| Nakahanda Station | |
| Native Name: | 中判田駅 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Symbol Location: | jp |
| Symbol: | jrk |
| Style: | JR Kyushu |
| Address: | 871-876 Nakahanda, Ōita-shi, Ōita-ken, 870-1113 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 33.1644°N 131.6389°W |
| Operator: | JR Kyushu |
| Line: | Hōhi Main Line |
| Distance: | 136.3 km from |
| Platforms: | 1 island platform |
| Tracks: | 2 + 1 siding |
| Structure: | At grade |
| Bicycle: | Designated parking area for bikes |
| Accessible: | No - footbridge to island platform |
| Status: | Unmanned station Smart support station introduction station. |
| Passengers: | 950 daily |
| Pass Year: | FY2016 |
| Pass Rank: | 172nd (among JR Kyushu stations) |
| Map Type: | Japan Oita Prefecture#Japan |
| Map Dot Label: | Naka-Handa Station |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in Ōita City, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1]
The station is served by the Hōhi Main Line and is located 136.3 km from the starting point of the line at .
The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks. The station building is an old wooden structure and houses a waiting area, a staffed ticket window, a SUGOCA charge machine and a SUGOCA card reader. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge.[2] [3]
The station is unmanned, but there is an automatic ticket vending machine.
Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened the station on 1 April 1914 as the western terminus of its (later Inukai Line) from . Naka-Handa became a through-station on 1 September 1916 when the track was extended further west to . By 1928, the track had, extended west in phases, had linked up with the reaching eastwards from . On 2 December 1928, the entire track from Kumamoto through Naka-Handa to Ōita was designated as the Hōhi Main Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, Naka-Handa came under the control of JR Kyushu.
In September 2017, Typhoon Talim (Typhoon 18) damaged the Hōhi Main Line at several locations. Services between Aso and Naka-Handa were suspended and replaced by bus services. Rail services were resumed on 2 October 2017.[4]
JR Kyushu had planned to convert Naka-Handa (with several other stations in Ōita City) into an unstaffed, remotely-managed "Smart Support Station" by 17 March 2018 but after opposition from users, this was postponed, pending works to improve accessibility.[5] It was then introduced on July 1, 2023.[6]
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 950 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 172nd among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[7]