Wakayamako Line

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Technical
Track gauge	1067
Electrification	1500 DC

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The Wakayamakō Line (和歌山港線, Wakayamakō-sen) is a railway line operated by Japanese private railway company Nankai Electric Railway that runs in Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, between Wakayamashi and Wakayamakō stations.

The purpose of the line is to provide a railway link to Wakayama Port that has ferry service to Tokushima in Shikoku. The line is jointly owned by Nankai and Wakayama Prefecture.

History

Opened in 1956 by Nankai from Wakayamashi to later Chikkōchō (then Wakayamakō) for rail connection to its ferry to Shikoku. In 1971 the line was extended to Suiken via present Wakayamakō, by Wakayama Prefecture for the expansion of the port and to provide freight access to then planned lumber transport. The section between Wakayamakō and Suiken was closed in 2002, until then freight train had never operated. The stations between Wakayamashi and Wakayamakō were abandoned in 2005 due to few passengers, then Kubochō Station was renamed the "Prefecture-Company Boundary" (県社分界点, Ken-sha Bunkai ten).

Descriptions

Operators:
- Nankai Electric Railway
Category-1 railway business: Wakayamashi Station - Prefecture-Company Boundary (0.8 km)

Category-2 railway business: Prefecture-Company Boundary - Wakayamakō Station (2.0 km)
- Wakayama Prefecture
Category-3 railway business: Prefecture-Company Boundary - Wakayamakō Station (2.0 km)
Track: Single track

Operations

All trains are operated for the connection to and from Nankai Ferry, 7 round trips on weekdays and 6 on weekends and holidays. 5 round trips of 7 on weekdays and 4 of 6 on weekends and holidays are limited express trains named "Southern" and express trains which run through to and from Namba, and the other 2 every day are local trains running between Wakayamashi and Wakayamako.^{[* 1]}

^ "4月1日から南海線のダイヤを変更します" (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd. January 25, 2012. p. 2. Retrieved April 7, 2012. {{cite press release}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

Stations

Number	Station	Remarks
NK45	Wakayamashi
	Prefecture-Company Boundary	Until 2005 named "Kubochō" with passenger traffic
	Tsukijibashi	Abandoned in 2005
	Chikkōchō	Abandoned in 2005. Named "Wakayamakō" until 1971
NK45-1	Wakayamakō
	Suiken	Abandoned in 2002

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[revision-1] "4月1日から南海線のダイヤを変更します" (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd. January 25, 2012. p. 2. Retrieved April 7, 2012. {{cite press release}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

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