| Kisei Main Line | |
| Other Name: | Kinokuni Line (JR West: Shingū - Wakayama) |
| Native Name: | 紀勢本線 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Color: | f77321 |
| Color2: | 0073bc |
| Image Alt: | image |
| Type: | Heavy rail |
| System: | Urban Network (Wakayama - Wakayamashi) |
| Status: | In operation |
| Locale: | Mie Prefecture, Wakayama Prefecture |
| Start: | Kameyama |
| End: | Wakayamashi |
| Stations: | 96 |
| Open: | 21 August 1891 |
| Owner: | JR Central, JR West, Nankai Electric Railway |
| Operator: | JR Central, JR West, JR Freight |
| Character: | Both urban and rural |
| Stock: | JR Central: KiHa 25 series, KiHa 75 series DMU, HC85 series DEMU JR West: 283 series, 287 series, 289 series, 223 series, 225 series, 227 series EMU |
| Linelength: | 384.2km (238.7miles) |
| Tracks: | Single track and double track sections |
| Electrification: | None (Kameyama-Shingū) 1,500 V DC (Shingū–Wakayamashi) |
| Speed: | 110 km/h (68 mph) |
| Map State: | collapsed |
The is a railway line that parallels the coastline of the Kii Peninsula in Japan between Mie Prefecture and Wakayama Prefecture. The name takes the kanji characters from the names of the old provinces of and .
The line is operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) from Kameyama, the eastern terminus, to Shingū, and by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) from Shingū to Wakayamashi, the western terminus. The segment between Shingū and Wakayama is nicknamed as the, after the alternate name of the Kii Province.
The line has connections with through service, to the Kansai Main Line for Nagoya via the Ise Railway, and to the Hanwa Line at Wakayama for Osaka.
The Nanki limited express runs between and or with 4 return workings a day via the Ise Railway. The Kuroshio limited express runs between // and with 15 return workings a day.
The line is generally divided to four parts for local services, by Shingū,,, and .
| Station | Japanese | Distance (km) | Transfers | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 亀山 | 0.0 | Kansai Main Line | Mie | ||
| Shimonoshō | 下庄 | 5.5 | |||
| 一身田 | 12.1 | Tsu | |||
| 津 | 15.5 | Ise Railway Ise Line (12, some through service from Nagoya) Kintetsu Nagoya Line (E39) | |||
| 阿漕 | 19.3 | ||||
| Takachaya | 高茶屋 | 23.4 | |||
| Rokken | 六軒 | 29.1 | Matsusaka | ||
| Matsusaka | 松阪 | 34.6 | Meishō Line (some through service from Ise-Okitsu) Kintetsu Yamada Line (M64) | ||
| Tokuwa | 徳和 | 37.6 | |||
| Taki | 多気 | 42.5 | Sangū Line (some through service to Iseshi and Toba) | Taki, Taki | |
| 相可 | 46.4 | ||||
| Sana | 佐奈 | 49.6 | |||
| Tochihara | 栃原 | 55.1 | Ōdai, Taki | ||
| Kawazoe | 川添 | 60.8 | |||
| Misedani | 三瀬谷 | 67.9 | |||
| Takihara | 滝原 | 73.0 | |||
| Aso | 阿曽 | 77.1 | Taiki, Watarai | ||
| Ise-Kashiwazaki | 伊勢柏崎 | 82.2 | |||
| Ōuchiyama | 大内山 | 86.9 | |||
| Umegadani | 梅ヶ谷 | 89.5 | |||
| Kii-Nagashima | 紀伊長島 | 98.4 | Kihoku, Kitamuro | ||
| Minose | 三野瀬 | 105.9 | |||
| Funatsu | 船津 | 112.2 | |||
| Aiga | 相賀 | 116.6 | |||
| Owase | 尾鷲 | 123.3 | Owase | ||
| Ōsoneura | 大曽根浦 | 127.4 | |||
| Kuki | 九鬼 | 134.4 | |||
| Mikisato | 三木里 | 138.5 | |||
| Kata | 賀田 | 142.6 | |||
| Nigishima | 二木島 | 146.8 | Kumano | ||
| Atashika | 新鹿 | 150.8 | |||
| Hadasu | 波田須 | 153.2 | |||
| Ōdomari | 大泊 | 155.2 | |||
| Kumanoshi | 熊野市 | 157.6 | |||
| Arii | 有井 | 159.6 | |||
| Kōshiyama | 神志山 | 164.1 | Mihama, Minamimuro | ||
| Kii-Ichigi | 紀伊市木 | 165.6 | |||
| Atawa | 阿田和 | 168.4 | |||
| Kii-Ida | 紀伊井田 | 173.8 | Kihō, Minamimuro | ||
| Udono | 鵜殿 | 176.6 | |||
| Shingū | 新宮 | 180.2 | Shingū | Wakayama | |
| Station | Japanese | Distance (km) | Transfers | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shingū | 新宮 | 180.2 | Shingū | Wakayama | |
| Miwasaki | 三輪崎 | 184.9 | |||
| Kii-Sano | 紀伊佐野 | 186.6 | |||
| Ukui | 宇久井 | 188.7 | Nachikatsuura, Higashimuro | ||
| Nachi | 那智 | 193.0 | |||
| Kii-Temma | 紀伊天満 | 193.9 | |||
| Kii-Katsuura | 紀伊勝浦 | 195.1 | |||
| Yukawa | 湯川 | 197.8 | |||
| Taiji | 太地 | 199.9 | Taiji, Higashimuro | ||
| Shimosato | 下里 | 201.1 | Nachikatsuura, Higashimuro | ||
| Kii-Uragami | 紀伊浦神 | 205.0 | |||
| Kii-Tahara | 紀伊田原 | 209.9 | Kushimoto, Higashimuro | ||
| Koza | 古座 | 215.0 | |||
| Kii-Hime | 紀伊姫 | 218.9 | |||
| Kushimoto | 串本 | 221.8 | |||
| Kii-Arita | 紀伊有田 | 227.6 | |||
| Tanami | 田並 | 229.4 | |||
| Tako | 田子 | 233.7 | |||
| Wabuka | 和深 | 236.4 | |||
| Esumi | 江住 | 242.0 | Susami, Nishimuro | ||
| Mirozu | 見老津 | 245.0 | |||
| Susami | 周参見 | 254.0 | |||
| Kii-Hiki | 紀伊日置 | 261.2 | Shirahama, Nishimuro | ||
| Tsubaki | 椿 | 267.3 | |||
| Kii-Tonda | 紀伊富田 | 272.5 | |||
| Shirahama | 白浜 | 275.4 | |||
| Asso | 朝来 | 279.7 | Kamitonda, Nishimuro | ||
| Kii-Shinjō | 紀伊新庄 | 283.2 | Tanabe | ||
| Kii-Tanabe | 紀伊田辺 | 285.4 | |||
| Haya | 芳養 | 289.5 | |||
| Minabe | 南部 | 294.5 | Minabe, Hidaka | ||
| Iwashiro | 岩代 | 299.6 | |||
| Kirime | 切目 | 305.5 | Inami, Hidaka | ||
| Inami | 印南 | 309.3 | |||
| Inahara | 稲原 | 313.6 | |||
| Wasa | 和佐 | 320.4 | Hidakagawa, Hidaka | ||
| Dōjōji | 道成寺 | 324.7 | Gobō | ||
| Gobō | 御坊 | 326.3 | Kishū Railway Line | ||
| Kii-Uchihara | 紀伊内原 | 329.2 | Hidaka, Hidaka | ||
| Kii-Yura | 紀伊由良 | 334.5 | Yura, Hidaka | ||
| Hirokawa Beach | 広川ビーチ | 341.3 | Hirogawa, Arida | ||
| Yuasa | 湯浅 | 343.9 | Yuasa, Arida | ||
| Fujinami | 藤並 | 347.3 | Aridagawa, Arida | ||
| Kii-Miyahara | 紀伊宮原 | 351.2 | Arida | ||
| Minoshima | 箕島 | 355.6 | |||
| Hatsushima | 初島 | 358.1 | |||
| Shimotsu | 下津 | 361.1 | Kainan | ||
| Kamogō | 加茂郷 | 363.8 | |||
| Shimizuura | 冷水浦 | 367.7 | |||
| Kainan | 海南 | 370.5 | |||
| Kuroe | 黒江 | 372.3 | |||
| Kimiidera | 紀三井寺 | 375.9 | Wakayama | ||
| Miyamae | 宮前 | 378.8 | |||
| Wakayama | 和歌山 | 380.9 | Hanwa Line (R54, through service to Tennōji), Wakayama Line Kishigawa Line (01), Kisei Main Line | ||
| Station | Japanese | Distance (km) | Transfers | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wakayama | 和歌山 | 380.9 | Hanwa Line (R54, through service to Tennōji), Wakayama Line Kishigawa Line (01), Kinokuni Line | Wakayama | Wakayama |
| Kiwa | 紀和 | 382.7 | |||
| Wakayamashi | 和歌山市 | 384.2 | Nankai Kada Line (Kada Sakana Line), Nankai Main Line, Nankai Wakayamako Line (NK45) | ||
The line is composed of sections opened by four different railway companies, which were then nationalised and linked by the JGR/JNR.In 1891, the Kansai Railway opened the Kameyama to Tsu section, with the Sangu Railway opening the Tsu to Shoka section in 1893. At the western end, the Kiwa Railway opened the Wakayamashi to Wakayama section in 1903, and was acquired by the Kansai Railway the following year. The Kansai Railway and the Sangu Railway were nationalised in 1907. In 1912, the Shingu Railway opened the Kii-Katsuura to Miwasaki section, extending the line to Shingu the following year. The company was nationalised in 1934. On the eastern side of the Kii Peninsula, the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) extended the line from Shoka to Owase in sections between 1923 and 1934, whilst on the western side, it extended the line from Wakayama to Esumi in sections between 1924 and 1938. In 1935, the Kii-Katsuura to Taiji section was opened by JGR, extended to Kushimoto the following year, and to Esumi in 1940, providing a link to Wakayama and Osaka. The successor to JGR, the Japanese National Railways (JNR), opened the Owase to Shingu section in stages between 1956 and 1959, completing the line.
The Akogi to Takajaya section was double-tracked in 1909, with the Matsusaka to Tokuwa section double-tracked two years later. In 1944, both sections were returned to single track and the recovered materials recycled for the Japanese war effort. The Wakayama to Kii-Tanabe section was double-tracked in stages between 1964 and 1978.
The line was electrified between Wakayama and Shingu in 1978, with the Wakayama to Wakayamashi section being commissioned in 1984.
CTC signalling was commissioned between Wakayama and Shingu in 1978, and extended to Kameyama in 1983.
Freight services ceased in 1986.