Kushimoto Station

Kushimoto Station (串本駅, Kushimoto-eki) is a railway station in Kushimoto, Higashimuro District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. It is the southern-most railway station on Honshū.

Kushimoto

串本駅
JR-West commuter rail station
Kushimoto Station
Location33-2, Kushimoto, Kushimoto, Higashimuro District
Wakayama
  • Japan
  • (和歌山県東牟婁郡串本町串本33-2)
Coordinates33°28′31.74″N 135°46′54.88″E
Owned by West Japan Railway Company
Operated by West Japan Railway Company
Line(s) W  Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line)
Distance221.8 km (137.8 mi) from Kameyama
41.6 km (25.8 mi) from Shingū
Platforms2 side platform
Tracks3
Train operators West Japan Railway Company
Bus standsyes
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Disabled accessNone
Other information
Websitehttp://www.jr-odekake.net/eki/top.php?id=0622053
History
Opened11 December 1936 (1936-12-11)[1]
Electrified1978[2]
Traffic
Passengers (2016)341 daily[3]
Services
Preceding station   JR-West   Following station
 W  Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line)
Kii-Hime
Toward Kii-Katsuura and Shingū
  Local   Kii-Arita
Toward Shirahama, Kii-Tanabe and Wakayama

Lines

Buildings

1   W  Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line) for Shirahama, Kii-Tanabe, Wakayama, Shin-Ōsaka and Kyōto
2   W  Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line) forShirahama, Kii-Tanabe and Wakayama
  W  Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line) for Kii-Katsuura and Shingū
3   W  Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line) for Kii-Katsuura and Shingū

Adjacent stations

« Service »
West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
Kisei Main Line
Koza   Limited Express Kuroshio   Susami
Kii-Hime   Local   Kii-Arita

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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