is a passenger railway station located in à Âita City, à Âita Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.
The station is served by the HÃ Âhi 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.
The station is unstaffed, 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 à Âita was designated as the Hà Âhi 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 HÃ Âhi 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.
JR Kyushu had planned to convert Naka-Handa (with several other stations in à Âita 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. It was then introduced on July 1, 2023.
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.