Wakayamako

Known weekday departures: 14/day · Known Sat & holiday departures: 11/day

First / last known departure (weekday): 5:41 / 21:25

Busiest hour (known departures): 8:00–9:00 (2)

0:00 ─ 23:00

Figures are the departures known from the timetable data, not a count of today's actual service.

Timetable data as of 2 May 2026 (retrieved in spring/summer 2026).

• Nankai Wakayamako Line: Wakayamashi

Wakayamakō Station opened on 6 March 1971 as the second-generation Wakayamakō Station, replacing an earlier 1956 station of the same name (later renamed Chikkō-chō) when the ferry terminal at Wakayama Port was relocated and the Wakayamako Line was extended to Suiken. The section onward from Wakayamakō to Suiken closed on 26 May 2002, leaving the station as the line's terminus. The station was made unstaffed on 1 April 2012, when station numbering NK45-1 was introduced; on the same day it stopped handling Limited Express Southern reserved-seat tickets and ended the sale and exchange of Surutto Kansai 3-day tickets. Built into an embankment with the concourse on the second floor and an island platform on the third, the station connects directly to the Nankai Ferry terminal.

Five minutes before each Nankai Ferry departure, the station plays "Rouge no Dengon", with "Cécile no Shūmatsu" used for transfer announcements between train and ferry.