Tanami Station (田並駅, Tanami-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the town of Kushimoto, Higashimuro District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Tanami Station 田並駅 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| JR-West commuter rail station | ||||||||||||||||||
 Tanami Station, August 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 1550, Tanami, Kushimoto-cho, Higashimuro-gun, Wakayama-ken 649-3515 Japan | |||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°29′16.66″N 135°43′7.89″E / 33.4879611°N 135.7188583°E | |||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | .svg){kind=logo} West Japan Railway Company | |||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | West Japan Railway Company | |||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | W Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line) | |||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 229.4 km (142.5 miles) from Kameyama 49.2 km (30.6 miles) from Shingū | |||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Train operators | West Japan Railway Company | |||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | |||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | None | |||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | |||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 8 August 1940[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 1978[2] | |||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||||
| FY2019 | 8 daily | |||||||||||||||||
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Lines
editTanami Station is served by the Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line), and is located 229.4 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kameyama Station and 49.2 kilometers from Shingū.
Station layout
editThe station consists of 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 Kii-Tanabe and Wakayama |
| 2 | ■ W Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line) | for Kushimoto 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 | ||||
| Kii-Arita | Local | Tako | ||
History
editKoza Station opened on August 8, 1940. 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 7 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
Surrounding Area
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National Route 42- Kushimoto Municipal Kushimoto Nishi Junior High 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. 18–21.
- ^ 『'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
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Media related to Tanami Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Tanami Station (West Japan Railway) (in Japanese)
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