Kii-Sano Station

Kii-Sano Station (紀伊佐野駅) is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Shingū, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

Lines
Kii-Sano Station is served by the Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line), and is located 186.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kameyama Station and 6.4 kilometers from Shingū.

Station layout
The station consists of a single island platform connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is unattended.

Adjacent stations
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History
Kii-Sano Station opened as Sanomura Teiryujo (佐野村停留場) on the Shingu Railway on March 1, 1913, and was upgraded to a full station named Sanomura Station (佐野村駅) on April 17, 1913. The Shingu Railway was nationalized on July 1, 1934, and the station was renamed Akitsuno Station (津野駅). It was renamed again to its present name on April 1, 1942. In August 1945, the Tomoegawa Paper Mill Shingu Factory began operation, with a freight spur line to this station. 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 (JR West) and the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight). Freight operations were terminated from March 16, 1996.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 229 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding Area

 * Wakayama Prefectural Shinsho High School
 * Sano River
 * Sano River