| Minami-Nobeoka Station | |
| Native Name: | 南延岡駅 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Symbol Location: | jp |
| Symbol: | jrk |
| Style: | JR Kyushu |
| Address: | Hamamachi, Nobeoka-shi, Miyazaki-ken 882-0862 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 32.5594°N 131.6767°W |
| Operator: | |
| Line: | Nippō Main Line |
| Distance: | 259.6 km from |
| Platforms: | 1 side + 1 island platform |
| Tracks: | 3 + multiple sidings |
| Structure: | At grade |
| Parking: | Available |
| Bicycle: | Designated parking area for bikes |
| Status: | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) |
| Passengers: | 837 daily |
| Pass Year: | FY2016 |
| Pass Rank: | 187th (among JR Kyushu stations) |
| Map Type: | Japan Miyazaki Prefecture#Japan |
| Map Dot Label: | Minami-Nobeoka Station |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a railway station in Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nippō Main Line.[1] It is also a freight depot for JR Freight.
The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 259.6 km from the starting point of the line at .
The station consists of a side platform and an island platform serving three tracks at grade set within a largely industrial area. The platforms are connected by an elevated station building. A Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office and waiting area are located on the second level. After the ticket gate, a short flight of steps leads up to concourse which gives access to the platforms. Multiple sidings, mostly for freight trains, are located east and west of the platforms. On the west side, among the sidings, a private leased line branches off towards the industrial plant of the Asahi Kasei chemical corporation.[2] [3] [4]
Management of the passenger facilities at the station has been outsourced to the JR Kyushu Tetsudou Eigyou Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of JR Kyushu specialising in station services. It staffs the ticket window which is equipped with a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[5] [6]
In 1913, the had opened a line from northwards to Hirose (now closed). After the Miyazaki Prefectural Railway was nationalized on 21 September 1917, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) undertook the subsequent extension of the track as part of the then Miyazaki Main Line, reaching Tomitaka (now) by 11 October 1921. In the next phase of expansion, the track was extended to Minami-Nobeoka, which opened as the new northern terminus on 11 February 1922. It became a through-station on 1 May 1922 when the track was extended to . Expanding north in phases and joining up with other networks, the track eventually reached and the entire stretch from Kokura through this station to Miyakonojō was redesignated as the Nippō Main Line on 15 December 1923. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.[7]
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 837 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 187th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[8]
The JR Freight depot handles container cargo that departs from and arrives at the dedicated freight lines. There is a dedicated line leading to Asahi Kasei (formerly Asahi Kasei Chemicals factory), and liquefied chlorine is shipped using container cars and tank containers. The main transportation was for the Mitsui Chemicals Omuta Factory, which is connected to Omuta Station, but rail transportation for the factory ended in May 2020. From the north side, a dedicated line leads to the Asahi Kasei Atago factory, and container cars also enter the line.