Nachi Station

Coordinates: 33°38′38.69″N 135°56′11.57″E / 33.6440806°N 135.9365472°E / 33.6440806; 135.9365472
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Nachi-eki

那智なちえき
JR-West commuter rail station
Nachi Station
Nachi Station, August 2005
General information
Location382, Hamanomiya, Nachikatsuura-machi, Wakayama-ken 649-5314
Japan
Coordinates33°38′38.69″N 135°56′11.57″E / 33.6440806°N 135.9365472°E / 33.6440806; 135.9365472
Owned by West Japan Railway Company
Operated by West Japan Railway Company
Line(s) W  Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line)
Distance193.0 km (119.9 mi) from Kameyama
12.8 km (8.0 mi) from Shingū
Platforms2 side platform
Tracks2
Train operators West Japan Railway Company
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened4 December 1912 (1912-12-04)[1]
Electrified1978
Passengers
FY201927 daily
Services
Preceding station   JR-West   Following station
 W  Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line)
Ukui
Toward Shingū
  Local   Kii-Temma
Toward Kii-Katsuura, Kii-Tanabe and Wakayama
Location
Nachi Station is located in Wakayama Prefecture
Nachi Station
Nachi Station
Location within Wakayama Prefecture
Nachi Station is located in Japan
Nachi Station
Nachi Station
Nachi Station (Japan)

Nachi Station (那智なちえき, Nachi-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the town of Nachikatsuura, Higashimuro District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

Lines[edit]

Nachi Station is served by the Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line), and is located 193.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kameyama Station and 12.8 kilometers from Shingū.

Station layout[edit]

The station consists of two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by an underground passage. The station is painted red and white and is designed to imitate a Shinto shrine, as the shrine is the gateway to the Kumano Nachi Taisha. The station is unattended.

Platforms[edit]

1  Kisei Main Line for Shingū
2  Kisei Main Line for Kii-Katsuura, Kii-Tanabe and Wakayama

Adjacent stations[edit]

« Service »
West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
Kisei Main Line
Limited Express Nanki: Does not stop at this station
Limited Express Kuroshio: Does not stop at this station
Ukui   Local   Kii-Temma

History[edit]

Nachi Station opened on the Shingu Railway on December 4, 1912. The Shingu Railway was nationalized on July 1, 1934, and the current station building was completed in December 1936. 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 27 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surrounding Area[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Sone, Satoru (2010-01-10). 朝日新聞あさひしんぶん出版しゅっぱん分冊ぶんさつ百科ひゃっか編集へんしゅう (ed.). 週刊しゅうかん 歴史れきしでめぐる鉄道てつどうぜん路線ろせん 国鉄こくてつ・JR. 週刊しゅうかん朝日あさひ百科ひゃっか. Vol. 25ごう 紀勢本線きせいほんせん参宮さんぐうせん名松線めいしょうせん. Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. pp. 18–21.
  2. ^ 和歌山わかやまけん統計とうけい年鑑ねんかんれい2年度ねんど刊行かんこう [Wakayama Prefectural Statistical Yearbook] (in Japanese). Japan: Wakayama Prefecture. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2021.

External links[edit]

Media related to Nachi Station at Wikimedia Commons