Nankai Wakayamakō Line

Track gauge:

1067

Voltage:

1500 DC

NK01 Namba

Nankai Main Line

JR West: Kisei Main Line

Wakayama Depot

0.0

NK45 Wakayamashi

Wakayama Tramway Line (Kainan Line)

Kitajima Branch

Wakayamakō Line

Owned by Nankai

0.8

Prefecture-Company Boundary(Kubochō)

Owned by Wakayama Prefecture

1.5

Tsukijibashiabandoned in 2005

2.3

Chikkōchōabandoned in 2005

Wakayamako (First)-1971

2.8

NK45-1 Wakayamakō (Second)1971-

5.4

Suikenabandoned in 2002

The Wakayamakō Line (和歌山港線, Wakayamakō-sen^?) is a railway line operated by Japanese private railway company Nankai Electric Railway that runs in Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, between Wakayamashi and Wakayamakō stations.

The purpose of the line is to provide a railway link to Wakayama Port that has ferry service to Tokushima in Shikoku. The line is jointly owned by Nankai and Wakayama Prefecture.

Opened in 1956 by Nankai from Wakayamashi to later Chikkōchō (then Wakayamakō) for rail connection to its ferry to Shikoku. In 1971 the line was extended to Suiken via present Wakayamakō, by Wakayama Prefecture for the expansion of the port and to provide freight access to then planned lumber transport. The section between Wakayamakō and Suiken was closed in 2002, until then freight train had never operated. The stations between Wakayamashi and Wakayamakō were abandoned in 2005 due to few passengers, then Kubochō Station was renamed the "Prefecture-Company Boundary" (県社分界点, Ken-sha Bunkai ten^?).

All trains are operated for the connection to and from Nankai Ferry.

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