Oyamada Station

Oyamada Station (小山田駅) is a railway station in the city of Hanamaki, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines
Oyamada Station is served by the 90.2 km Kamaishi Line, and is located 8.3 km from the starting point of the line at Hanamaki Station.

Station layout
The station has a single side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended.

History
Oyamada Station opened on 25 October 1913 as the Kōda Stop (幸田停留場) on the Iwate Light Railway (岩手軽便鉄道), a light railway extending 65.4 km from Hanamaki to the now-defunct Sennintōge Station (仙人峠駅). It became a full passenger station and was renamed Oyamada Station 23 November 1915. The Iwate Light Railway was nationalized on 1 August 1936, becoming the Kamaishi Line. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.

The station building is scheduled to be rebuilt and replaced with a new single-storey wooden structure between December 2017 and February 2018.

Surrounding area
The station is located in a rural area.