Kainan Station | |
Native Name: | 海南駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Type: | JR-West commuter rail station |
Address: | 187-8 Nataka, Kainan-shi, Wakayama-ken 642-0032 |
Country: | Japan |
Owned: | West Japan Railway Company |
Operator: | West Japan Railway Company |
Line: | Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line) |
Distance: | 370.5km (230.2miles) from 190.3km (118.2miles) from |
Platforms: | 2 island platforms |
Tracks: | 4 |
Train Operators: | West Japan Railway Company |
Structure: | At grade |
Status: | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) |
Opened: | [1] |
Former: | Hikatamachi (to 1936) |
Electrified: | 1978[2] |
Passengers: | 2802 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Wakayama Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Kainan Station |
Services Collapsible: | yes |
is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Kainan, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Kainan Station is served by the Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line), and is located 370.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kameyama Station and 190.3 kilometers from .
The station consists of two elevated island platforms with the station building underneath. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
|-!colspan=5|West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
Kainan Station opened on February 28, 1924 as . It was renamed to its present name on July 1, 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. The tracks were elevated and the station rebuilt in 1988.
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 2802 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]