is a passenger

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in located in the city of Shingū,

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, operated by

West Japan Railway Company , also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, and ...

(JR West).

Lines

Kii-Sano Station is served by the

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(Kinokuni Line), and is located 186.6 kilometers from the

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of the line at Kameyama Station and 6.4 kilometers from .

Station layout

The station consists of a single

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connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is unattended.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

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History

Kii-Sano Station opened as on the Shingu Railway on March 1, 1913, and was upgraded to a full station named on April 17, 1913. The Shingu Railway was nationalized on July 1, 1934, and the station was renamed . It was renamed again to its present name on April 1, 1942. In August 1945, the Tomoegawa Paper Mill Shingu Factory began operation, with a freight

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to this 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 (JR West) and the

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(JR Freight). Freight operations were terminated from March 16, 1996.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 229 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding Area

* *Wakayama Prefectural Shinsho High School *Sano River

References

External links

Kii-Sano Station (West Japan Railway)
Railway stations in Wakayama Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1913 Shingū, Wakayama {{Wakayama-railstation-stub