Kii-Katsuura Station (紀伊勝浦駅, Kii-Katsuura-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the town of Nachikatsuura, Higashimuro District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Kii-Katsuura 紀伊勝浦駅 | ||||||||||||||||||
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JR-West commuter rail station | ||||||||||||||||||
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Location | 1-1, Tsukiji 6-chōme, Nachikatsuura-machi, Higashimuro-gun, Wakayama-ken 649-5335 Japan | |||||||||||||||||
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Line(s) | W Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line) | |||||||||||||||||
Distance | 195.1 km (121.2 mi) from Kameyama 14.9 km (9.3 mi) from Shingū | |||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform + 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | At grade | |||||||||||||||||
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Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi ) | |||||||||||||||||
Website | http://www.jr-odekake.net/eki/top.php?id=0622045 | |||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 4 December 1912 (1912-12-04)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
Electrified | 1978[2] | |||||||||||||||||
Previous names | Katsuura (1912 - 1934) | |||||||||||||||||
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FY2019 | 342 daily | |||||||||||||||||
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Kii-Katsuura Station is served by the Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line), and is located 195.1 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kameyama Station and 14.9 kilometers from Shingū. As well as being served by JR West trains heading towards Wakayama, Osaka and Kyoto such as the Kuroshio Limited Express, it is also the southern terminus of JR Central's Nanki Limited Express service to and from Nagoya.
The station consists of one side platform and one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
1 | ■ W Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line) | for Shingū, Kumanoshi, Matsusaka, Tsu, and Nagoya |
2 | ■ W Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line) | for Kushimoto, Shirahama, Wakayama, Tennōji, Shin-Ōsaka, and Kyōto |
3 | ■ W Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line) | for Shingū |
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West Japan Railway Company (JR West) | ||||
Kisei Main Line | ||||
Kii-Temma | Local | Yukawa | ||
Shingū | Limited Express Kuroshio | Taiji | ||
Shingu | West Express Ginga | Kushimoto | ||
Shingū | Limited Express Nanki | Terminus |
Kii-Temma Station opened as Katsuura Station (勝浦駅) on the Shingu Railway on December 4, 1912. The Shingu Railway was nationalized on July 1, 1934, at which time the name was changed to its present name.[citation needed] With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 342 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
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Stations of the Kisei Main Line (JR West) | |
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Shingū–Wakayama (Kinokuni Line) |
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Wakayama–Wakayamashi |
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