is a passenger

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in located in the town of

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, Higashimuro District,

Wakayama Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Wakayama Prefecture has a population of 876,030 () and a geographic area of . Wakayama Prefecture borders Osaka Prefecture to the north, and Mie Prefecture and Nara Prefecture to ...

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, operated by

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(JR West).

Lines

Kii-Temma Station is served by the

Kisei Main Line 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 Cen ...

(Kinokuni Line), and is located 193.9 kilometers from the

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of the line at Kameyama Station and 13.7 kilometers from .

Station layout

The station consists of a single

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serving one bi-directional track. The station is unattended.

Adjacent stations

, - !colspan=5, West Japan Railway Company (JR West)

History

Kii-Temma Station opened as on the Shingu Railway on December 4, 1912. On December 4, 1917, the name was changed to . The Shingu Railway was nationalized on July 1, 1934, at which time the name was changed to its present name. With the privatization of the

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(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 42 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding Area

* Nachi beach * Nachikatsuura Municipal Nachi Junior High School * Nachi Tenma Post Office * Nachikatsuura Town Gymnasium * Nachikatsuura Town Hot Spring Hospital

References

External links

Kii-Temma Station (West Japan Railway)
Railway stations in Wakayama Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1912 Nachikatsuura Kisei Main Line {{Wakayama-railstation-stub