is a passenger

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in located in the city of

Wakayama Wakayama may refer to: *Wakayama Prefecture, a prefecture of Japan *Wakayama (city) Wakayama City Hall is the capital city of Wakayama Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 351,391 in 157066 househol ...

Wakayama Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Wakayama Prefecture has a population of 944,320 () and has a geographic area of . Wakayama Prefecture borders Osaka Prefecture to the north, and Mie Prefecture and Nara Prefecture ...

, Japan, operated by

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(JR West).

Lines

Kii-Nakanoshima Station is served by the

Hanwa Line The is a commuter rail line in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The 61.3 km (38.1 mi) line runs between Osaka and Wakayama, Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan and has a 1.7 km branchlin ...

, and is located from the northern

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of the line at .

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed

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s located on an embankment, and connected to the station building by stairs. The station is unattended.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

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History

Kii-Nakanoshima Station opened on January 1, 1932 as on the Hanwa Electric Railway, and was renamed 15 days later on January 13, 1932. The

Wakayama Line The 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 t ...

Kii-Nakanoshima Station was opened on January 1, 1935 and the Hanwa Electric Railway station was forced to shift 100 meters to the south. On September 25, 1936, the Hanwa Electric Railway station was abolished, and its operations were transferred to Kii-Nakanoshima Station. On December 1, 1940, the Hanwa Electric Railway was merged into the Nankai Electric Railway, which was nationalized on May 1, 1944 with the line becoming the Hanwa Line. On October 1, 1974 due to a re-routing of the Wakayama Line, only the Hanwa Line remained at Kii-Nakanoshima Station. With the privatization of the

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(JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company. In March 2018, station numbering was introduced with Kii-Nakanoshima being assigned station number JR-R53.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 462 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding Area

* Wakayama City Kinokawa Junior High School

References

External links

Kii-Nakanoshima Station Official Site
Railway stations in Wakayama Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1932 Wakayama (city) {{Wakayama-railstation-stub