Wakayama Line

The is a railway line that links Nara Prefecture to Wakayama Prefecture, both in the Kansai region of 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
Template:STN	王寺	0.0		Template:Plainlist	Oji, Kitakatsuragi District	Nara
Template:STN	畠田	2.6
Template:STN	志都美	4.5			Kashiba
Template:STN	香芝	6.6		Template:Rcb Kintetsu Osaka Line (D22:Template:STN)
Template:STN	JR五位堂	8.7
Template:STN	高田	11.5		Template:Plainlist	Yamatotakada
Template:STN	大和新庄	14.9			Katsuragi
Template:STN	御所	17.6		Template:Rint Kintetsu Gose Line (P26: Template:STN)	Gose
Template:STN	玉手	19.4
Template:STN	掖上	20.9
Template:STN	吉野口	24.9		Template:Rint Kintetsu Yoshino Line (F48)
Template:STN	北宇智	31.5			Gojō
Template:STN	五条	35.4	●
Template:STN	大和二見	37.1	●
Template:STN	隅田	41.1	●		Hashimoto	Wakayama
Template:STN	下兵庫	43.2	●
Template:STN	橋本	45.1	●	File:Nankai koya line simbole.svg Nankai Koya Line (NK77)
Template:STN	紀伊山田	48.0	●
Template:STN	高野口	50.6	●
Template:STN	中飯降	53.0	●		Katsuragi, Ito District
Template:STN	妙寺	54.6	●
Template:STN	大谷	56.7	●
Template:STN	笠田	58.2	●
Template:STN	西笠田	61.3	●
Template:STN	名手	63.2	●		Kinokawa
Template:STN	粉河	66.0	●
Template:STN	紀伊長田	67.2	｜
Template:STN	打田	69.8	●
Template:STN	下井阪	72.0	｜
Template:STN	岩出	74.2	●		Iwade
Template:STN	船戸	75.3	｜
Template:STN	紀伊小倉	77.6	｜		Wakayama
Template:STN	布施屋	79.9	｜
Template:STN	千旦	81.4	｜
Template:STN	田井ノ瀬	82.9	｜
Template:STN	和歌山	87.5	●	Template:Plainlist

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.

The line was electrified in 1980.

See also

• List of railway lines in Japan