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Location
	Minabe Station Location within Wakayama Prefecture Minabe Station Minabe Station (Japan)

Minabe Station

南部駅
Minabe Station; 南部駅
JR-West commuter rail station
	Minabe Station in February 2009
General information
Location	371-2 Shiba, Minabe-cho, Hidaka-gun, Wakayama-ken 645-0002; Japan
Coordinates	33°46′00″N 135°19′27″E / 33.7668°N 135.3242°E
Owned by	West Japan Railway Company
Operated by	West Japan Railway Company
Line(s)	W Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line)
Distance	294.5 km (183.0 miles) from Kameyama; 114.3 km (71.0 miles) from Shingū
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Train operators	West Japan Railway Company
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Accessible	None
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	21 September 1931
Electrified	1978
Passengers
FY2019	709 daily
Services
W Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line)
	Limited Express Kuroshio: Does not stop at this station
Location
Location
	Minabe Station Location within Wakayama Prefecture Minabe Station Minabe Station (Japan)

Minabe Station (南部駅, Minabe-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the town of Minabe, Hidaka District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

Lines

Minabe Station is served by the Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line), and is located 294.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kameyama Station and 114.3 kilometers from Shingū.

Station layout

The station consists of one side platform and one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1	■ W Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line)	for Wakayama and Tennōji
2	■ W Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line)	for Wakayama and Tennōji Kii-Tanabe and Shingū
3	■ W Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line)	for Kii-Tanabe and Shingū

Adjacent stations

«	Service
West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
Kisei Main Line
Kii-Tanabe	Limited Express Kuroshio	Gobo
Haya	Rapid	Iwashiro
Haya	Local	Iwashiro

History

Minabe Station opened on September 21, 1931. 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.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 709 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[3]

Surrounding Area

National Route 42
Minabe Town Hall
Minabe Municipal Southern Elementary School
Minabe Municipal Southern Junior High School
Wakayama Prefectural Southern High School

References

^ Sone, Satoru (2010-01-10). 朝日新聞出版分冊百科編集部 (ed.). 週刊歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線国鉄・JR. 週刊朝日百科. Vol. 25号紀勢本線・参宮線・名松線. Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. pp. 19–21.
^ 『'88 JR西日本』西日本旅客鉄道,1988, p.97.
^ 和歌山県統計年鑑（令和2年度刊行） [Wakayama Prefectural Statistical Yearbook] (in Japanese). Japan: Wakayama Prefecture. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2021.

External links

Media related to Minabe Station at Wikimedia Commons

MInabe Station Official Site

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[sone25-1] Sone, Satoru (2010-01-10). 朝日新聞出版分冊百科編集部 (ed.). 週刊歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線国鉄・JR. 週刊朝日百科. Vol. 25号紀勢本線・参宮線・名松線. Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. pp. 19–21.

[2] 『'88 JR西日本』西日本旅客鉄道,1988, p.97.

[Wakayama2019stats-3] 和歌山県統計年鑑（令和2年度刊行） [Wakayama Prefectural Statistical Yearbook] (in Japanese). Japan: Wakayama Prefecture. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2021.

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Minabe Station