Nakaminato Station

Nakaminato Station 那珂湊駅
Nakaminato Station, May 2011
Location	Shakamachi, Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki-ken 311-1225 Japan
Operated by	■ Hitachinaka Seaside Railway
Line(s)	■ Minato Line
Construction
Structure type	at grade
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	www.hitachinaka-rail.co.jp/station/nakaminato.html
History
Opened	25 December 1913
Traffic
Passengers	492 per day (FY2011)

Nakaminato Station (那珂湊駅 Nakaminato-eki) is a railway station on the Minato Line in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Hitachinaka Seaside Railway.

Lines

Nakaminato Station is served by the 14.3 km single-track Hitachinaka Seaside Railway Minato Line from Katsuta to Ajigaura, and lies 8.2 km from the starting point of the line at Katsuta.^[1]

Station layout

The station is staffed and consists of a one side platform and one island platform, serving three tracks. It is the only station on the line which is fully staffed. The line's maintenance depot adjoins the station.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Minato Line
Takadano-tekkyō		-	Tonoyama

History

Nakaminato Station opened on 25 December 1913^[1] as a station on the Minato Railway.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 492 passengers daily.^[1]

Surrounding area

• center of former Nakaminato city
• Nakaminato Post Office
• Nakagawa River
• Nakaminato fishing port

References

1. Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 207. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.

External links

• Hitachinaka Seaside Railway station information (Japanese)

Coordinates: 36°20′41″N 140°35′17″E / 36.3447°N 140.5880°E