Akabane-Iwabuchi Station opened on the TRTA (present-day Tokyo Metro) Namboku Line on 29 November 1991.

[1] The Saitama Rapid Railway Line extending northward from the station opened on 28 March 2001.

[1] The station facilities were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the TRTA in 2004.

[2] Effective the timetable revision on 18 March 2023, through services onto the Sagami Railway commenced courtesy of the Tokyu and Sotetsu Shin-Yokohama Line.

[3] Most southbound services past Hiyoshi continue as far south as Shin-Yokohama and Ebina.