title: Nakata Station
text: # Nakata Station
  
  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).
  
  ## Lines
  
  Nakata Station is a station on the Gonō Line, and is located 97.4 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Higashi-Noshiro.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  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.
  
  ## History
  
  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.
  
  ## Surrounding area
  
  The station is surrounded by rice fields, and Mount Iwaki is clearly visible from the platform.
  
  * National Route 101
  