Wakayama Station

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Wakayama Station
和歌山駅
JRWestWakayamastation.JPG
Wakayama Station, March 2007
Location
Prefecture Wakayama
(See other stations in Wakayama)
City Wakayama
Neighborhood etc. 61, Misonocho 5-chome
Coordinates 34°13′56″N 135°11′28″E / 34.2321263°N 135.1911449°E / 34.2321263; 135.1911449Coordinates: 34°13′56″N 135°11′28″E / 34.2321263°N 135.1911449°E / 34.2321263; 135.1911449
(in Japanese) 和歌山県和歌山市美園町5丁目61
History
Year opened 1924
Rail services
Operator(s) West Japan Railway Company
Wakayama Electric Railway
Line(s) Wakayama Line
Kisei Main Line
Hanwa Line
Kishigawa Line
Aiga bus inv.svg Large bus terminal(s) attached to the station

Wakayama Station (和歌山駅 Wakayama-eki?) is a JR West railway station located in Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. To distinguish this station and Wakayamashi Station (Nankai Railway), the station is called "Wa Station (和駅 Wa-eki?)".

Trains of the Wakayama Electric Railway Kishigawa Line also use the station as well as JR trains.

Contents

[edit] Lines

[edit] Layout

  • There are 5 platforms (2 side platforms, 3 island platforms) with 8 tracks on the ground. Each platform is connected by means of a footbridge and an underground passage.
1 Limited Express from the Kinokuni Line for Tennoji, Shin-Ōsaka, Kyōto
Hanwa Line for Hineno, Otori and Tennoji
Change trains at Hineno for Kansai Airport
2, 3 Hanwa Line for Hineno, Otori and Tennoji (local trains, rapid service)
Change trains at Hineno for Kansai Airport
4 Limited Express to the Kinokuni Line for Gobo, Kii-Tanabe, Shirahama and Shingu
4, 5 Kinokuni Line for Gobo
Hanwa Line for Hineno, Otori and Tennoji (rapid service (partly))
Change trains at Hineno for Kansai Airport
6 There used to be a track without a platform, but it is removed now[1]  
7 Wakayama Line for Kokawa, Hashimoto and Gojō
8 Kisei Line for Kiwa and Wakayamashi
9 Wakayama Railway Kishigawa Line for Kotsu Center-mae and Kishi

[edit] Adjacent stations

« Service »
JR West Kisei Line for Miyamae and Gobo (Kinokuni Line)
Miyamae   Local
(including rapid service and direct rapid service
when running on the Hanwa Line)
  Kii-Nakanoshima or Musota (Hanwa Line)
Kuroe   Rapid   Musota (Hanwa Line)
JR West Kisei Line for Wakayamashi
Terminus - Kiwa
JR West Hanwa Line
Kii-Nakanoshima   Local   Terminus
Kii-Nakanoshima   Regional Rapid Service (northbound only)   Terminus
Kii-Nakanoshima   B Rapid Service   Terminus
Kii-Nakanoshima   Kishuji Rapid Service   Terminus
Musota   Kishuji Rapid Service (part of trains in the morning and the evening)   Terminus
Musota   Rapid Service   Terminus
Musota   Direct Rapid Service   Terminus
JR West Wakayama Line
Tainose   Local   Terminus
Iwade   Rapid   Terminus
Wakayama Railway Kishigawa Line
Terminus - Tanakaguchi

[edit] References

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