History
Nakaiburi Station opened on 1 May 1957 as a new stop on the Japanese National Railways Wakayama Line between Kōyaguchi and Myōji, intended only for diesel railcar passenger traffic and from the outset operated as an unstaffed halt. With the privatisation of Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987 the station came under the West Japan Railway Company. A station plaza opened in March 2016, and on 14 March 2020 ICOCA support was added — though only as an exit-only validator, so passengers must tap on the train when boarding. The station is a simple single-platform halt; the platform sits in a cutting and is entered from the road by descending into it.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Murals on the platform waiting shelter were painted by pupils at Wakayama Prefectural Kihoku Agricultural High School and unveiled on 24 June 2014 as part of the Wakayama Line Revitalisation Committee's station-painting project.