駅, Wakayama-eki) is an interchange passenger railway station located in the city of Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, jointly operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and the private railway company Wakayama Electric Railway.

## Lines

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Wakayama Station is the western terminus of the 87.5 kilometer Wakayama Line for Ōji and the 380.9 kilometer Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line) for Kameyama and the southern terminus of the 61.3 kilometer Hanwa Line for Tennoji. It is also the western terminal of the Wakayama Electric Railway Kishigawa Line, and is located 14.3 kilometers from the opposing terminal of the line at Kishi Station.

## Station layout

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The station has two side platforms and three island platforms, serving a total of eight ground-level tracks. The platforms are connected by means of a footbridge and an underground passage.

### Platforms

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1 | ■  W  Limited Express from the Kinokuni Line  | "Kuroshio" for Tennōji, Shin-Ōsaka, Kyōto

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■  R  Hanwa Line  | for Hineno, Otori and Tennōji
Change trains at Hineno for Kansai Airport
2, 3 | ■  R  Hanwa Line  | for Hineno, Otori and Tennōji (local trains, rapid service)
Change trains at Hineno for Kansai Airport
4 | ■  W  Limited Express to the Kinokuni Line  | "Kuroshio" for Shirahama and Shingū
4, 5 | ■  W  Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line)  | for Gobō and Kii-Tanabe
■  R  Hanwa Line  | for Hineno, Otori and Tennōji (rapid service (partly))
Change trains at Hineno for Kansai Airport
7 | ■  T  Wakayama Line  | for Kokawa, Hashimoto and Gojō
8 | ■  W  Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line)  | for Kiwa and Wakayamashi
9 | ■ Wakayama Railway Kishigawa Line  | for Kōtsū Center Mae and Kishi

## Adjacent stations

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« | Service  | »

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JR West Kisei Line for Miyamae and Gobo (Kinokuni Line)
Miyamae |   | Local
(including rapid and direct rapid
on Hanwa Line)  |   | Kii-Nakanoshima or Musota (Hanwa Line) or Kiwa(Wakayamashi-bound)
Kimiidera |   | Rapid  |   | Musota (Hanwa Line)
Kainan |   | Limited Express Kuroshio |   | Hanwa Line
Tennoji (JR-R20)  |   | West Express Ginga  |   | Kushimoto
Kainan (One-way Operation)
JR West Kisei Line for Wakayamashi
Terminus |   | Local  |   | Kiwa
JR West Hanwa Line
Kii-Nakanoshima |   | Local  |   | Terminus
Kii-Nakanoshima  |   | Regional Rapid (terminating only)  |   | Terminus
Kii-Nakanoshima  |   | Kishuji Rapid  |   | Terminus
Musota |   | Kishuji Rapid (some morning trains)  |   | Terminus
Musota  |   | Rapid  |   | Terminus
Musota  |   | Direct Rapid  |   | Terminus
Izumi-Sunagawa |   | Limited Express Kuroshio |   | Kisei Line
JR West Wakayama Line
Tainose |   | Local  |   | Terminus
Iwade |   | Rapid  |   | Terminus
Wakayama Railway Kishigawa Line
Terminus |   | Local  |   | Tanakaguchi

## History

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Wakayama Station opened on 28 February 1924.

## Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2019, the JR West station was used by an average of 18,258 passengers daily (boarding passengers only) and the Wakayama Electric Railway portion by 4,346 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

## Surrounding area

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* Wakayama Terminal Building
* Kintetsu Department Store Wakayama Store
* Wakayama MIO North Building

## 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 Wakayama Station at Wikimedia Commons
* JR West Wakayama Station home page

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Stations of the JR West Kinokuni Line (Kisei Main Line)

Shingū–Wakayama
(Kinokuni Line)|

* Shingū
* Miwasaki
* Kii-Sano
* Ukui
* Nachi
* Kii-Temma
* Kii-Katsuura
* Yukawa
* Taiji
* Shimosato
* Kii-Uragami
* Kii-Tahara
* Koza
* Kii-Hime
* Kushimoto
* Kii-Arita
* Tanami
* Tako
* Wabuka
* Esumi
* Mirozu
* Susami
* Kii-Hiki
* Tsubaki
* Kii-Tonda
* Shirahama
* Asso
* Kii-Shinjō
* Kii-Tanabe
* Haya
* Minabe
* Iwashiro
* Kirime
* Inami
* Inahara
* Wasa
* Dōjōji
* Gobō
* Kii-Uchihara
* Kii-Yura
* Hirokawa Beach
* Yuasa
* Fujinami
* Kii-Miyahara
* Minoshima
* Hatsushima
* Shimotsu
* Kamogō
* Shimizuura
* Kainan
* Kuroe
* Kimiidera
* Miyamae
* Wakayama

Wakayama–Wakayamashi|

* Wakayama
* Kiwa
* Wakayamashi

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Stations of the Hanwa Line

* (Osaka Loop Line for Osaka<<)
* Tennōji
* Bishōen
* Minami-Tanabe
* Tsurugaoka
* Nagai
* Abikochō
* Sugimotochō
* Asaka
* Sakaishi
* Mikunigaoka
* Mozu
* Uenoshiba
* Tsukuno
* Ōtori
* Tonoki
* Kita-Shinoda
* Shinodayama
* Izumi-Fuchū
* Kumeda
* Shimomatsu
* Higashi-Kishiwada
* Higashi-Kaizuka
* Izumi-Hashimoto
* Higashi-Sano
* Kumatori
* Hineno (>>Kansai Airport Line)
* Nagataki
* Shinge
* Izumi-Sunagawa
* Izumi-Tottori
* Yamanakadani
* Kii
* Musota
* Kii-Nakanoshima
* Wakayama (>>Kinokuni Line)

Branch
Ōtori
Higashi-Hagoromo

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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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Stations of the Wakayama Electric Railway Kishigawa Line

* Wakayama
* Tanakaguchi
* Nichizengū
* Kōzaki
* Kamayama
* Kōtsū Center Mae
* Okazakimae
* Kire
* Idakiso
* Sandō
* Oikeyūen
* Nishiyamaguchi
* Kanrojimae
* Kishi

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