Kazusa-Nakano Station

Kazusa-Nakano Station

上総中野駅
Kazusa-Nakano Station; 上総中野駅
	Kazusa-Nakano Station, August 2021
General information
Location	61 Horikiri, Ōtaki, Isumi, Chiba; （千葉県夷隅郡大多喜町堀切61）; Japan
Operated by	Kominato Railway; Isumi Railway;
Line(s)	Kominato Line; Isumi Line;
History
Opened	1928
Services

Kazusa-Nakano Station (上総中野駅, Kazusa-Nakano-eki) is a railway station in Ōtaki, Chiba, Japan, jointly operated by the Isumi Railway Company and Kominato Railway Company.

Lines

Kazusa-Nakano Station is served by the Isumi Line and Kominato Line. It is located 26.8 km from the eastern terminus of the Izumi Line at Ōhara Station, and 39.1 km from the western terminus of the Kominato Line at Goi Station.

Station layout

Kazusa-Nakano Station has two side platforms, each serving bidirectional traffic; one platform is for the Isumi Line, and the other for the Kominato Line. The station is unstaffed.

Platforms

1	■ Kominato Line	for Yōrōkeikoku, Kazusa-Ushiku, and Goi
2	■ Isumi Line	for Ōhara and Ōtaki

History

Kazusa-Nakano Station was opened on May 16, 1928 as a station on the Kominato Line.^[1] On August 26, 1934, the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) Kihara Line, the predecessor of the Isumi Line, began operations from Kazusa-Nakano Station.^[1] The Kihara Line became part of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) after World War II, and freight operations were discontinued from October 1, 1974. With the division and privatization of the Japan National Railways on April 1, 1987, the Kihara Line was acquired by the East Japan Railway Company and was renamed the Isumi Line on March 24, 1988. In 1989, Kazusa-Nakano station's station structure underwent reconstruction.