is a passenger railway station in located in the town of

Minabe 270px, Minabe Town Hall is a small town located in Hidaka District, Wakayama Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 12,137 in 4725 households and a population density of 100 persons per km². The tot ...

Hidaka District There are 2 districts in Japan with the same name. * Hidaka District, Wakayama * Hidaka District, Hokkaido is a newly created district located in Hidaka Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. As of October 31, 2006, the district has an estimated popu ...

, Wakayama Prefecture,

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

Lines

Minabe Station is served by the Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line), and is located 294.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kameyama Station and 114.3 kilometers from .

Station layout

The station consists of one side platform and one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is unattended.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

, - !colspan=5, West Japan Railway Company (JR West)

History

Minabe Station opened on September 21, 1931. 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 709 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding Area

* * Minabe Town Hall * Minabe Municipal Southern Elementary School * Minabe Municipal Southern Junior High School * Wakayama Prefectural Southern High School

References

External links

MInabe Station Official Site
Railway stations in Wakayama Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1931 Minabe, Wakayama {{Wakayama-railstation-stub