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The is a railway line that runs along the southern 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 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 to Wakayama is known as the , after the alternate naming for the Kii Province.
The Kisei Line connects with the Kansai Main Line with through train service to Nagoya to the northeast, and with the Hanwa Line, which connects Wakayama to Osaka.

Contents

Basic data

Services

Stations

From Kameyama to Shingū

From Shingū to Wakayamashi

See Also

External links

Basic data

★ Operators, distances:

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★ Total distance: 384.2 km / 238.7 mi.

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★ Central Japan Railway Company (Services and tracks)

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★ Kameyama — Shingū: 180.2 km / 112.0 mi.

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★ West Japan Railway Company (Services and tracks)

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★ Shingū — Wakayamashi: 204.0 km / 126.8 mi.

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★ Japan Freight Railway Company (Services)

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★ Kameyama — Shingū: 180.2 km / 112.0 mi.

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★ Shingū — Kii-Sano: 6.4 km / 4.0 mi.

★ Gauge: 1067 mm / 3 ft. 6 in.

★ Stations: 96

★ Double-track line: Kii-Tanabe — Wakayama

★ Electric supply:

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★ Kameyama — Shingū: Not electrified

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★ Shingū — Wakayama — Wakayamashi: 1500 V DC

★ Railway signalling:

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★ Kameyama — Shingū: , a simplified automatic system.

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★ Shingū — Wakayama: Automatic

★ CTC center:

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★ Kameyama — Shingū: Tōkai Operation Control Center

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★ Shingū — Wakayamashi: Tennōji Operation Control Center

Services

The Limited express train runs betwen Nagoya and Kii-Katsuura 4 laps a day. , and run between Kyoto/Shin-Osaka/Tennōji and Shingū 16 laps a day.
The line is generally divided to five parts for local services, by Shingū, Kii-Tanabe, Gobō, and Wakayama.

Stations

From Kameyama to Shingū

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All trains stop at stations marked "●" and pass stations marked "-".

Station name	Japanese	Total dist. (km)	R	Transfers	Location
JR Central Kisei Main Line
Kameyama		0.0		JR Central, JR West: Kansai Main Line	Kameyama	Mie
Shimonoshō		5.5
Ishinden		12.1			Tsu
Tsu		15.5	●	Ise Railway: Ise Line Kintetsu: Nagoya Line
Akogi		19.3	-
Takachaya		23.4	-
Rokken		29.1	-		Matsusaka
Matsusaka		34.6	●	JR Central: Meishō Line Kintetsu: Yamada Line
Tokuwa		37.6	-
Taki		42.5	●	JR Central: Sangū Line	Taki, Taki
Ōka		46.4
Sana		49.6
Tochihara		55.1			Ōdai, Taki
Kawazoe		60.8
Misedani		67.9
Takihara		73.0
Aso		77.1			Taiki, Watarai
Ise-Kashiwazaki		82.2
Ōuchiyama		86.9
Umegadani		89.5
Kii-Nagashima		98.4			Kihoku, Kitamuro
Minose		105.9
Funatsu		112.2
Aiga		116.6
Owase		123.3			Owase
Ōsoneura		127.4
Kuki		134.4
Mikisato		138.5
Kata		142.6
Nigishima		146.8			Kumano
Atashika		150.8
Hadasu		153.2
Ōdomari		155.2
Kumanoshi		157.6
Arii		159.6
Kōshiyama		164.1			Mihama, Minamimuro
Kii-Ichigi		165.6
Atawa		168.4
Kii-Ida		173.8			Kihō, Minamimuro
Udono		176.6
Shingū		180.2			Shingū	Wakayama

From Shingū to Wakayamashi

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:'N': 2995M Local night train, from Wakayama to Kii-Tanabe
All trains stop at stations marked "●" and pass stations marked "-".

Station name	Japanese	Total dist. (km)	R	N	Transfers	Location
JR West Kinokuni Line (Kisei Main Line)
Shingū	新宮	180.2				Shingū	Wakayama
Miwasaki		184.9
Kii-Sano		186.6
Ukui		188.7				Nachikatsuura, Higashimuro
Nachi		193.0
Kii-Temma		193.9
Kii-Katsuura		195.1
Yukawa		197.8
Taiji		199.9				Taiji, Higashimuro
Shimosato		201.1				Nachikatsuura, Higashimuro
Kii-Uragami		205.0
Kii-Tahara		209.9				Kushimoto, Higashimuro
Koza		215.0
Kii-Hime		218.9
Kushimoto		221.8
Kii-Arita		227.6
Tanami		229.4
Tako		233.7
Wabuka		236.4
Esumi		242.0				Susami, Nishimuro
Mirozu		245.0
Futagoyama S.B.		250.7
Susami		254.0
Kii-Hiki		261.2				Shirahama, Nishimuro
Tsubaki		267.3
Kii-Tonda		272.5
Shirahama		275.4
Asso		279.7				Kamitonda, Nishimuro
Kii-Shinjō		283.2				Tanabe
Kii-Tanabe		285.4	●	●
Haya		289.5	●	-
Minabe		294.5	●	●		Minabe, Hidaka
Iwashiro		299.6	●	-
Kirime		305.5	●	-		Inami, Hidaka
Inami		309.3	●	●
Inahara		313.6	●	-
Wasa		320.4	●	-		Hidakagawa, Hidaka
Dōjōji		324.7	●	-		Gobō
Gobō		326.3	●	●	Kishū Railway: Kishū Railway Line
Kii-Uchihara		329.2	-	●		Hidaka, Hidaka
Kii-Yura		334.5	●	●		Yura, Hidaka
Hirokawa Beach		341.3	-	●		Hirogawa, Arida
Yuasa		343.9	●	●		Yuasa, Arida
Fujinami		347.3	●	●		Aridagawa, Arida
Kii-Miyahara		351.2	-	●		Arida
Minoshima		355.6	●	●
Hatsushima		358.1	-	●
Shimotsu		361.1	-	●		Kainan
Kamogō		363.8	●	●
Shimizuura		367.7	-	●
Kainan		370.5	●	●
Kuroe		372.3	●	●
Kimiidera		375.9	-	●		Wakayama
Miyamae		378.8	-	●
Wakayama		380.9	●	●	JR West: ■ Hanwa Line (Through service), Wakayama Line Wakayama Electric Railroad: Kishigawa Line
JR West Kisei Main Line
Wakayama	和歌山					Wakayama	Wakayama
Kiwa		382.7
Wakayamashi		384.2			Nankai: Nankai Main Line, Wakayamakō Line

See Also

★ List of railway lines in Japan

External links

★ JR Central official website

★ JR Central official website

★ JR West official website

★ JR West official website