The station first opened on June 15, 1898 as
Mishima Station on the original route of the
Tōkaidō Main Line under the
Japanese Government Railways. It was renamed Shimo-Togari Station on October 1, 1934 shortly before the opening of the
Tanna Tunnel created a more direct route from to and led to the creation of a new
Mishima Station further south. JGR became the
Japanese National Railways (JNR) from 1946. Regularly scheduled freight operations were suspended from 1982. Along with
privatization and division of JNR,
JR Central started operating the station from April 1, 1987.
Station numbering was introduced to the Gotemba Line in March 2018; Shimo-Togari Station was assigned station number CB16. ==Passenger statistics==