Wakayama Station

Wakayama Station
和歌山駅
Wakayama Station, December 2008
Location
Prefecture Wakayama
(See other stations in Wakayama)
City Wakayama
Neighborhood etc. 61, Misonocho 5-chome
CoordinatesCoordinates: 34°13′56″N 135°11′28″E / 34.232126°N 135.191145°E
(in Japanese)和歌山県和歌山市美園町5丁目61
History
Year opened 1924
Rail services
Operator(s) JR West
Wakayama Electric Railway
Line(s) Wakayama Line
Kisei Main Line
Hanwa Line
Kishigawa Line
Large bus terminal(s) attached to the station

Wakayama Station (和歌山駅 Wakayama-eki) is a railway station in Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan, jointly operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and the Wakayama Electric Railway.

Lines

Station layout

The station has two side platforms and three island platforms, serving a total of eight ground-level tracks. The platforms are connected by means of a footbridge and an underground passage.

Platforms

1 Limited Express from the Kinokuni Line "Kuroshio" for Tennoji, Shin-Ōsaka, Kyōto
Hanwa Line for Hineno, Otori and Tennoji
Change trains at Hineno for Kansai Airport
2, 3 Hanwa Line for Hineno, Otori and Tennoji (local trains, rapid service)
Change trains at Hineno for Kansai Airport
4 Limited Express to the Kinokuni Line "Kuroshio" for Shirahama and Shingu
4, 5 Kinokuni Line for Gobo and Kii-Tanabe
Hanwa Line for Hineno, Otori and Tennoji (rapid service (partly))
Change trains at Hineno for Kansai Airport
7 Wakayama Line for Kokawa, Hashimoto and Gojō
8 Kisei Line for Kiwa and Wakayamashi
9 Wakayama Railway Kishigawa Line for Kotsu Center-mae and Kishi

Adjacent stations

« Service »
JR West Kisei Line for Miyamae and Gobo (Kinokuni Line)
Miyamae   Local
(including rapid and direct rapid
on Hanwa Line)
  Kii-Nakanoshima or Musota (Hanwa Line)
Kimiidera   Rapid   Musota (Hanwa Line)
JR West Kisei Line for Wakayamashi
Terminus - Kiwa
JR West Hanwa Line
Kii-Nakanoshima   Local   Terminus
Kii-Nakanoshima   Regional Rapid (northbound only)   Terminus
Kii-Nakanoshima   B Rapid   Terminus
Kii-Nakanoshima   Kishuji Rapid   Terminus
Musota   Kishuji Rapid (some morning trains)   Terminus
Musota   Rapid   Terminus
Musota   Direct Rapid   Terminus
JR West Wakayama Line
Tainose   Local   Terminus
Iwade   Rapid   Terminus
Wakayama Railway Kishigawa Line
Terminus - Tanakaguchi