Minami-Nakagō Station
# 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).

## 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).

## Surrounding area

* Minami-Nakagō Post Office
* National Route 6
