Kisei Main Line

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Kisei Main Line
JR Central (left) and JR West (right) trains meet at the boundary, Shingū Station
Overview
Other name(s)	Kinokuni Line (JR West: Shingū–Wakayama)
Native name	紀勢本線
Status	In operation
Owner	JR Central, JR West, Nankai Electric Railway
Locale	Mie Prefecture, Wakayama Prefecture
Termini	Kameyama Wakayamashi
Stations	96
Service
Type	Heavy rail
System	Urban Network (Wakayama–Wakayamashi)
Operator(s)	JR Central, JR West, JR Freight
Rolling stock	JR Central: KiHa 25 series, KiHa 75 series DMU, HC85 series DEMU JR West: 283 series, 287 series, 289 series, 223 series, 225 series, 227 series EMU
History
Opened	21 August 1891
Technical
Line length	384.2 km (238.7 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track and double track sections
Character	Both urban and rural
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	None (Kameyama-Shingū) 1,500 V DC (Shingū–Wakayamashi)
Operating speed	110 km/h (68 mph)
Route map

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Legend
km Kansai Main Line ↑JR West ↓JR Central 0.0 Kameyama Kansai Main Line Suzuka River 5.5 Shimonoshō 12.1 Ishinden Nagoya Kintetsu Nagoya Line & Ise Line 15.5 Tsu Tsu-Shimmachi Kintetsu Nagoya Line 19.3 Akogi Chūsei Railway 23.4 Takachaya 29.1 Rokken Kintetsu Yamada Line Ise Electric Railway Meishō Line 34.6 Matsusaka Mie Electric Railway Kintetsu Yamada Line 37.6 Tokuwa Ise Electric Railway 42.5 Taki Sangū Line 46.4 Ōka 49.6 Sana 55.1 Tochihara 60.8 Kawazoe 67.9 Misedani 73.0 Takihara 77.1 Aso 82.2 Ise-Kashiwazaki 86.9 Ōuchiyama 89.5 Umegadani Nisaka Tunnel 98.4 Kii-Nagashima 105.9 Minose 112.2 Funatsu 116.6 Aiga 123.3 Owase 127.4 Ōsoneura 134.4 Kuki 138.5 Mikisato 142.6 Kata 146.8 Nigishima 150.8 Atashika 153.2 Hadasu 155.2 Ōdomari 157.6 Kumanoshi 159.6 Arii 164.1 Kōshiyama 165.6 Kii-Ichigi 168.4 Atawa 173.8 Kii-Ida 176.6 Udono Kumano River 180.2 Shingū ↑JR Central ↓JR West Kumanoji ( closed 1982 ) Hirosumi ( closed 1938 ) 184.9 Miwasaki 186.6 Kii-Sano 188.7 Ukui 379.1 Kushinokawa ( closed 1967 ) 193.0 Nachi 193.9 Kii-Temma 195.1 Kii-Katsuura 197.8 Yukawa 199.9 Taiji 201.1 Shimosato 205.0 Kii-Uragami 209.9 Kii-Tahara 215.0 Koza 218.9 Kii-Hime 221.8 Kushimoto 227.6 Kii-Arita 229.4 Tanami 233.7 Tako 236.4 Wabuka 242.0 Esumi 245.0 Mirozu 250.7 Futagoyama signal box 254.0 Susami 261.2 Kii-Hiki 267.3 Tsubaki 272.5 Kii-Tonda 275.4 Shirahama 279.7 Asso 283.2 Kii-Shinjō 285.4 Kii-Tanabe 289.5 Haya 294.5 Minabe 299.6 Iwashiro 305.5 Kirime 309.3 Inami 313.6 Inahara 320.4 Wasa 324.7 Dōjōji 326.3 Gobō Kishū Railway 329.2 Kii-Uchihara   2.0 Yurauchi ( closed 1968 ) 334.5 0.0 Kii-Yura 341.3 Hirokawa Beach 343.9 Yuasa 347.3 Fujinami Arida Railway 351.2 Kii-Miyahara 355.6 Minoshima 358.1 Hatsushima 361.1 Shimotsu 363.8 Kamogō 367.7 Shimizuura Nogami Electric Railway 370.5 Kainan Hikata 372.3 Kuroe 375.9 Kimiidera 378.8 Miyamae 379.1 Tebira ( closed 1941 ) 379.5 Wakayamasō Yard ( closed 1986 ) Kishigawa Line 380.9 Wakayama Wakayama Line Kii-Nakanoshima Tennōji Hanwa Line 382.7 Kiwa 383.2 Nankai Main Line 384.2 Wakayamashi Nankai Kada Line Nankai Wakayamakō Line km

The Kisei Main Line (紀勢本線, Kisei-honsen) is a railway line that parallels the coastline of the Kii Peninsula in Japan between Mie Prefecture and Wakayama Prefecture. The name takes the kanji characters from the names of the old provinces of Kii (紀伊) and Ise (伊勢).

The line is operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) from Kameyama, the eastern terminus, to Shingū, and by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) from Shingū to Wakayamashi, the western terminus. The segment between Shingū and Wakayama is nicknamed as the Kinokuni Line (きのくに線), after the alternate name of the Kii Province.

The line has connections with through service, to the Kansai Main Line for Nagoya via the Ise Railway, and to the Hanwa Line at Wakayama for Osaka.