Wakayama Line

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Wakayama Line
227-1000 series at Ōji Station
Overview
Locale	Nara, Wakayama prefectures
Termini	Ōji Wakayama
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]

No.	Station	Japanese	Distance (km)	Rapid (orange)	Transfers	Location
T31	Ōji	王寺	0.0		Q Yamatoji Line (Q31)  G  Kintetsu Ikoma Line (G28)  I  Kintetsu Tawaramoto Line (I43:Shin-Ōji)	Oji, Kitakatsuragi District	Nara
T32	Hatakeda	畠田	2.6
T33	Shizumi	志都美	4.5			Kashiba
T34	Kashiba	香芝	6.6		D Kintetsu Osaka Line (D22:Kintetsu Shimoda)
T35	JR Goidō	JR五位堂	8.7
T36	Takada	高田	11.5		U Man-yō Mahoroba Line (Sakurai Line) D Kintetsu Osaka Line (D25:Yamato-Takada)	Yamatotakada
T37	Yamato-Shinjō	大和新庄	14.9			Katsuragi
T38	Gose	御所	17.6		P  Kintetsu Gose Line (P26: Kintetsu Gose)	Gose
T39	Tamade	玉手	19.4
T40	Wakigami	掖上	20.9
T41	Yoshinoguchi	吉野口	24.9		F  Kintetsu Yoshino Line (F48)
T42	Kitauchi	北宇智	31.5			Gojō
T43	Gojō	五条	35.4	●
T44	Yamato-Futami	大和二見	37.1	●
T45	Suda	隅田	41.1	●		Hashimoto	Wakayama
T46	Shimohyōgo	下兵庫	43.2	●
T47	Hashimoto	橋本	45.1	●	Nankai Koya Line (NK77)
T48	Kii-Yamada	紀伊山田	48.0	●
T49	Kōyaguchi	高野口	50.6	●
T50	Nakaiburi	中飯降	53.0	●		Katsuragi, Ito District
T51	Myōji	妙寺	54.6	●
T52	Ōtani	大谷	56.7	●
T53	Kaseda	笠田	58.2	●
T54	Nishi-Kaseda	西笠田	61.3	●
T55	Nate	名手	63.2	●		Kinokawa
T56	Kokawa	粉河	66.0	●
T57	Kii-Nagata	紀伊長田	67.2	｜
T58	Uchita	打田	69.8	●
T59	Shimoisaka	下井阪	72.0	｜
T60	Iwade	岩出	74.2	●		Iwade
T61	Funato	船戸	75.3	｜
T62	Kii-Ogura	紀伊小倉	77.6	｜		Wakayama
T63	Hoshiya	布施屋	79.9	｜
T64	Senda	千旦	81.4	｜
T65	Tainose	田井ノ瀬	82.9	｜
T66	Wakayama	和歌山	87.5	●	R Hanwa Line (R54) W Kinokuni Line Wakayama Electric Railway Kishigawa Line (01)

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[edit]

• List of railway lines in Japan

References[edit]

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