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