Nakata Station 中田駅 | |||||||||||||||
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Location | 13 Nakata-Yonemoto, Morita-chō, Tsugaru City, Aomori Prefecture 038-2814 Japan | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°47′14.53″N 140°21′51.86″E / 40.7873694°N 140.3644056°E | ||||||||||||||
Operated by | JR East | ||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Gonō Line | ||||||||||||||
Distance | 116.9 km (72.6 mi) from Higashi-Noshiro | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||||
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Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||||||
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Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||||||
Website | Official website (in Japanese) | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
Opened | 11 November 1956 | ||||||||||||||
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Nakata Station (中田駅, Nakata-eki) is a railway station located in the city of Tsugaru, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Nakata Station is a station on the Gonō Line, and is located 97.4 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Higashi-Noshiro.
Nakata Station has one side platform serving a single bi-directional track. There is no station building, only a small weather shelter on the platform. The station is unattended.
Nakata Station was opened on November 11, 1956 as a Japanese National Railways station in the former village of Morita, Nishitsugaru District. With the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the operational control of JR East.
The station is surrounded by rice fields, and Mount Iwaki is clearly visible from the platform.