Wakayama Line

Wakayama Line
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

Station	Japanese	Distance (km)	Rapid (orange)	Transfers	Location
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
Hatakeda	畠田	2.6			Oji, Kitakatsuragi District
Shizumi	志都美	4.5			Kashiba
Kashiba	香芝	6.6		D Kintetsu Osaka Line (D22:Kintetsu Shimoda)
JR Goidō	JR五位堂	8.7
Takada	高田	11.5		U Man-yō Mahoroba Line (Sakurai Line) D Kintetsu Osaka Line (D25:Yamato-Takada)	Yamatotakada
Yamato-Shinjō	大和新庄	14.9			Katsuragi
Gose	御所	17.6		P Kintetsu Gose Line (P26: Kintetsu Gose)	Gose
Tamade	玉手	19.4
Wakigami	掖上	20.9
Yoshinoguchi	吉野口	24.9		F Kintetsu Yoshino Line (F48)
Kitauchi	北宇智	31.5			Gojō
Gojō	五条	35.4	●
Yamato-Futami	大和二見	37.1	●
Suda	隅田	41.1	●		Hashimoto	Wakayama
Shimohyōgo	下兵庫	43.2	●
Hashimoto	橋本	45.1	●	Nankai Koya Line (NK77)
Kii-Yamada	紀伊山田	48.0	●
Kōyaguchi	高野口	50.6	●
Nakaiburi	中飯降	53.0	●		Katsuragi, Ito District
Myōji	妙寺	54.6	●
Ōtani	大谷	56.7	●
Kaseda	笠田	58.2	●
Nishi-Kaseda	西笠田	61.3	●
Nate	名手	63.2	●		Kinokawa
Kokawa	粉河	66.0	●
Kii-Nagata	紀伊長田	67.2	｜
Uchita	打田	69.8	●
Shimoisaka	下井阪	72.0	｜
Iwade	岩出	74.2	●		Iwade
Funato	船戸	75.3	｜		Iwade
Kii-Ogura	紀伊小倉	77.6	｜		Wakayama
Hoshiya	布施屋	79.9	｜
Senda	千旦	81.4	｜
Tainose	田井ノ瀬	82.9	｜
Wakayama	和歌山	87.5	●	R Hanwa Line (R54) W Kinokuni Line Wakayama Electric Railway Kishigawa Line (01)

Rolling stock

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

103 series (until 2018)
105 series (until 2020)
117 series (until 2020)

History

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]}

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