Hashimoto Station (Wakayama)

Hashimoto Station 橋本駅
General information
Location	4-51, Kosada Itchome, Hashimoto-shi, Wakayama-ken 648-0065 Japan
Coordinates	34°19′5.12″N 135°36′53.69″E / 34.3180889°N 135.6149139°E / 34.3180889; 135.6149139
Operated by	West Japan Railway Company Nankai Electric Railway
Line(s)	T  Wakayama Line Kōya Line
Platforms	2 island + 1 side platform
Connections	Bus terminal
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
Station code	NK77 (Nankai)
History
Opened	11 April 1898 (1898-04-11)
Passengers
FY2019	7544 daily (JR) 7544 Nankai
Location Hashimoto Station Location within Wakayama Prefecture Show map of Wakayama Prefecture Hashimoto Station Hashimoto Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Hashimoto Station (橋本駅, Hashimoto-eki) is an interchange passenger railway station located in the city of Hashimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and the private Nankai Electric Railway.

Hashimoto Station is served by the Wakayama Line and is located 45.1 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Ōji Station. It is also served by the Nankai Kōya Line, and is located 44.7 kilometers from the terminus of that line at Shiomibashi Station and 44.0 kilometers from Namba Station.

The station consists of two island platforms and one side platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The side platform and the south island platform are used for the JR Wakayama Line (tracks 1, 2, 3). The north island platform is used by the Nankai Railway Kōya Line (tracks 4, 5). The station is staffed and has a Midori no Madoguchi ticket office.

Hashimoto Station opened on 11 April 1898 as a station on the Kiwa Railway. The Kiwa Railway became part of the Kansai Railway in 1904, which was nationalized in 1907. On 11 March 1915, the Takano Mountain Railway connected to Hashimoto Station, and changed its name to the Osaka Takano Railway a month later. The Osaka Takano Railway merged with the Nankai Railway Company in 1922. In 1944, the Nankai Railway was forced to merge with Kintetsu per Japanese government orders. A freight train stopped at the station was bombed on 24 July 1945 by US military aircraft in World War II, resulting in five fatalities. In 1947, the Nankai Railway was spun out by Kintetsu to become an independent company once again.

In fiscal 2019, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 2209 passengers daily (boarding passengers only) and the Nankai portion of the station was used by 7544 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). .^[1]

• Hashimoto City Hall
• Wakayama Prefectural Kosadaoka Junior High School / Hashimoto High School
• Hashimoto City Hashimoto Junior High School
• Mount Koya

• List of railway stations in Japan

Media related to Hashimoto Station (Wakayama) at Wikimedia Commons

• JR West Hashimoto Station Official Site
• Nankai Hashimoto Station Official Site

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