is a passenger

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located in the town of Inagawa, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company

Nose Electric Railway The , occasionally abbreviated as Nose Railway or , is a Japanese private railway company headquartered in Kawanishi, Hyogo, which links several areas in the mountainous Nose, Osaka, area to Kawanishi-noseguchi Station in Kawanishi, where one can ...

."Nissei" is named after

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Lines

Nissei-chuo Station is served by a 2.6 kilometer Nissei Line, a

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of the

Myōken Line The , occasionally abbreviated as Nose Railway or , is a Japanese private railway company headquartered in Kawanishi, Hyogo, which links several areas in the mountainous Nose, Osaka, area to Kawanishi-noseguchi Station in Kawanishi, where one can ...

from , and is located 10.8 kilometers from . It is also the terminus of a 2.6 kilometer

to .

Station layout

The station consists of one

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and one

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connected by an elevated station building.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Nissei-chuo Station opened on 12 December 1978. It became an unstaffed station from 1 April 1991.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 10,623 passengers daily

Surrounding area

* Nissay Newtown *Inagawa Town Hall

References

External links

Nissei-chuo official home page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nissei-chuo Station Railway stations in Hyōgo Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1978 Stations of Nose Electric Railway