Minami-Nakago

Weekday departures: 49/day in the available timetable data · Sat & holiday departures: 49/day in the available timetable data

Earliest / latest departure in the available data (weekday): 5:59 / 23:22

Busiest hour in the available data: 7:00–8:00 (5)

0:00 ─ 23:00

Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.

Timetable data as of 3 May 2026.

The timetable data is incomplete for some or all lines at this station, so the weekday and Sat & holiday figures are departures in the available timetable data, not totals.

Lines where the timetable data is incomplete:

• JR Joban Line: timetable covers only part of the line

• JR Joban Line: Isohara ⇄ Takahagi

Minami-Nakagō Station opened on 1 February 1910 as a freight station serving nearby coal mines, and began passenger operations on 18 March 1910. The Jōban Coal Mine Nakagō-mine private line connected to the station from 15 September 1945 and ran 3.9 kilometres to the colliery, carrying coal until the mine closed in August 1971; the spur was formally abolished in 1975. Freight service ceased in 1983 and parcel handling in 1984. With the 1 April 1987 privatisation of Japanese National Railways the station passed to JR East. A new station building was completed in March 2014, the Midori no Madoguchi closed in 2018, and the station became fully unstaffed on 18 March 2023. It serves Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture and lies 167.0 kilometres from Nippori on the Jōban Line.

In the station's early years, many users mistakenly assumed it was called "Yasashi Station" after the local place name, and local residents petitioned for a name change on several occasions, but each request was rejected.