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
LocationMinami-Nakagō-cho Onoyasahi 238, Kitaibaraki-shi, Ibaraki-ken 319-1555
Japan
Coordinates36.7533°N 140.7290°E / 36.7533; 140.7290
Operated by JR East
Line(s)■ Jōban Line
Distance167.0 km from Nippori
Platforms1 side platform
Other information
StatusStaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened18 March 1910
Passengers
FY2019553 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Takahagi
toward Shinagawa
 Jōban Line
Local-Futsuu
 Isohara
toward Sendai
Location
Minami-Nakagō Station
Location within Ibaraki Prefecture
Minami-Nakagō Station
Minami-Nakagō Station (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 staffed.

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

See also

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.

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