Train service
Weekday departures: 46/day · Sat & holiday departures: 46/day
First / last train (weekday): 5:38 / 23:46
Busiest hour: 6:00–7:00 (5)
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0:00 ─ 23:00
Counts are departures in the timetable data shown on our live map.
Location
History
Ōtani Station is a JR West Wakayama Line stop in Ōtani, Katsuragi, Itō District, Wakayama. It opened on 1 October 1952 as a new Japanese National Railways Wakayama Line station between Myōji and Kaseda. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987 it passed to JR West, and ICOCA became usable on 14 March 2020. The station consists of a single side platform on the right side facing Wakayama, with no station building beyond direct platform access; because it is a single 'stick' track, both Wakayama-bound and Gojō-bound trains share the platform. Managed remotely from Hashimoto Station as an unstaffed stop, it has an automated ticket machine but no toilets.
Notes
Tickets issued at Ōtani once carried the prefix '(和)' — short for Wakayama — giving '(和)大谷' on the printout, to distinguish it from the same-kanji Ōtani Station on the Kesennuma Line in Miyagi.
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Last updated: 2026-05-24