Station

Kii-Gobo

紀伊御坊

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Kii-Gobo
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Timetable information

Departure data for this station is not available on this site.

Location

History

Kii-Gobō Station opened on 15 June 1931 as Gobōmachi Station (御坊町駅) on what is now the Kishū Railway Line, and was renamed to its current name a few days later. The present station building was completed on 21 September 1979, paid for in part by proceeds from a 50th-anniversary commemorative ticket. It is the directly-staffed headquarters station of the Kishū Railway, with the railway department's offices housed in the building. Although the station now has a single side platform, two sidings remain for inspection and storage of rolling stock, and a retired KiHa 603 railcar is preserved on site.

Notes

Tickets sold at Kii-Gobō include hardboard regular tickets and through-tickets onto the JR Kisei Main, Hanwa, Wakayama and Osaka Loop lines — a range not available at Gobō Station, the JR West-operated interchange at the start of the line.

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