Kii-Uchihara Station (紀伊内原駅, Kii-Uchihara-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the town of Hidaka, Hidaka District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Kii-Uchihara Station 紀伊内原駅 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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JR-West commuter rail station | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
General information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | 1426-2 Hagiwara, Hidaka-cho, Hidaka-gun, Wakayama-ken 649-1202 Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°55′33″N 135°08′43″E / 33.9259°N 135.1452°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | West Japan Railway Company | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | West Japan Railway Company | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | W Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 329.2 km (204.6 mi) from Kameyama 149.0 km (92.6 mi) from Shingū | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Train operators | West Japan Railway Company | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Construction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Structure type | At grade | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Status | Unstaffed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 21 April 1929[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Electrified | 1978[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Passengers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FY2019 | 198 daily | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lines
editKii-Uchihara Station is served by the Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line), and is located 329.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kameyama Station and 149.0 kilometers from Shingū.
Station layout
editThe station consists of two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is unattended.
Platforms
edit1 | ■ W Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line) | for Wakayama and Tennōji |
2 | ■ W Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line) | for Gobō and Shingū |
Adjacent stations
edit« | Service | » | ||
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West Japan Railway Company (JR West) | ||||
Kisei Main Line | ||||
Limited Express Kuroshio: Does not stop at this station | ||||
Rapid: Does not stop at this station | ||||
Gobō | Local | Kii-Yura |
History
editKii-Uchihara Station opened on April 21, 1929. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 198 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
Surrounding Area
edit- National Route 42
- Hidaka Town Hall
- Uchihara Elementary School
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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. Vol. 25号 紀勢本線・参宮線・名松線. Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. pp. 19–21.
- ^ 『'88 JR西日本』西日本旅客鉄道,1988, p.97.
- ^ 和歌山県統計年鑑(令和2年度刊行) [Wakayama Prefectural Statistical Yearbook] (in Japanese). Japan: Wakayama Prefecture. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
External links
editMedia related to Kii-Uchihara Station at Wikimedia Commons