Namikawa Station opened on 20 July 1935. With the privatization of the
Japan National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company. The current station building in 1989 when the station was relocated to the north of its original location. Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Namikawa being assigned station number JR-E12. ==Passenger statistics==