Minabe Station
Minabe Station | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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JR-West commuter rail station | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
General information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | 371-2 Shiba, Minabe-cho, Hidaka-gun, Wakayama-ken 645-0002 Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°46′00″N 135°19′27″E / 33.7668°N 135.3242°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | West Japan Railway Company | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | West Japan Railway Company | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | W Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 294.5 km (183.0 mi) from Kameyama 114.3 km (71.0 mi) from Shingū | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Train operators | West Japan Railway Company | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Construction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Structure type | At grade | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Status | Unstaffed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 21 September 1931[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Electrified | 1978[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Passengers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FY2019 | 709 daily | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Minabe Station (
Lines
[edit]Minabe Station is served by the Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line), and is located 294.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kameyama Station and 114.3 kilometers from Shingū.
Station layout
[edit]The station consists of one side platform and one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is unattended.
Platforms
[edit]1 | ■ W Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line) | for Wakayama and Tennōji |
2 | ■ W Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line) | for Wakayama and Tennōji Kii-Tanabe and Shingū |
3 | ■ W Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line) | for Kii-Tanabe and Shingū |
Adjacent stations
[edit]« | Service | » | ||
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West Japan Railway Company (JR West) | ||||
Kisei Main Line | ||||
Kii-Tanabe | Limited Express Kuroshio | Gobo | ||
Haya | Rapid | Iwashiro | ||
Haya | Local | Iwashiro |
History
[edit]Minabe Station opened on September 21, 1931. 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
[edit]In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 709 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
Surrounding Area
[edit]- National Route 42
- Minabe Town Hall
- Minabe Municipal Southern Elementary School
- Minabe Municipal Southern Junior High School
- Wakayama Prefectural Southern High School
See also
[edit]References
[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
[edit]Media related to Minabe Station at Wikimedia Commons