Kii

Weekday departures: 153/day · Sat & holiday departures: 153/day

First / last train (weekday): 5:07 / 24:39

Busiest hour: 7:00–8:00 (10)

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Counts are departures in the timetable data shown on our live map.

• JR Hanwa Line: Yamanakadani ⇄ Musota

Kii opened on 16 June 1930 when the Hanwa Electric Railway extended its line from Izumi-Fuchū to Hanwa-Higashi-Wakayama (now Wakayama). It became a Nankai Yamate Line station when Nankai absorbed Hanwa on 1 December 1940, and was nationalised on 1 May 1944, joining the Ministry of Transport's Hanwa Line. The 1987 break-up of Japanese National Railways transferred operation to JR West. Selected morning and evening rapid services began stopping there on 13 March 1988, and Kii became an all-day rapid stop when the Kishūji Rapid service began on 10 May 1999. ICOCA contactless ticketing was introduced on 1 November 2003, and the staffed Midori-no-Madoguchi closed on 18 March 2022. The station carries the line code JR-R51.

Because the line climbs over the Onoyama Pass through the Izumi Mountains, the 8.1-km gap between Kii and its northern neighbour Yamanaka-Dani is the longest inter-station distance on the Hanwa Line.