Kii-Tonda Station (紀伊富田駅, Kii-Tonda-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the town of Shirahama, Nishimuro District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Kii-Tonda 紀伊富田駅 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| JR-West commuter rail station | ||||||||||||||||||
 Kii-Tonda Station (2012) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 609-2, Sakae, Shirahama-cho, Nishimuro-gun, Wakayama-ken 649-2332 Japan | |||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°39′9.94″N 135°23′36.21″E / 33.6527611°N 135.3933917°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 | 272.5 km (169.3 miles) from Kameyama 92.3 km (57.4 miles) from Shingū | |||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 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 | 20 December 1933[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 1978[2] | |||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||||
| FY2019 | 47 daily | |||||||||||||||||
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Lines
editKii-Tonda Station is served by the Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line), and is located 272.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kameyama Station and 92.3 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
edit| 1 | ■ W Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line) | for Susami and Shingū |
| 2 | ■ W Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line) | for Shirahama and Wakayama |
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 | ||||
| Tsubaki | Local | Shirahama | ||
History
editKii-Tonda Station opened on December 20, 1933. 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 47 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
Surrounding Area
edit- Tonda River
- Shirahama Municipal Tomita Junior High School
- Shirahama Municipal Minami Shirahama 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. 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 Kii-Tonda Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Kii-Tonda Station (West Japan Railway) (in Japanese)
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