Minami-Nakagō Station

Minami-Nakagō Station 南中郷駅
File:Jr east-minaminakagostation.jpg Minami-Nakagō Station, March 2014
Location	Minami-Nakagō-cho Onoyasahi 238, Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki （茨城県北茨城市中郷町小野矢指238） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Jōban Line
History
Opened	1910
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014)	602 daily

Minami-Nakagō Station (南中郷駅, Minami-Nakagō-eki) is a JR East railway station located in Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture, 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

Minami-Nakagō Station has one island platform connected to the station building by an overhead passageway. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi ticket office.

Platforms

1	■ Jōban Line	for Hitachi, Mito and Ueno
2	■ Jōban Line	for Iwaki

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Joban Line
Rapid: no stop
Takahagi		Local		Isohara

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.

Surrounding area

• Minami-Nakagō Post Office
• Japan National Route 6

External links

• Station information JR East Station Information (Japanese)