Minami-Nakagō Station

Minami-Nakagō Station (南中郷駅, Minami-Nakagō-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Minami-Nakagō Station 南中郷駅
Minami-Nakagō Station, April 2017
General information
Location	Minami-Nakagō-cho Onoyasahi 238, Kitaibaraki-shi, Ibaraki-ken 319-1555 Japan
Coordinates	36.7533°N 140.7290°E / 36.7533; 140.7290
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Jōban Line
Distance	167.0 km from Nippori
Platforms	1 side platform
Other information
Status	unmanned station
Website	Official website
History
Opened	18 March 1910; 114 years ago (1910-03-18)
Passengers
FY2021	465 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Takahagi towards Shinagawa Jōban Line Local-Futsuu Isohara towards Sendai
Location Minami-Nakagō Station Location within Ibaraki Prefecture Show map of Ibaraki Prefecture Minami-Nakagō Station Minami-Nakagō Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Minami-Nakagō Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 167.0 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station.

Station layout

The station consists of one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is Unstuffed.

Platforms

1	■ Jōban Line	for Takahagi, Hitachi, Katsuta, Mito, Tomobe, Ishioka and Tsuchiura
2	■ Jōban Line	for Isohara, Iwaki, Tomioka, Namie and Haranomachi

History

Minami-Nakagō Station was opened on 1 February 1910 as a freight station to serve nearby coal mines, and began passenger operations on 18 March 1910. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. A new station building was completed in March 2014.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 553 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surrounding area

• Minami-Nakagō Post Office
• National Route 6

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

External links

Media related to Minami-Nakagō Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Station information JR East Station Information (in Japanese)