Nishi-Ōyama Station 西大山駅
Marker of Nishi-Ōyama Station being the southernmost station of JR Group, with Kaimon-dake in the background, December 2017
General information
Location	602 Yamakawa Ōyama, Ibusuki City, Kagoshima Prefecture Japan
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	Ibusuki Makurazaki Line
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At grade
History
Opened	22 March 1960; 64 years ago (22 March 1960)
Passengers
2015	99 daily
Services
Preceding station JR Kyushu Following station Satsuma-Kawashiri towards Kagoshima-Chūō Ibusuki Makurazaki Line Local Ōyama towards Makurazaki
Location Nishi-Ōyama Station Location within Kagoshima Prefecture Show map of Kagoshima Prefecture Nishi-Ōyama Station Nishi-Ōyama Station (Kyushu) Show map of Kyushu Nishi-Ōyama Station Nishi-Ōyama Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Nishi-Ōyama Station (西大山駅, Nishi-Ōyama-eki) is a railway station on the Ibusuki Makurazaki Line in Ibusuki, Kagoshima, Japan, operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). The station is unmanned and opened in 1960. It is the southernmost train station of Japan Railways.

Lines

Nishi-Ōyama Station is served by the Ibusuki Makurazaki Line.

History

The station opened on 22 March 1960. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.

Gallery

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  Map of Nishi-Ōyama Station as the southernmost station in Japan.
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  Kaimon-dake seen from Nishi-Ōyama Station
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  Benches by the platform, June 2010
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  View of the station, August 2006

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nishi-Oyama Station.

• JR Kyushu station information (in Japanese)

31°11′25.05″N 130°34′35.30″E / 31.1902917°N 130.5764722°E / 31.1902917; 130.5764722

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