Wakayama Line
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| Wakayama Line | |
|---|---|
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 227-1000 series at Ōji Station | |
| Overview | |
| Locale | Nara, Wakayama prefectures |
| Termini | |
| Stations | 36 |
| Service | |
| Type | Heavy rail |
| Operator(s) |  JR West |
| Rolling stock | 201 series, 221 series, 227-1000 series EMUs |
| History | |
| Opened | 1896 |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 87.5 km (54.4 mi) |
| Number of tracks | Fully single-track |
| Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
| Electrification | 1,500 V DC (overhead catenary) |
| Operating speed | 85 km/h (53 mph) |
| Signalling | Automatic closed block |
| Train protection system | ATS-SW |
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.
Stations
[edit]| Station | Japanese | Distance (km) | Rapid (orange) |
Transfers | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ōji | 王寺 | 0.0 |
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Oji, Kitakatsuragi District | Nara | |
| Hatakeda | 畠田 | 2.6 | ||||
| Shizumi | 志都美 | 4.5 | Kashiba | |||
| Kashiba | 香芝 | 6.6 | D Kintetsu Osaka Line (D22:Kintetsu Shimoda) | |||
| JR Goidō | JR五位堂 | 8.7 | ||||
| Takada | 高田 | 11.5 |
|
Yamatotakada | ||
| Yamato-Shinjō | 大和新庄 | 14.9 | Katsuragi | |||
| Gose | 御所 | 17.6 | P Kintetsu Gose Line (P26: Kintetsu Gose) | Gose | ||
| Tamade | 玉手 | 19.4 | ||||
| Wakigami | 掖上 | 20.9 | ||||
| Yoshinoguchi | 吉野口 | 24.9 | F Kintetsu Yoshino Line (F48) | |||
| Kitauchi | 北宇智 | 31.5 | Gojō | |||
| 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 (NK77)
| ||
| 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 | ● |
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Rolling stock
[edit]- 227 series (from Spring 2019, with through services to the Sakurai Line)
- 221 series (only through rapid services to JR Namba via the Yamatoji Line)
- 201 series (only some through services to the Yamatoji Line)
Former rolling stocks
[edit]- 103 series (until 2018)
- 105 series (until 2020)
- 117 series (until 2020)
History
[edit]The section between Oji and Takada was opened in 1891 by the Osaka Railway. The Minami Kazu Railway opened the Takada to Yoshinoguchi section in 1896, and extended the line to Gojo in 1898, the same year the Kiwa Railway opened the Gojo to Hashimoto section, extending it to Wakayama in 1900, the year the Osaka Railway merged with the Kansai Railway.[citation needed]
The line was electrified in 1980.[citation needed]
See also
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