Connections with other services are needed to travel further east of Matsuyama on the line.

[4] The station consists of a side platform serving a single track.

[2][5][3] Japanese National Railways (JNR) opened the station as an added stop on the existing Yosan Line on 20 October 1961.

With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Shikoku.

[6][7] Media related to Nishi-Ozu Station at Wikimedia Commons Branches (via Uchiko Line)