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Wakayama Line

Wakayama Line
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JR West 105 - Wakayama-Line.jpg
A 105 series EMU on the Wakayama Line
Overview
Type Heavy rail
Locale Nara, Wakayama prefectures
Termini Ōji
Wakayama
Stations 36
Operation
Opened 1896
Owner JR West
Rolling stock 105 series, 103 series, 117 series, 221 series, 201 series EMUs
Technical
Line length 87.5 km (54.4 mi)
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification 1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Operating speed 85 km/h (53 mph)

The Wakayama Line (和歌山線 Wakayama-sen?) is a railway line that links Nara Prefecture to Wakayama Prefecture in Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It connects Ōji Station on the Yamatoji Line to Wakayama Station on the Hanwa Line and Kisei Main Line, with through train service to JR Namba via the Yamatoji Line and to Nara via the Sakurai Line.


The section between Oji and Takada was opened in 1891 by the Osaka Railway. The Minami Kazu Railway opened the Takada to Yoshinoguchi section in 1896, and extended the line to Gojo in 1898, the same year the Kiwa Railway opened the Gojo to Hashimoto section, extending it to Wakayama in 1900, the year the Osaka Railway merged with the Kansai Railway.

The line was electrified in 1980.


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