Timetable information
Weekday departures: 46/day · Sat & holiday departures: 46/day
First / last departure (weekday): 5:35 / 23:38
Busiest hour: 7:00–8:00 (5)
0:00 ─ 23:00
Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.
Timetable data as of 2 May 2026.
Adjacent stations
- JR Wakayama Line: Kii-Yamada ⇄ Nakaiburi
Location
History
Kōyaguchi Station opened on 29 March 1901 as Nakura Station on the Kiwa Railway, taking the name of the Nakura district where it was built and serving as a planned freight collection point along the Mount Kōya pilgrimage route. It was renamed to Kōyaguchi on 1 January 1903. The Kiwa Railway was sold to the Kansai Railway in 1904, and that line in turn was nationalised in 1907; the station became part of the Wakayama Line in 1909. Freight handling ended on 1 October 1971 and parcels on 1 February 1984. Privatisation on 1 April 1987 brought the station under JR West, and ICOCA was added on 14 March 2020; the station was de-staffed all day from 1 April 2022.
Notes
Despite the station's name pointing to Mount Kōya, the actual transfer point for Nankai's Kōyasan Station is two stops away at Hashimoto; Nankai's own Kudoyama Station, on the Kōya Line, sits about 3 km south of Kōyaguchi.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: Tomoarai · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-05-18