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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).

Lines

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.

Station layout

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.

Platforms

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

History

Kii-Katsuura 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.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 342 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]

Surrounding Area

  • Katsuura Port
  • Nachi Katsuura Municipal Katsuura Elementary School
  • Nachikatsuura Town Hall

See also

References

  1. ^ Sone, Satoru (2010-01-10). 朝日新聞出版分冊百科編集部 (ed.). 週刊 歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線 国鉄・JR. 週刊朝日百科. Vol. 25号 紀勢本線・参宮線・名松線. Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. pp. 18–21.
  2. ^ 『'88 JR西日本』西日本旅客鉄道,1988, p.97.
  3. ^ 和歌山県統計年鑑（令和2年度刊行） [Wakayama Prefectural Statistical Yearbook] (in Japanese). Japan: Wakayama Prefecture. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2021.

External links

Media related to Kii-Katsuura Station at Wikimedia Commons


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