The Wakayama Line (和歌山線, Wakayama-sen) is a railway line that links Nara Prefecture to Wakayama Prefecture in Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It connects Ōji Station on the Yamatoji Line to Wakayama Station on the Hanwa Line and Kisei Main Line, with through train service to JR Namba via the Yamatoji Line and to Nara via the Sakurai Line.

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Wakayama Line
227-1000 series at Ōji Station
Overview
Locale	Nara, Wakayama prefectures
Termini	Ōji Wakayama
Stations	36
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Operator(s)	JR West
Rolling stock	201 series, 221 series, 227-1000 series EMUs
History
Opened	1896
Technical
Line length	87.5 km (54.4 mi)
Number of tracks	Fully single-track
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC (overhead catenary)
Operating speed	85 km/h (53 mph)
Signalling	Automatic closed block
Train protection system	ATS-SW

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• 227 series (from Spring 2019, with through services to the Sakurai Line)
• 221 series (only through rapid services to JR Namba via the Yamatoji Line)
• 201 series (only some through services to the Yamatoji Line)

The section between Oji and Takada was opened in 1891 by the Osaka Railway. The Minami Kazu Railway opened the Takada to Yoshinoguchi section in 1896, and extended the line to Gojo in 1898, the same year the Kiwa Railway opened the Gojo to Hashimoto section, extending it to Wakayama in 1900, the year the Osaka Railway merged with the Kansai Railway.^{[citation needed]}

The line was electrified in 1980.^{[citation needed]}

• List of railway lines in Japan