Minabe Station

{{short description|Railway station in Minabe, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Minabe Station

| native_name = 南部駅

| native_name_lang = ja

| symbol_location =

| symbol =

| type = JR-West commuter rail station

| image = Minabe Station01n200.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Minabe Station in February 2009

| address = 371-2 Shiba, Minabe-cho, Hidaka-gun, Wakayama-ken 645-0002

| country = Japan

| coordinates = {{Coord|33.7668|N|135.3242|E|type:railwaystation_region:JP|display=inline, title}}

| owned = 13px West Japan Railway Company

| operator = 13px West Japan Railway Company

| line = {{rbox|W||#00a6b4|#fff}} Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line)

| distance = {{convert|294.5|km|mile|abbr=on}} from {{STN|Kameyama|x|Mie}}
{{convert|114.3|km|mile|abbr=on}} from {{STN|Shingū|x}}

| platforms = 1 side + 1 island platform

| tracks = 3

| train_operators = 13px West Japan Railway Company

| bus_stands =

| connections =

| structure = At grade

| parking =

| bicycle =

| accessible = None

| code =

| zone =

| status = Unstaffed

| website = {{Official|1=https://www.jr-odekake.net/eki/top?id=0622069}}

| opened = {{Start date|1931|09|21|df=y}}{{Cite book|last = Sone|first = Satoru|script-title=ja: 週刊歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線国鉄・JR|editor=朝日新聞出版分冊百科編集部|publisher=Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc.|series=週刊朝日百科|volume=25号紀勢本線・参宮線・名松線|date=2010-01-10|pages=19–21}}

| former =

| closed =

| rebuilt =

| electrified = 1978『'88 JR西日本』西日本旅客鉄道,1988, p.97.

| passengers = 709 daily

| pass_year = FY2019

| map_type = Japan Wakayama Prefecture#Japan

| map_dot_label = Minabe Station

| pass_rank =

| services =

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{{J-rserv|service=Rapid|previous={{STN|Haya|x}}|next={{STN|Iwashiro|x}}|col=orange}}

|services_collapsible = yes

}}

File:Minabe Station open.jpg

{{Nihongo|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 {{STN|Shingū|x}}.

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=

{{ja-rail-line|pfn=1|first=2|nidx={{rbox|W||#00a6b4|#fff}} Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line)|lwidth=250 |dir=for {{STN|Wakayama|x}} and {{STN|Tennōji|x}}}}

{{ja-rail-line|pfn=2|nidx={{rbox|W||#00a6b4|#fff}} Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line) |dir=for {{STN|Wakayama|x}} and {{STN|Tennōji|x}}
{{STN|Kii-Tanabe|x}} and {{STN|Shingū|x}}}}

{{ja-rail-line|pfn=3|first=3|nidx={{rbox|W||#00a6b4|#fff}} Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line) |dir=for {{STN|Kii-Tanabe|x}} and {{STN|Shingū|x}}}}

Adjacent stations

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!colspan=5|West Japan Railway Company (JR West)

{{J-rserv|service=Limited Express Kuroshio|previous={{STN|Kii-Tanabe|x}}|next={{STN|Gobo|x}}|col=blue}}

{{J-rserv|service=Rapid|previous={{STN|Haya|x}}|next={{STN|Iwashiro|x}}|col=orange}}

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).{{cite web|url=https://www.pref.wakayama.lg.jp/prefg/020300/d00206820.html|script-title=ja:和歌山県統計年鑑（令和2年度刊行）|trans-title=Wakayama Prefectural Statistical Yearbook|year= 2020|publisher= Wakayama Prefecture|location= Japan|language= Japanese|archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate= 11 August 2021}}