Nakane Station
railway station in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan
Nakane Station (中根駅, Nakane-eki) is a passenger railway station on the Minato Line in the city of Hitachinaka, Ibaraki, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Hitachinaka Seaside Railway.
Lines
Nakane Station is served by the 14.3 kilometres (8.9 mi) single-track Hitachinaka Seaside Railway Minato Line from Katsuta to Ajigaura, and lies 4.8 kilometres (3.0 mi) from the starting point of the line at Katsuta.
Station layout
The station is unstaffed and consists of a single side platform with a simple passenger waiting shelter.
History
Nakane Station opened on 16 July 1931.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 22 passengers daily.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6960259. Authority coordinates are 36.368, 140.562. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1931 and 2011.
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This entry incorporates text from “Nakane Station” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.