History
Nakano Station opened on 29 March 1989 with the transfer of JR East's Ashio Line to the third-sector Watarase Keikoku Railway.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-22.
Notes
Nakano is an unstaffed station with a single side platform laid on a curve and no parking lot, though a bicycle stand sits beneath the Kiryū end of the platform. Most use is local, but the Watarase River nearby brings in a few anglers; an old Marumiya vending-machine 'auto restaurant' near the station still operates its working Fuji-Electric Nixie-tube noodle vending machines and a toast-sandwich vendor.