Kii-Katsuura Station

Kii-Katsuura Station (紀伊勝浦駅, Kii-Katsuura-eki) is a railway station in Nachikatsuura, Higashimuro District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. As well as being served by JR West trains heading towards Wakayama, Osaka and Kyoto such as the Kuroshio Limited Express, it is also the southern terminus of JR Central's Nanki Limited Express service to and from Nagoya.

Kii-Katsuura

紀伊勝浦駅
JR-West commuter rail station
Location1-1, Tsukiji 6-chōme, Nachikatsuura, Higashimuro District
Wakayama
  • Japan
  • (和歌山県東牟婁郡那智勝浦町大字築地六丁目1番地1)
Coordinates
Owned by West Japan Railway Company
Operated by West Japan Railway Company
Line(s) W  Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line)
Distance195.1 km (121.2 mi) from Kameyama
14.9 km (9.3 mi) from Shingū
Platforms2 side platform
Tracks3
Train operators West Japan Railway Company
Connections
  • Bus stop
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Disabled accessNone
Other information
Websitehttp://www.jr-odekake.net/eki/top.php?id=0622045
History
Opened4 December 1912 (1912-12-04)[1]
Electrified1978[2]
Previous namesKatsuura (1912 - 1934)
Passengers
2016431 daily[3]
Services
Preceding station   JR-West   Following station
 W  Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line)
Kii-Temma
Toward Shingū
  Local   Yukawa
Toward Kii-Tanabe, Shirahama and Wakayama

Lines

Buildings

1   W  Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line) for Shingū, Kumanoshi, Matsusaka, Tsu, and Nagoya
2   W  Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line) for Kushimoto, Shirahama, Wakayama, Tennōji, Shin-Ōsaka, and Kyōto
3   W  Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line) for Shingū

Adjacent stations

« Service »
West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
Kisei Main Line
Kii-Temma   Local   Yukawa
Shingū   Limited Express Kuroshio   Taiji
Shingū   Limited Express Nanki   Terminus

Sources

  1. Sone, Satoru (2010-01-10). 朝日新聞出版分冊百科編集部 (ed.). 週刊 歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線 国鉄・JR. 週刊朝日百科. 25号 紀勢本線・参宮線・名松線. Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. pp. 18–21.
  2. 『'88 JR西日本』西日本旅客鉄道,1988, p.97.
  3. 『和歌山県統計年鑑』and『和歌山県公共交通機関等資料集』


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