Tainose Station

34°14′31″N 135°13′47″E / 34.2419°N 135.2296°E / 34.2419; 135.2296Owned by West Japan Railway CompanyOperated by West Japan Railway CompanyLine(s) T  Wakayama LineDistance82.9 km (51.5 mi) from Ōji Platforms2 side platformsTracks2Train operators West Japan Railway CompanyOther informationStatusUnstaffedWebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened4 May 1898 (1898-05-04)Previous namesIwase (to 1899)PassengersFY2019330 daily

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

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

Tainose Station (田井ノ瀬駅, Tainose-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

Tainose Station is served by the Wakayama Line, and is located 82.9 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
Senda		Local		Wakayama

Tainose Station opened on May 4,1898 as Iwase Station (岩橋駅) on the Kiwa Railway. It was renamed to its present name on January 15, 1899.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 330 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

• Wakayama City Nishiwasa Elementary School

• List of railway stations in Japan

Media related to Tainose Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Tainose Station Official Site