Wakayama Line

Wakayama Line
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105 series EMU on the Wakayama Line
Overview
Type	Heavy rail
Locale	Nara, Wakayama prefectures
Termini	Ōji Wakayama
Stations	36
Operation
Opened	1896
Owner	JR West
Rolling stock	105 series, 103 series, 117 series, 221 series, 201 series EMUs
Technical
Line length
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Operating speed

The Wakayama Line (和歌山線, Wakayama-sen) is a railway line that links Nara Prefecture to Wakayama Prefecture in Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It connects Ōji Station on the Yamatoji Line to Wakayama Station on the Hanwa Line and Kisei Main Line, with through train service to JR Namba via the Yamatoji Line and to Nara via the Sakurai Line.

History

The Osaka Railway Co. opened the Oji - Takada section in 1891. The Minami Kazu Railway Co. opened the Takada - Yoshinoguchi section in 1896, and extended the line to Gojo in 1898, the same year the Kiwa Railway Co. opened the Gojo - Hashimoto section, extending it to Wakayama in 1900, the year the Osaka Railway Co. merged with the Kansai Railway Co.

In 1904 the Minami Kazu and Kiwa Railway Cos. merged with the Kansai Railway Co., which was nationalised in 1907.

CTC signalling was commissioned between Oji and Gojo in 1979, and extended to Wakayama in 1984, the year freight services ceased.

The line was electrified in 1980.

Stations

Station	Japanese	Distance (km)	Rapid (orange)	Rapid (green)	Transfers	Location
Ōji	王寺	0.0		●	Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line) Kintetsu Ikoma Line, Kintetsu Tawaramoto Line (Shin-Ōji)	Oji, Kitakatsuragi District	Nara
Hatakeda	畠田	2.6		●
Shizumi	志都美	4.5		●		Kashiba
Kashiba	香芝	6.6		●	Kintetsu Osaka Line (Kintetsu Shimoda)
JR Goidō	JR五位堂	8.7		●
Takada	高田	11.5		●	Sakurai Line (Man-yō Mahoroba Line) Kintetsu Osaka Line (Yamato-Takada)	Yamatotakada
Yamato-Shinjō	大和新庄	14.9		●		Katsuragi
Gose	御所	17.6		●	Kintetsu Gose Line (Kintetsu Gose Station)	Gose
Tamade	玉手	19.4		●
Wakigami	掖上	20.9		●
Yoshinoguchi	吉野口	24.9		●	Kintetsu Yoshino Line
Kitauchi	北宇智	31.5		●		Gojo
Gojō	五条	35.4	●	●
Yamato-Futami	大和二見	37.1	●
Suda	隅田	41.1	●			Hashimoto	Wakayama
Shimohyōgo	下兵庫	43.2	●
Hashimoto	橋本	45.1	●		Nankai Koya Line
Kii-Yamada	紀伊山田	48.0	●
Kōyaguchi	高野口	50.6	●
Nakaiburi	中飯降	53.0	●			Katsuragi, Ito District
Myōji	妙寺	54.6	●
Ōtani	大谷	56.7	●
Kaseda	笠田	58.2	●
Nishi-Kaseda	西笠田	61.3	●
Nate	名手	63.2	●			Kinokawa
Kokawa	粉河	66.0	●
Kii-Nagata	紀伊長田	67.2	｜
Uchita	打田	69.8	●
Shimoisaka	下井阪	72.0	｜
Iwade	岩出	74.2	●			Iwade
Funato	船戸	75.3	｜
Kii-Ogura	紀伊小倉	77.6	｜			Wakayama
Hoshiya	布施屋	79.9	｜
Senda	千旦	81.4	｜
Tainose	田井ノ瀬	82.9	｜
Wakayama	和歌山	87.5	●		Hanwa Line, Kisei Main Line Wakayama Electric Railway Kishigawa Line

See also

• List of railway lines in Japan

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia