Funato Station

34°14′55″N 135°18′42″E / 34.248489°N 135.311653°E / 34.248489; 135.311653Owned by West Japan Railway CompanyOperated by West Japan Railway CompanyLine(s) T  Wakayama LineDistance75.3 km (46.8 mi) from Ōji Platforms2 side platformsTracks2Train operators West Japan Railway CompanyOther informationStatusUnstaffedWebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened1 January 1899 (1899-01-01)PassengersFY2019256 daily

Services
Preceding station   JR-West   Following station Wakayama Line Rapid Service: Does not stop at this station Iwade   Local   Kii-Ogura

Location
Funato Station Location within Wakayama Prefecture Show map of Wakayama Prefecture Funato Station Funato Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Funato Station (船戸駅, Funato-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Iwade, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

Funato Station is served by the Wakayama Line, and is located 75.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Ōji Station.

The station consists of two opposed side platforms connected by an open footbridge. The station is unattended.

1	■  T  Wakayama Line	for Kokawa and Hashimoto
2	■  T  Wakayama Line	for Wakayama

«		Service	»
Wakayama Line
Rapid Service: Does not stop at this station
Iwade		Local		Kii-Ogura

Funato Station opened on January 1,1899 on the Kiwa Railway. The line was sold to the Kansai Railway in 1904, which was subsequently nationalized in 1907. 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.

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 256 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

• Omiya Shrine
• Iwade City Iwade Elementary School
• old Yamato Kaido
• Funatoyama Kofun

• List of railway stations in Japan

Media related to Funato Station (Wakayama) at Wikimedia Commons

• Funato Station Official Site