Mukaigawara Station opened as a station on the Nambu Railway on 9 March 1927. It was renamed on 5 August 1940. Along with
nationalization of Nambu Railway, the station reverted to its original name under the
Japanese Government Railway Nambu Line on 1 April 1944, and became part of the
Japan National Railways (JNR) system from 1946. Freight operations were discontinued from 1973. Along with
privatization and division of
JNR,
JR East started operating the station on 1 April 1987. == Lines ==