Naka-Taku Station
# Naka-Taku Station

Naka-Taku Station (中多久駅, Naka-Taku-eki) is a railway station on the Karatsu Line operated by JR Kyushu located in Taku, Saga Prefecture, Japan.

## Lines

The station is served by the Karatsu Line and is located 13.6 km from the starting point of the line at Kubota.

## Station layout

The station consists of a side platform serving a single track. A simple prefabricated station building is unstaffed and houses a waiting room and an automatic ticket vending machine. A bike shed is located nearby.

* A view of the platforms and tracks.

## Adjacent stations

| ← | | Service | | → |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Karatsu Line |||||
| Higashi-Taku | Higashi-Taku | Local | Taku | Taku |

## History

Japanese National Railways (JNR) opened the station on 1 April 1964 as an additional station on the existing track of the Karatsu Line. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.

## Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 465 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 251st among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.

## Surrounding area

* Taku City Junior High School
* Naka-Taku Hospital
* Saga Women's College Hishinomi Kindergarten
* Taku City Hall
* Taku City Library
* Taku Post office
* Taku City Chūō Junior High School
* Saga Prefectural Taku High School
