is a passenger

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in located in the city of

Wakayama Wakayama may refer to: * Wakayama Prefecture, a prefecture of Japan * Wakayama (city), the capital city of Wakayama Prefecture, Japan * Wakayama Station, a train station in Wakayama, Wakayama * Wakayama University, a national university in Wakayama, ...

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 the private railway company Wakayama Electric Railway.

Lines

Sandō Station is served by the

Kishigawa Line is a railway line in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. It is the sole line of the Wakayama Electric Railway Co., Ltd. The 14.3 km route extends from Wakayama Station in the city of Wakayama, Wakayama, Wakayama to Kishi Station (Wakayama), Kishi St ...

, and is located 9.1 kilometers from the

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of the line at

Wakayama Station is an interchange passenger railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Ra ...

Station layout

The station consists of one

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms, ...

serving a single bi-directional track. There is no station building and the station is unattended.

Adjacent stations

History

Sandō Station opened on August 18, 1933 as . It was renamed to its present name in 1945. The station building was demolished in 1997.

Passenger statistics

Surrounding Area

*Wakayama City Hall Higashiyama Higashi Branch * Wakayama City Higashiyama Higashi Elementary School

References

External links

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Sandō Station timetable
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1933 Railway stations in Wakayama (city) Stations of Wakayama Electric Railway {{Wakayama-railstation-stub