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Kiwa Station (Wakayama)

Railway station in Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Japan
（和歌山県和歌山市中之島803-1）

Coordinates34°14′31.2″N 135°10′50.3″E / 34.242000°N 135.180639°E / 34.242000; 135.180639Owned by

West Japan Railway CompanyLine(s)Kisei Main LineDistance382.7 km (237.8 mi) from Kameyama
1.8 km (1.1 mi) from WakayamaPlatforms1 side platformTracks1Train operators

West Japan Railway CompanyConstructionStructure typeAt gradeAccessibleNoneOther informationWebsitehttp://www.jr-odekake.net/eki/top.php?id=0622098HistoryOpened4 May 1898 (1898-05-04)^[1]Electrified1984^[1]Previous namesWakayama (1898 - 1968)^[1]Passengers2016108 daily^[2]

Services

Preceding station		JR-West		Following station
Kisei Main Line
Wakayama Toward Wakayama		Local		Wakayamashi Toward Wakayamashi

Kiwa Station (紀和駅, Kiwa-eki) is a railway station in Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.

History

The station was opened in 1898 and was the original Wakayama station before Wakayamashi and the modern Wakayama stations were built.

Lines

West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
- Kisei Main Line

Around the station

National Route 42

Adjacent stations

«	Service	»
West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
Kisei Main Line
Wakayama	-	Wakayamashi

Sources

^ ^a ^b ^c 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. 18–21.
^ 『和歌山県統計年鑑』and『和歌山県公共交通機関等資料集』